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ACCESS for ELLs Interpretive Guide for Score Reports
WIDA Alternate ACCESS Interpretive Guide for Score Reports
Rating Multilingual Learners Written Language Consistently

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Learning Language Every Day: Activities for Families (Ukrainian)

Activities to start conversations with children about their family, what they like to play, how they feel, what sounds they hear in their home or community, and the weather.

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Released July 2022

Family Connections Through Home Languages (Ukrainian)

This Ukrainian-language flyer provides educators with information on how home languages play an important role in maintaining communication and relationships with family.​

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Released July 2022

Planning for Languaging and Learning

In early care and education (ECE) settings, planning for multilingual children includes fostering the many ways we use language to make meaning of our environments, experiences, and learning. This WIDA Snapshot includes ideas for gathering information from families, community members, and classroom observations to use while planning.

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Released April 2022

Multilingual Children and Their Families

This WIDA Snapshot provides an overview of who multilingual children are, the benefits of promoting home language(s), and initial ideas for developing reciprocal partnerships with multilingual families.

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Released February 2022

Illustrated Guiding Principles of Language Development: Printable Posters

These posters bring each of the 10 WIDA Guiding Principles of Language Development to life and can be used by educators in classrooms and with parents, families and community members. Each illustrated guiding principle is set up for printing on a color laser printer. The finished printed size is 8.5x11 inches.

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Released January 2022

Learning Language Every Day: Activities for Families (Dari)

Activities to start conversations with children about their family, what they like to play, how they feel, what sounds they hear in their home or community, and the weather.

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Released September 2021

Family Connections Through Home Languages (Pashto)

This flyer provides educators with information on how home languages play an important role in maintaining communication and relationships with family.​

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Released September 2021

Learning Language Every Day: Activities for Families (Pashto)

Activities to start conversations with children about their family, what they like to play, how they feel, what sounds they hear in their home or community, and the weather.

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Released September 2021

Family Connections Through Home Languages (Dari)

This flyer provides educators with information on how home languages play an important role in maintaining communication and relationships with family.​

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Released September 2021

Learning Language Every Day: Activities for Families (Korean)

Activities to start conversations with children about their family, what they like to play, how they feel, what sounds they hear in their home or community, and the weather.

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Released September 2021

Family Connections Through Home Languages (Korean)

This Korean-language flyer provides educators with information on how home languages play an important role in maintaining communication and relationships with family.​

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Released September 2021

Promoting Equity for Young Multilingual Children and Their Families

This Focus Bulletin invites early care and education (ECE) educators to promote equity for young multilingual children and their families. In the bulletin, we offer ideas for taking a language-focused approach to equitable caregiving and instructional practice in ECE settings. Also, we highlight voices from the field, and offer reflection questions to help you consider what it means to promote equity for multilingual children and their families.

Published February 2021 
Authors: Amanda Spalter, Lorena Mancilla

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Released February 2021

ACCESS for ELLs Parent Letters (multiple languages)

This letter, available in many languages, contains general information about ACCESS for ELLs and is meant to accompany ACCESS for ELLs score reports as an explanation for parents and guardians. It is provided in an editable format to allow districts and schools to include additional information regarding test administration dates and state policy.

 

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Released December 2020

ACCESS for ELLs: Understanding Your Child's Scores (multiple languages)

Send this flyer home with students along with the ACCESS for ELLs Individual Student Report. This flyer explains each piece of score information included in the report. Use this guide, available in several languages, to help parents understand what scores mean and how they are used.

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Released July 2020

What Is ACCESS for ELLs? (multiple languages)

Send this handout, available in multiple languages, home with students as an introduction to ACCESS when testing is scheduled or as a reminder before scores are shared. This flyer explains what ACCESS is and why student take this kind of assessment. Use this resource to help parents understand annual language proficiency testing.

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Released July 2020

Family Connections Through Home Languages (Simplified Chinese)

This Simplified Chinese-language flyer provides educators with information on how home languages play an important role in maintaining communication and relationships with family.​

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Released May 2020

Family Connections Through Home Languages (Arabic)

This Arabic-language flyer provides educators with information on how home languages play an important role in maintaining communication and relationships with family.​

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Released May 2020

Family Connections Through Home Languages (Spanish)

This Spanish language flyer provides educators with information on how home languages play an important role in maintaining communication and relationships with family.​

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Released May 2020

Family Connections Through Home Languages

This flyer provides educators with information on how home languages play an important role in maintaining communication and relationships with family.​

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Released April 2020

Learning Language Every Day: Activities for Families (Simplified Chinese)

Activities to start conversations with children about their family, what they like to play, how they feel, what sounds they hear in their home or community, and the weather.

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Released April 2020