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Implementation Guide: WIDA ELD Standards Framework
WIDA Proficiency Level Descriptors: Informing Expectations and Scaffolding
Marco de los estándares del desarrollo auténtico del lenguaje español de WIDA (Marco DALE)

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Marco de los estándares del desarrollo auténtico del lenguaje español de WIDA

The Marco de los estándares del desarrollo auténtico del lenguaje español de WIDA (Marco DALE) is a Spanish language development standards framework with Language Functions and sample Language Features designed to guide Spanish language development. Este documento guía el desarrollo del lenguaje español de forma auténtica a ese lenguaje y a contextos bilingües mediante expectativas del lenguaje que contienen funciones del lenguaje y ejemplos de recursos lingüísticos. The Marco DALE is in Spanish with English summaries.

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Putting It All Together: Next Steps for Using the 2020 Edition

In this webinar, the WIDA standards development team discusses and models the tools, provided in the 2020 Edition, for initiating critical conversations with school leaders and colleagues.

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Standards Framework and its Theoretical Foundations

This document articulates the theoretical foundations for the 2012 Amplification of the WIDA English Language Development Standards, Kindergarten-Grade 12. The 2012 Amplification and its theoretical foundations are in the process of being retired. For the most up-to-date information, please see Appendix F: Theoretical Foundations in the WIDA ELD Standards Framework, 2020 Edition.

The 2012 Amplification of the WIDA ELD Standards drew on multiple theories and approaches in an effort to describe language use in academic contexts, as this is the language students must acquire and negotiate to participate successfully in school. These multiple theories and approaches formed a theoretical foundation that supported the 2012 WIDA ELD standards framework. This document articulates that theoretical foundation.

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Supporting Multilingual Learners Language Growth Through Language Development Portfolios

​This Focus Bulletin illustrates how teachers and students can use language development portfolios to interpret and document language growth. The bulletin follows the story of how a grade-level team introduced portfolios to their practice, posing several questions the team asked as they refined their usage. It closes by offering two sample tools that teachers can use and adapt to capture multilingual learners’ language growth using modified Proficiency Level Descriptors (PLDs) from the WIDA English Language Development Framework, 2020 Edition.

Published: December 2022 
Authors: Fernanda Marinho Kray, Margo Gottlieb, Lynn Shafer Willner

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The WIDA Framework for Equitable Instruction of Multilingual Children and Youth in Content-Area Classrooms

The Framework for Equitable Instruction (FEI) is an instruction-focused resource designed to promote the equitable engagement in disciplinary learning and language development of multilingual learners. The FEI complements the WIDA ELD Standards Framework, 2020 Edition. This working paper can inform teachers’ practice, support teacher collaboration within and across disciplines, and serve as a foundation for the design of professional learning opportunities and resources.

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What can collaboration look like with the WIDA ELD Standards Framework?

Collaboration is one of the four Big Ideas of the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. This two-page "comic" strip shows the story of how a science teacher and an ESL teacher work together on their multilingual learners' language development and ways of meaningfully engaging with the content of a science unit. This step-by-step example can be used in tandem with Section 4 of the WIDA ELD Standards Framework, 2020 Edition, that has a more detailed look at the collaborative planning process.

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WIDA All Year Long

Learn how WIDA is more than a test! Mr. Vega is a 6th grade EAL (English as an Additional Language) teacher at an international school who works with colleagues and families to support multilingual learners. Follow Mr. Vega all year long, as he focuses on what his students can do, using WIDA resources to collaborate and plan effective learning activities throughout the school year.

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WIDA Early Language Development Standards

The WIDA Early Language Development Standards, available for English and Spanish language development, are designed for use with children ages 2.5–5.5 years old and correspond to five domains of children’s development and learning: approaches to learning, language and communication development, cognition and general knowledge, physical well-being and motor development, and social and emotional development.

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WIDA ELD Standards Framework, 2020 Digital Explorer

This website serves as a digital database of the WIDA English Language Development (ELD) Standards Framework. It categorizes Language Expectations in two ways: by ELD standard statement and grade-level cluster, and by Key Language Use and communication mode. Proficiency Level Descriptors (PLDs) can be explored by grade-level cluster and communication mode.

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WIDA ELD Standards Framework, 2020 Edition - Grade 1 Materials

This resource includes the grade 1 materials that are part of the WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework, 2020 Edition. The materials specific to this grade level have been pulled together to provide educators of students in grade 1 with a smaller, more manageable booklet to support their implementation of the WIDA ELD Standards Framework in their classroom.

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WIDA ELD Standards Framework, 2020 Edition - Grades 2-3 Materials

This resource includes the grades 2-3 materials that are part of the WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework, 2020 Edition. The materials specific to this grade-level cluster have been pulled together to provide educators of students in grades 2-3 with a smaller, more manageable booklet to support their implementation of the WIDA ELD Standards Framework in their classroom.

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WIDA ELD Standards Framework, 2020 Edition - Grades 4-5 Materials

This resource includes the grades 4-5 materials that are part of the WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework, 2020 Edition. The materials specific to this grade-level cluster have been pulled together to provide educators of students in grades 4-5 with a smaller, more manageable booklet to support their implementation of the WIDA ELD Standards Framework in their classroom.

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WIDA ELD Standards Framework, 2020 Edition - Grades 6-8 Materials

This resource includes the grades 6-8 materials that are part of the WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework, 2020 Edition. The materials specific to this grade-level cluster have been pulled together to provide educators of students in grades 6-8 with a smaller, more manageable booklet to support their implementation of the WIDA ELD Standards Framework in their classroom.

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WIDA ELD Standards Framework, 2020 Edition - Grades 9-12 Materials

This resource includes the grades 9-12 materials that are part of the WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework, 2020 Edition. The materials specific to this grade-level cluster have been pulled together to provide educators of students in grades 9-12 with a smaller, more manageable booklet to support their implementation of the WIDA ELD Standards Framework in their classroom.

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WIDA ELD Standards Framework, 2020 Edition - Kindergarten Materials

This resource includes the Kindergarten materials that are part of the WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework, 2020 Edition. The materials specific to this grade level have been pulled together to provide educators of students in Kindergarten with a smaller, more manageable booklet to support their implementation of the WIDA ELD Standards Framework in their classroom.

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WIDA English Language Development Standards and Resource Guide, International Edition

WIDA intends to fully retire the WIDA English Language Development Standards and Resource Guide, International Edition: Kindergarten-Grade 12. However, we recognize that schools have different timelines for implementation of the updated WIDA ELD Standards Framework, 2020 Edition. With that in mind, the earlier International Edition will remain in the Resource Library so that schools that are still using it may access it as needed.

The international edition of the 2012 Amplification of the WIDA English Language Development Standards was developed in response to growing interest from educators outside the U.S. for standards and assessments that can support and document the development of academic English among their students.

The 2012 ELD Standards Framework represented the social, instructional and academic language that students need to engage with peers, educators, and the curriculum in schools and included examples of how language is processed or produced within a particular context through Model Performance Indicators (MPIs). MPIs were meant to be examples and not fixed guidelines of the language with which students may engage during instruction and assessment.

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WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework, 2020 Edition

The WIDA English Language Development (ELD) Standards Framework, 2020 Edition: Kindergarten – Grade 12 is a document that provides a foundation for curriculum, instruction and assessment for multilingual learners in kindergarten through grade 12. The ELD Standards Framework is centered on equity and fosters the assets, contributions, and potential of multilingual learners. The 2020 Edition serves as a resource for planning and implementing language instruction and assessment for multilingual learners as they learn academic content.

Grade level cluster-specific versions of the 2020 Edition are also available.

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WIDA Spanish Language Development Standards, 2013 Edition

The WIDA Spanish Language Development (SLD) Standards, Kindergarten – Grade 12, 2013 Edition is a resource for planning and implementing language instruction and assessment for emergent bilinguals who are learning academic content in Spanish. This publication will also offer information on where the WIDA SLD Standards fit within the larger WIDA system for instruction and assessment and how to use the SLD standards to have a broader understanding of the linguistic profile of students.

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