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ACCESS for ELLs Interpretive Guide for Score Reports
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Comprendiendo los descriptores del nivel de desempeño del Marco DALE

Los descriptores del desempeño lingüístico del Marco DALE proporcionan un lineamiento de cómo los y las estudiantes pueden desarrollar su desempeño lingüístico al procesar y producir el lenguaje de acuerdo con los modos de comunicación (interpretativo, expresivo e interactivo).

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Released February 2025

Understanding the Proficiency Level Descriptors of Marco DALE

Los descriptores del desempeño lingüístico in Marco DALE provide guidance on how bi/multilingual students can develop language that they can interpret, interact and express in each of the communication modes (interpretative, interactive and expressive).

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Released February 2025

Action Research: A catalyst for comprehensive teaching and learning in multilingual contexts

This WIDA Snapshot introduces classroom action research – when researchers and educators work together to address classroom challenges – by encouraging teachers to use their researcher voices to make meaningful contributions to the field, whether through collaborative or independent approaches.

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Released February 2025

Investigación-acción: Un catalizador para la enseñanza y el aprendizaje integral en contextos multilingües

Este resumen informativo de WIDA presenta la Investigación-acción — un concepto que resalta el trabajo mutuo entre investigadores y educadores para abordar los desafíos en el salón de clases — lo que alienta a los maestros a utilizar sus voces para hacer contribuciones significativas al campo, ya sea a través de esfuerzos colaborativos o independientes.

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Released May 2024

Developing Oral Language Comprehension

Many literacy programs were not designed to effectively use multilingual students’ knowledge, skills, and strengths. This Snapshot is the second in a five-part series that provides insights from relevant research and suggests ways to engage the significant strengths that multilingual learners bring to their literacy development. 

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Released January 2024

Building on Students’ Cultural and Linguistic Assets

Many literacy programs were not designed to effectively use multilingual students’ knowledge, skills, and strengths. This Snapshot is the first in a five-part series that provides insights from relevant research and suggests ways to engage the significant strengths that multilingual learners bring to their literacy development. 

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Released January 2024

Expanding and Strengthening Vocabulary and Word Knowledge

Many literacy programs were not designed to effectively use multilingual students’ knowledge, skills, and strengths. This Snapshot is the third in a five-part series that provides insights from relevant research and suggests ways to engage the significant strengths that multilingual learners bring to their literacy development. 

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Released January 2024

Fostering Equitable Literacy Learning

Many literacy programs were not designed to effectively use multilingual students’ knowledge, skills, and strengths. This Snapshot is the fifth in a five-part series that provides insights from relevant research and suggests ways to engage the significant strengths that multilingual learners bring to their literacy development. 

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Released January 2024

Developing Reading Comprehension and Academic Literacies

Many literacy programs were not designed to effectively use multilingual students’ knowledge, skills, and strengths. This Snapshot is the fourth in a five-part series that provides insights from relevant research and suggests ways to engage the significant strengths that multilingual learners bring to their literacy development. 

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Released January 2024

WIDA Proficiency Level Descriptors: Informing Expectations and Scaffolding

This Snapshot will give K-12 educators ideas on how to apply the Proficiency Level Descriptors as they consider scaffolding practices that support multilingual students in meeting grade level content learning goals.

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Released November 2023

Recaudando y reflexionando sobre los objetivos lingüísticos y culturales de las familias

Este resumen informativo se enfoca en cómo puede recaudar información y reflexionar sobre los objetivos lingüísticos y culturales que las familias tienen para sus hijos/as.

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Released November 2022

Gathering and Reflecting on Families’ Language and Cultural Goals

This WIDA Snapshot focuses on how you can gather information and reflect on the language and cultural goals families have for their children.

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Released November 2022

Enlazándose con las familias de niños multilingües

Este resumen informativo está basado en el ABC (por sus siglas en inglés) de la participación familiar de WIDA y puede usarlo para iniciar la reflexión y la conversación sobre los esfuerzos locales para el enlace con las familias de niños multilingües.

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Released August 2022

Engaging with Families of Young Multilingual Children

This WIDA Snapshot is grounded in WIDA’s ABCs of Family Engagement and can be used to initiate reflection and conversation on local efforts to engage with families of multilingual children.

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Released August 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

Los niños multilingües y sus familias

Este resumen informativo proporciona un resumen de quiénes son los niños multilingües, los beneficios de promover las lenguas del hogar e ideas iniciales para desarrollar asociaciones recíprocas con familias multilingües.

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Released February 2022