Resources/Recursos

A 6th grade English Language Arts (ELA) educator shares how she supports multilingual students during Socratic seminars by focusing on both content and language.

For additional context, including additional resources and videos, please visit the Standards in Action page.

Released September 2025

This ALTELLA Research Brief provides case examples of multilingual learners who have significant cognitive disabilities. The brief has five student examples: Sabeen (grade 1), Chung (grade 2), Chue (grade 4), Isabel (grade 6) and Luis (grade 10).

Released September 2025

This ALTELLA Research Brief defines “English learners with significant cognitive disabilities” and explores related key concepts.

Released September 2025

Use this ALTELLA Research Brief to learn about nonverbal communication, which is an important component of communication for multilingual learners with significant cognitive disabilities. The brief explores the individual cultural differences in nonverbal communication for these students.

Released September 2025

Use this ALTELLA Research Brief to plan and prepare for IEP meetings for multilingual learners with significant cognitive disabilities. The brief highlights key elements to consider, including the importance of the student’s home language and the need to build cultural responsiveness among all educators.

Released September 2025

This ALTELLA Research Brief explains the Language and Disability Needs Framework. The brief focuses on considerations of students’ language-related and disability-related needs and their implications for instruction and assessment.

Released September 2025

Use this ALTELLA Research Brief to distinguish between language and communication. The brief covers how multilingual learners with significant cognitive disabilities use both language and communication.

Released September 2025

This Individual Characteristics Questionnaire was developed in 2018 by the ALTELLA project. Anyone can use the ALTELLA Individual Characteristics Questionnaire (fillable PDF) to collect characteristic information on a multilingual learner with a disability.

Note: A slightly different Individual Characteristics Questionnaire is part of the WIDA Alternate ACCESS test materials.

Released September 2025

Use this ALTELLA Research Brief as a step-by-step guide on how to best serve multilingual learners with significant cognitive disabilities more effectively.

Released September 2025

WIDA offers Professional Learning that you can complete when you want, where you want, and at your own pace. Ready to get started? This resource will show you what offerings are available and how you can access them.

Released September 2025

This resource suggests questions you can use for your ongoing conversations with other educators to help build trust and collaborative relationships with multilingual students, families and communities.

For more context around this resource, please visit the Building Trust in Action Snapshot.

Released August 2025

This ALTELLA report examines pilot findings from the ALTELLA Individual Characteristics Questionnaire, which surveyed educators about their students. The report explores survey information that may be useful to states in developing accountability policies, alternate academic achievement standards, and other state policies and guidance materials.

Released August 2025

This ALTELLA report highlights findings from 88 classroom observations and 94 follow-up interviews with educators of these classes. These findings shed light on the classroom practices used to support the English language development of students who are dually identified as English learners and students with significant cognitive disabilities.

Released August 2025

This WIDA Snapshot offers an introduction to awareness, one of the six ABCs of Family and Community Engagement. The ABCs of Family and Community Engagement are six key considerations for educators who support multilingual learners and their families and communities. 

Released August 2025

This WIDA Snapshot provides guidance on how to use the WIDA Language Charts to collaborate and plan instruction.

Released August 2025

In this video, multilingual families and their children share about building trust through care, mutual respect and cultural and linguistic humility.

Released August 2025

In this video, multilingual families share about building trust with educators through believing in each other’s skills and knowledge, and showing integrity and follow-through.

Released August 2025

This resource suggests questions you can use for your ongoing conversations with multilingual learners to help build trust and collaborative relationships.

Released August 2025

This WIDA Snapshot offers an introduction to building trust, one of the six ABCs of Family and Community Engagement. The ABCs of Family and Community Engagement are six key considerations for educators who support multilingual learners and their families and communities. 

Released August 2025

This WIDA Snapshot offers an introduction to advocacy, one of the six ABCs of Family and Community Engagement. The ABCs of Family and Community Engagement are six key considerations for educators who support multilingual learners and their families and communities.

Released August 2025