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Collaboration: Working Together to Serve Multilingual Learners
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2012 Amplification of the WIDA English Language Development Standards

The 2012 Amplification of the WIDA English Language Development Standards, Kindergarten-Grade 12, represented the social, instructional, and academic language students might need to engage with peers, educators, and the curriculum in schools. The 2012 Amplification included examples of how language could be 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 have engaged during instruction and assessment.

WIDA intends to fully retire the 2012 Amplification of the WIDA English Language Development Standards, Kindergarten-Grade 12. However, we recognize that all member SEAs have different timelines for implementation of the WIDA ELD Standards Framework, 2020 Edition. With that in mind, the 2012 Amplification will remain in the Resource Library so that educators whose SEAs are still using it may access it as needed.

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A Case Study in Literacy Engagement with MLs

This video features Carmen, an elementary teacher in Minnesota. Even though she is required to teach from a prescribed curriculum, she still engages students in building personal connections to the text by connecting to students’ home literacy experiences and their emotions. Watch Carmen work with her small group of 2nd graders prior to reading a text on the lunar landing.

 

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A Story of Collaboration and Transitions for Multilingual Children

This Focus Bulletin centers on P.H. Miller School/Plano Early Learning to show how educators, families and community members collaborate to promote equitable transitions for multilingual children in grades PreK-3. It provides reflections and advice from educators.

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ABCs of Family Engagement

This guide presents six key considerations for strengthening family engagement practices and building relationships with families.

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Academic Vocabulary Development

WIDA Video Contest Winner

Andy Mizell plans engaging instruction that scaffolds learning for the wide range of English proficiency levels in his middle school ELL class. He begins by assessing his students and collaborating with other teachers to extend his academic language instruction across subject areas.

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ACCESS for ELLs Interpretive Guide for Score Reports

This comprehensive document explains the types of scores reported by ACCESS for ELLs for students in kindergarten through grade 12.

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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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ACCESS for ELLs Prueba de desempeño linguístico en inglés

Este informe brinda información sobre el nivel de desarrollo del alumno en la prueba de desempeño linguístico en inglés ACCESS for ELLs.

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ACCESS for ELLs: Entendiendo el puntaje de su niño

Envíe este volante a los hogares con los estudiantes, junto con el Informe individual del estudiante de ACCESS for ELLs. Este folleto provee información sobre cada aspecto de la puntuación incluida en el informe. Utilice esta guía en español para ayudar a los padres a comprender qué significan las puntuaciones y cómo se utilizan.

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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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ACCESS Online Accommodations Checklist

A checklist for tracking the accommodations a student receives on ACCESS for ELLs Online.

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ACCESS or Alternate ACCESS?

Not sure whether a multilingual learner should take ACCESS for ELLs or WIDA Alternate ACCESS? In this webinar recording, WIDA experts walk you through the decision-making process based on examples of student characteristics. The webinar provides newfound insights and strategies that you can take back to your colleagues.

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ACCESS Paper Accommodations Checklist

A checklist for tracking the accommodations a student receives for ACCESS for ELLs Paper.

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Accessibility and Accommodations Manual

This accessibility manual was developed to guide the selection and administration of Test Administration Considerations, Universal Tools, and Accommodations for individual English Language Learners (ELLs) in order to produce valid assessment results.

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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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Administrator Supplement: WIDA ELD Standards Framework Implementation Guide

The Administrator Supplement is a companion piece to the Implementation Guide. Whereas the Implementation Guide explores ways to apply the ELD Standards Framework into curriculum and instruction at the classroom level, this Administrator Supplement focuses on strategic and programmatic aspects of standards implementation. Its audiences are superintendents, principals, directors, coordinators, coaches and those with similar responsibilities and roles.

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Administrator Supplement: WIDA ELD Standards Framework Implementation, What, Why, and How?

This webinar offers guidance on using the administrator supplement for the implementation guide for the WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework, 2020 Edition.

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Adopting a Language-Focused Approach to Transitions Across PreK-3 Settings

This concept tool provides an overview of equitable, language-focused approaches to multilingual children’s transitions across programs, districts, schools and grade levels (PreK-K, K-1, 1-2 and 2-3).

See the Teaching in PreK-3 page for context.

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Alternate ACCESS Accommodations Checklist

Checklist for IEP teams to prepare for administration of Alternate ACCESS for ELLs.

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Alternate ACCESS for ELLs Participation Decision Tree

This guide helps IEP teams determine if a student should take the Alternate ACCESS for ELLs assessment, or the ACCESS for ELLs (Online or Paper) with accommodations.

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