Resources/Recursos

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 September 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 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

Use this rubric to score speaking responses for WIDA ACCESS tests only.

Note: To score WIDA Screener and the WIDA ACCESS Braille Speaking test, refer to the WIDA Speaking Scoring Scale: Grades 1-12.

Released August 2025

Use this rubric to score writing responses for WIDA ACCESS tests only.

Note: To score WIDA Screener, refer to the WIDA Writing Scoring Scale: Grades 1-12.

Released August 2025

Engage with this video to learn about what meaningful engagement looks like directly from multilingual learners, families, community members and educators.

Released August 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 tool, provided in 17 languages, is designed to support families of multilingual learners as they navigate and engage with their child’s school. Consider how you might share this resource with the families you serve to empower them in advocating for their children.

Released August 2025

This resource offers topic areas and sample questions that families can ask educators to strengthen their collaborative advocacy efforts and engage in two-way, meaningful conversations.

Released August 2025

This resource offers topic areas and sample questions that educators can ask families to strengthen their collaborative advocacy efforts and engage in two-way, meaningful conversations.

Released August 2025

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

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 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

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 handout serves as a glossary of terms, including a definition of family and community engagement.

For more context around this resource, please visit the Engaging Families and Communities page.

Released August 2025

Use this visual resource to understand and apply the six key considerations of family and community engagement — Awareness, Advocacy, Building Trust, Breaking Barriers, Collaboration, and Connection to Learning. The “Look-Fors” section helps you identify example practices to spark ideas for your own context, and it offers actionable ideas to strengthen engagement in your context.

Review this resource along with the Literature Synopsis: ABCs of Family and Community Engagement. Together, they provide a visual roadmap for action plus a foundation of evidence to support conversations and decisions.

For more practical resources about the ABCs, please visit the Engaging Families and Communities page.

Released August 2025

Use this research-based summary to dive deeper into the evidence underpinning six key considerations of family and community engagement — Awareness, Advocacy, Building Trust, Breaking Barriers, Collaboration, and Connection to Learning. This resource offers a concise synthesis of scholarly literature about each key consideration along with guiding questions you can use individually or collaboratively with your team.

Review this synopsis along with the Infographic and Look-Fors: ABCs of Family and Community Engagement. Together, they provide a visual roadmap for action plus a foundation of evidence to support conversations and decisions.

For more practical resources about the ABCs, please visit the Engaging Families and Communities page.

Released August 2025

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

Released August 2025

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

Released August 2025