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• WIDA English Language Proficiency (ELP) Standards
• Spanish Language Arts Standards
• ACCESS for ELLs®
• WIDA ACCESS Placement Test (W-APT)™
• ONPAR™
• Alignment Studies and Research
• Professional Development
• Technical Advisory Committee (TAC)

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Partners

• Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL)
• MetriTech
• World Learning
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER)
  

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Standards

English Language Proficiency (ELP) Standards

• Resource Guide
  - Understanding the WIDA English Language Proficiency Standards: A Resource Guide
  - Performance Definitions
  - Speaking and Writing Rubrics
  - The CAN DO Descriptors
• Grade level cluster CAN DO Descriptors
  
• WIDA's 2007 ELP Standards
  - Grade level clusters PreK-5
  - Grade level clusters 6-12
• WIDA'S 2004 ELP Standards
  - Overview Document
  - Classroom Framework
  - Large-scale Framework
  - Combined Framework
• VA DOE Videos on WIDA ELP Standards-based instruction
  

Spanish Language Arts (SLA) Standards

• SLA Document in Spanish
• SLA Document in English

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CAN DO Descriptors

• Teacher Reflection
• PreK-Kindergarten CAN DO Descriptors
• Grades 1-2 CAN DO Descriptors
• Grades 3-5 CAN DO Descriptors
• Grades 6-8 CAN DO Descriptors
• Grades 9-12 CAN DO Descriptors

Assessment Tools

ACCESS for ELLs^®

• Comparing W-APT™ and ACCESS for ELLs^®
• Understanding ACCESS for ELLs^®
  - Essential Background
  - The Tiers
  - Origins of WIDA & Development of the Field Test 
  - Student Data Used on the Field Test
  
• Score Reports
  - ACCESS for ELLs^® Interpretive Guide
  - Translations of Parent/Guardian Report
  - Sample Letters to Parents/Guardians
  (Sample A: English, Hmong, Spanish, Japanese)
  (Sample B: English, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean)
  - Accommodating Disabilities
  - Technical Reports & Technical Advisory Committee (TAC)
  - Kindergarten ACCESS brochure

Alternate ACCESS for ELLs™

W-APT™

• W-APT™ test forms and administration manual
• Brochure About the W-APT™
• Training for W-APT™ Administration

WIDA MODEL™

Test Administrator Training

• Sample Test Items and Scored Responses
• Presentations on the ACCESS for ELLs®
• Structure & Field Test
• Item Writing Process
• Introduction to Online Training
• Do a System Check!
• How to use Desire2Learn (D2L)

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External Web Links

• No Child Left Behind
• TESOL
• National Association for Bilingual Education

Recommended Literature

• "Ensuring Academic Success: The Real Issue in Educating English Language Learners"

Professional Development

Programs and Services

• Professional Development Goals
• Levels of Professional Development Coordination
• WIDA Professional Development Offerings

- Assessment :

ACCESS for ELLs ®
W-APT ™
Formative Assessment
Interpretation of Score Reports
WIDA ELL Data Retreats
Technical Retreats

- Curriculum & Instruction:

ELP Standards
Working with ELLs
Collaborating
CLIMBS™ course

- System/School Improvement Initiatives

LADDER for ELLs™
WIDA ELL Data Retreats
Technical Retreats

- Workshops offered by WIDA Consultant Lorraine Valdez Pierce, Ph.D.

• CLIMBS™ Professional Development Course

WIDA Consultants

Request Form

PD Resources

• WIDA Presentation Videos

  - Comprehensive School Reforms
  - Good Language Objectives
  - Meeting the Academic Needs of ELLs
  - Teaching Language Through Content

• Recommended Literature

- Ashworth, J., Brunick, L., & Drommerhausen, E. (2007). Pieces of Peace: A collection of literacy-based lessons for young peacemakers. Augustana College.

- Gottlieb, M. (2006). Assessing English Language Learners: Bridges from Language Proficiency to Academic Achievement. Corwin Press.

- Ballantyne, K.G., Sanderman, A.R., Levy, J. (2008). Educating English Language Learners: Building Teacher Capacity. Washington, D.C.: National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition.

- Trumbull, E. and Pacheco, M. (2005). The Teacher's Guide to Diversity: Building a Knowledge Base. The Education Alliance at Brown University.

Research

Research Team Members

Alignment

Academic Language Proficiency

Classroom Implementation of Standards

Teacher Development

Policy Guidance

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