What is the WIDA?

The WIDA is a standards framework used to advance academic language development and academic achievement for children and youth who are culturally and linguistically diverse through high quality standards, assessments, research, and professional learning for educators.

WIDA draws on multiple theories and approaches in an effort to describe language use in academic contexts; this is the language that language learners must acquire and negotiate to participate successfully in school. These multiple theories and approaches form a theoretical foundation that supports the WIDA standards framework.

The following documents contain Performance Definitions used at ASK to assess the English language proficiency levels of ELL students, Language Proficiency Standards, and "Can-Do" descriptor which serve as the basis for ELL quarterly report cards

Linguistic Accommodations for Scaffolding Instruction

This resource provides linguistic accommodation suggestions for each WIDA Proficiency Level and Language Domain.