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This website was created by Laura Stevens and the Northern ENL PLC to assist school administrators of ELLs
in small and suburban schools in New York State.
NYSED Joins WIDA! Last NYSESLAT is 2026.Starting in the 2026-2027 school year, the New York State Education Department (NYSED) will begin using WIDA ACCESS Online, WIDA’s summative English language proficiency assessment. With this transition, New York will move from paper-based testing to online assessment . https://wida.wisc.edu/news/new-york-joins-wida-consortium-strengthening-support-multilingual-learners
The NYS Board of Regents voted to approve a new framework, known as the “portrait of a graduate,” that helps explain what it will take to earn a diploma after the Regents exams are phased out as a graduation requirement beginning in the 2027-28 school year.
3. The New York State Education Department has offered the Science of Reading for Multilingual
LearnersToolkit. This toolkit combines leading research on teaching literacy to ELLs and MLs
and offers guidance for teachers, school leaders and administrators.
It is designed to support literacy for NYS English Language Learners and Multilingual Learners.
More: https://bit.ly/3MhUk5e Also see: Teaching ELLs to Read
Reaching Out to ELL Families
How to Reach Out to Parents of ELLs
Reading Tip Sheets for ELL Parents
Useful Phrases in Many Languages Here
20 Strategies for School Leaders | Colorín Colorado (colorincolorado.org)
The Rural Mural Perspective on Helping ELLs Thrive
Learn about your ELL families' culture
Support your ENL Teacher
Integrate cultural traditions and guides into classes.
LinguisticDiversity - Serving Multilingual Learners of All Ages (valentinaesl.com)
Teach vocabulary with a picture dictionary
