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The mission of our non-profit ESL RURAL MURAL is to create an online space where rural and suburban ENL LEADERS with a variety of expertise in ELL/MLL education come together voluntarily to promote a sense of camaraderie and belonging through a support system that shares ideas, collaborates and networks from a common understanding and respect they have for their ELL students, teachers and for each other.
LATEST NEWS!
WIDA NEW YORK WEBPAGE WITH UPDATES
WIDA ACCESS-WHAT DOES THE TEST EVEN LOOK LIKE?
TRAINING FOR TEACHERS ABOUT THE ACCESS TEST
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 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: Literacy Toolkit Teaching ELLs to Read ELLs and the Science of Reading Slideshow July 2026 Newsletter
