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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 titles and 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, co-teachers and for each other. Over the years we have created many documents and recently embedded them to our pages here for you.
-Laura Stevens
LATEST NEWS!
NYS Advances Next Phase of NY Inspires Educational Transformation
https://www.nysed.gov/ny-inspires/presentations-and-news-releases
Highlights:
-One statewide diploma 2028
-Regents exams will continue but will no longer be required to pass in order to graduate
-Statewide high school assessment system
WIDA NEW YORK WEBPAGE WITH UPDATES
WIDA ZOOM COURSE-10/14 (9 AM-12)
WIDA ACCESS-WHAT DOES THE TEST EVEN LOOK LIKE?
TRAINING FOR TEACHERS ABOUT THE ACCESS TEST
WIDA ACCESS — Replaces NYSESLAT; online testing with paper options for Kindergarten and certain IEP students.
WIDA Alternate ACCESS — For students with significant cognitive disabilities (NYSAA).
WIDA Screener — Replaces NYSITELL in Fall 2027
NYSED Joins WIDA! The last NYSESLAT is Spring 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 .
2/1/27 - 4/9/27 ACCESS Test Window
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
