The 2007 Edition of the ELP Standards are currently available. A print version is scheduled for release in early summer 2007. Please contact help@wida.us to place an order.

4-10-07

Translations of the 2007 Parent/Guardian Report are now available in 15 languages.

Each WIDA Consortium member state now has its own section of the website! Please visit the Member States page to learn about your state's WIDA contacts, guidelines, and important dates.

04-04-07

D2L Upgrade/Outage scheduled for May 24-28. The ACCESS for ELLs online training course will not be available to test administrators or facilitators on these dates.

04-03-07

WIDA will launch its new and improved website on April 30!

Welcome to the World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA) Consortium site.

WIDA is a consortium of states dedicated to the design and implementation of high standards and equitable educational opportunities for English language learners.

To this end, the WIDA Consortium has developed English language proficiency standards and an English language proficiency test aligned with those standards (ACCESS for ELLs^®). In addition, WIDA has developed Spanish language arts standards and is planning a system of parallel academic assessments for beginning English language learners (ONPAR™). Research and professional development activities importantly complement the WIDA standards and assessment products.

Originally established through a federal grant, the WIDA Consortium consists of fifteen partner states: Alabama, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin.

These fifteen states account for approximately 420,000 English language learners in kindergarten through grade 12 in approximately 3,500 school districts.