6-8-09
WIDA will hold an Alternate ACCESS for ELLs™ Item Development Workshop August 10-11 in Madison, WI. Registration is now open for those who have experience working with students who are ELLs AND have significant cognitive disabilities. Please see the workshop announcement for more information.

6-2-09
The ACCESS for ELLs® Annual Technical Report No. 4, Series 103, 2007-2008 Administration is now available!

6-1-09
For those who have already or who plan to purchase the WIDA MODEL™ for Kindergarten assessment, please carefully review the new Usage & Scores memo.

5-1-09
If you administered the new Kindergarten ACCESS for ELLs® format this year, we are interested in your feedback! Click here to take the survey. The survey will be available until June 12.

4-23-09
The 2009 ACCESS for ELLs Interpretive Guide for Score Reports is now available! New to the Interpretive Guide for 2009: an explanation of the two types of proficiency level scores for Kindergarten.

4-17-09
A new Kindergarten Scores Memo provides notice that 2009 proficiency level score interpretations will look quite different for Kindergarten due to the new test format that was introduced this year. For more information, please see the 2009 Interpretive Guide for Score Reports.

4-6-09
Registration is now open for the three professional development summer academies! To learn more about topics, objectives, dates, cost, hotel accommodations, and more, please visit the Summer Academies page.

3-25-09
Please see a timely notice about curriculum materials claiming to be correlated to the WIDA ELP Standards, and contact WIDA if you feel you may have been misled.

3-24-09
The WIDA English Language Learner CAN DO Booklets are here! To preview the books, visit the grade-level cluster CAN DO Descriptors page. To place an order, please visit our online store.

2-27-09
Please see Mary Ann Zehr of Education Week's blog explaining a newly released study showing that how students perform in the Reading and Writing domains of ACCESS for ELLs® is a good indicator of how they will score on their state's academic tests for reading, writing, and mathematics

1/26/09
The Virginia Department of Education has generously offered to share a series of videos created by teachers, for teachers, to promote understanding of the WIDA ELP Standards and offer example lesson plans based on certain language functions.

12/18/08
WIDA is pleased to release a new set of ACCESS for ELLs® sample test items for grades 1-12. For the first time, sample items are now available to the general public to foster awareness of how this English language proficiency assessment operates. Read Mary Ann Zehr's article about the sample items on the Education Week website.