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7-3-08
The ACCESS for ELLs® Test Administrator Training course is now located on this website. Even if you had an account in the UW Oshkosh Desire2Learn system for this purpose, you must reenroll in this new course. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Please visit your state's page in the green menu at the lower left of this page to learn about enrollment procedures in your state. If you have already received an enrollment email, you may login by clicking the Login button in the upper right hand corner of this page.
6-10-08
WIDA is pleased to announce that North Carolina is the 18th state to join our consortium. We look forward to working with N.C. educators! Please see an article about N.C.'s decision to join on the Education Week website.
6-9-08
Effective June 30, 2008, WIDA ACCESS for ELLs® training course logins will no longer work at the UW Oshkosh Desire2Learn (D2L) online training platform. The new course will be launched on this website, and will be in use for the 2008-09 academic year. More information about this requirement will be distributed in the coming days and weeks. If you have any questions, please contact the WIDA Help Desk at 1-866-276-7735/ help@wida.us.
4-30-08
Announcement: the 2008 version of the ACCESS for ELLs® Interpretive Guide for Score Reports is now available on the ACCESS for ELLs® page.
4-1-08
We are pleased to announce that we will offer two summer professional development academies on educating ELLs. Please visit the WIDA Summer Academies main page to learn more!
3-19-08
The WIDA English Language Proficiency Standards and Resource Guide, 2007 Edition are now available online and in print. The price for the print edition is currently $15 with a $5 discount for teachers and administrators who work for schools in our Consortium member states. To place an order (payable by purchase order, check or credit card), please visit our online store.
3-18-08
WIDA welcomes our 17th state, South Dakota! Please see the article in Education Week to learn more.
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 eighteen partner states: Alabama, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
In the 2008-09 school year, WIDA expects to serve about 700,000 English language learners in kindergarten through grade 12.
Note: To login to download the W-APT™, please click the Login button at the top right of this page.
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