English Language Proficiency (ELP) Standards
The WIDA Consortium's English Language Proficiency Standards for English Language Learners (ELLs) in PreKindergarten through Grade 12 encompass:
- Social and Instructional language
- the language of Language Arts
- the language of Mathematics
- the language of Science
- the language of Social Studies
The WIDA ELP Standards are designed as a curriculum and instruction planning tool. They help educators determine children's ELP levels and how to appropriately challenge them to reach higher levels.
To learn about the recently published ELP Standards and Resource Guide, 2007 Edition, PreKindergarten-Grade 12, please see its product description in our online store.
To download the documents below, please continue reading...
Resource Guide
Understanding the WIDA English Language Proficiency Standards: A Resource Guide 
is an introduction to using the Standards. The final sections of the Resource Guide contain many of the tools WIDA has developed for use with our assessments and in the classroom, some of which are also available below should you wish to download them separately:
WIDA's ELP Standards, 2007 Edition
The ELP standards are available as two separate documents to reduce the size of the download. If you have any difficulty opening these documents, please make sure that your computer has the latest version of Adobe Reader installed, available for free at www.adobe.com.
Grade level clusters PreK-5
Grade level clusters 6-12
WIDA's ELP Standards, 2004 Edition is still available online for those who wish to view additional model performance indicators in the classroom (now formative) and large-scale (now summative) frameworks.
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