Spanish Language Arts (SLA) Standards

The WIDA Consortium is dedicated to providing educators with tools that assist them in meeting the needs of English language learners (ELLs). Research into best practice for ELLs supports the notion that students benefit when they have foundational literacy skills in their first language and when schools incorporate their primary language and culture into the classroom.

The WIDA Spanish Language Arts Standards were modeled after English language arts standards from the WIDA Consortium member states of Illinois and Wisconsin. Thus, there is a high degree of alignment between the English and Spanish Language Arts Standards in these two states. Cross references between Delaware, the District of Columbia, and Rhode Island were also conducted.

We hope you will find the SLA Standards helpful in planning curriculum for bilingual and two-way immersion programs. We welcome your comments at info@wida.us.

SLA Word document in Spanish

SLA PDF document in Spanish

SLA Word document in English

SLA PDF document in English