WIDA has established language development standards for English and Spanish. These standards represent the language students need to be successful in grades K-12.

The WIDA English Language Development (ELD) Standards Framework provides a foundation for enriching curriculum, instruction and assessment for multilingual learners in kindergarten through …

The 2020 Edition of the WIDA ELD Standards Framework upholds the goal of increasing equity for multilingual learners by providing common and visible language expectations in relation to grade …

Nov 10, 2025 · The WIDA Consortium is a member-based organization that is dedicated to the research, design and implementation of a high-quality, standards-based system for K-12 English learners.

This guide is designed to support you, as an educator, as you explore ways to implement the WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework, 2020 Edition (the Framework, or the 2020 …

The standards framework codifies WIDA’s stated approach to language development. However, it is important to understand the overarching philosophies and foundational principles that support the …

This page brings to life the WIDA English Language Development (ELD) Standards Framework, 2020 Edition through classroom examples and videos that show how educators use the framework to …

The Descriptors are organized by the following grade level clusters, corresponding with WIDA ACCESS and WIDA Screener. To purchase copies of the K-12 Can Do Descriptors, Key Uses Edition that are …

This WIDA Snapshot introduces relatar, the first Key Language Use of the Marco de los estándares del desarrollo auténtico del lenguaje español de WIDA (Marco DALE), WIDA’s Spanish language …

With this edition, WIDA continues to break new ground to advance the field of language development in support of disciplinary learning for multilingual learners.