http://www.netvouz.com/jgordon/tag/wida?feed=rss jgordon's bookmarks tagged "wida" on Netvouz http://www.wida.us/standards/Resource%20Guide.pdf This is the resource guide developed by WIDA for Administrators and Teachers. It is a MUST SEE for anyone teaching and assessing ELLs in the WIDA consortium. Assessment > Standards > WIDA jgordon Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:36:27 GMT http://www.wida.us/ This site has the ELD standards, Can Do Descriptors, ACCESS info, Spanish Language Arts Standards, and other info from the WIDA consortium jgordon Mon, 23 Jul 2012 23:19:07 GMT http://wida.wceruw.org/ 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®). Assessment > ACCESS jgordon Fri, 06 Jul 2007 17:49:59 GMT http://www.wida.us/ 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 (ACCESS for ELLs™) and is developing a system of alternate academic assessments for English language learners (SUCCESS™). Select Wizard to Download preferred formats of the standards for your grade and subjects taught. Assessment > Standards > WIDA jgordon Sun, 28 Aug 2005 21:00:48 GMT http://www.wida.us/standards/CAN_DOs/index.aspx In fall of 2008, WIDA released the following documents to provide grade level cluster-specific versions of our CAN DO Descriptors. The Descriptors are commonly used by ESL teachers in coaching general education teachers in the first steps of learning to differentiate instruction for English language learners. Assessment > Standards > WIDA jgordon Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:25:00 GMT http://www.wida.us/standards/elp.aspx All teachers with ELLs in their classes MUST SEE this site! Select the Grade level clusters PreK-5 or 6-12 and print a copy for your reference. NCLB mandated ELP Standards for all English Language Learners. These are the standards from the WIDA consortium, of which Illinois is a member Assessment > Standards > WIDA jgordon Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:16:30 GMT http://www.isbe.net/bilingual/htmls/access.htm This site provides information on the new ACCESS test for English Language Proficiency developed by the WIDA Consortium. See related workshops and resources Assessment > ACCESS jgordon Wed, 05 Oct 2005 16:38:15 GMT http://www.wida.us/assessment/ACCESS/ScoreReports/ACCESS_Interpretive_Guide10.pdf This site explains how to interpret the ACCESS test score reports. Assessment > ACCESS jgordon Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:29:08 GMT http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/Instruction/ESL/elp_videos.html# VDOE WIDA ELP Standards Instructional Videos In this set of videos, Virginia educators demonstrate activities that can be used to teach the World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA) English Language Proficiency (ELP) Standards. The Model Performance Indicators (MPIs) selected for these videos, though not comprehensive, represent key language functions repeated throughout the WIDA ELP Standards. Assessment > Standards > WIDA jgordon Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:44:18 GMT http://www.wida.us/assessment/ACCESS/index.aspx NEW ACCESS for ELLs® Sample Items! (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. Assessment > ACCESS jgordon Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:39:48 GMT