New English Language Development (ELD) Standards

(Implementation 2013-2014)

The World Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA) English Language Proficiency Standards, adopted by the State Board of Education on August 16, 2012, can be found at http://wida.us/standards/eld.aspx,. When visiting the site, please reference the 2007 standards.

WIDA's 2012 Amplification of the ELD Standards provides a framework to enable educators to make connections with the WIDA ELD standards (2007) and the Common Core State Standards. The 2012 Amplification of the ELD Standards and related documents are also provided at the above site. Please reference the 2012 Amplified ELD Standards framework in conjunction with the WIDA English Language Proficiency Standards (2007) when curriculum planning.