Foundations of ESL and Bilingual Education 2022

WIDA stands for...

• Wisconsin Instructional Design and Assessment

• World Intelligence and Diversity Accreditation

• Wyoming Intelliclass Diverse Accreditation

• WorldClass Instructional Design and Assessment

To advance academic language development and academic achievement for children and youth who are culturally and linguistically diverse through high quality standards, assessments, research and professional learning for educators.

• WIDA's values

• WIDA's vision

• WIDA's mission

• WIDA's standards

To be the most trusted and valued resource in supporting the education of multilingual learners.

• WIDA's values

• WIDA's vision

• WIDA's mission

• WIDA's standards

Innovation: Drawing upon research and practice to create the best resources for children, youth, and educators

Service: Exceeding expectations with trusted and knowledgeable support of our clients and stakeholders

Can Do Philosophy: Recognizing and building upon the assets, contributions, and potential of culturally and linguistically diverse children and youth

Collaboration: Facilitating interaction among educators, state and local educational agencies, researchers, policymakers, and experts worldwide

Social Justice: Challenging linguistic discrimination, cultural biases, and racism in education

• WIDA's values

• WIDA's vision

• WIDA's mission

• WIDA's standards

All states are part of the WIDA consortium.

• True

• False

No Child Left Behind affected language learners.

• True

• False

Which state was not originally represented in the letters of WIDA?

• Wisconsin

• Iowa

• Delaware

• Arkansas

WIDA now represents international schools.

• True

• False

Mark all that are considered assets of language learners according to WIDA

• emotional

• linguistic

• social

• cultural

Beginning is considered level...

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4