EP225 — WIDA Standards Explained: What They Actually Mean for Your ELL Classroom

Someone handed you the WIDA Can Do Descriptors, maybe with a sticky note that said "use these for planning," and then they went in a drawer.

That's not your fault. Here's how to actually use them this week, no ACCESS scores required.

In this episode:

• Tell WIDA the test apart from WIDA the standards, and know which one you can use right now

• See what a student can actually do in each domain, instead of stopping at a composite score

• Write language objectives that match a real Level 2 or Level 4, without guessing

• Check mid-lesson whether what you're hearing is Level 2 or Level 3 work

• Pull the one useful takeaway out of ACCESS results when they finally arrive

For ESL and classroom teachers in WIDA states, and in ELPAC, TELPAS, ELPA21, and AZELLA states too.

FREE: DM the word WIDA to @EquippingELLs on Instagram for the one-page simplified Can Do Descriptors

→ https://www.instagram.com/equippingells/

Full show notes + transcript: https://www.inspiringyounglearners.com/wida-standards-explained-what-they-actually-mean-for-your-ell-classroom/