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1 wida English Language Development Standards Framework, 2020 Edition kindergarten Grade 12. Promote equity for multilingual learners Teach Language and content together Suggested citation: wida . (2020). wida English Language Development Standards framework, 2020 edition: kindergarten grade 12. Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. 2020 Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System wida is housed within the Wisconsin Center for Education Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Version wida English Language Development Standards Framework, 2020 Edition kindergarten Grade 12. The wida Consortium is a member-based organization made up of states, territories, and federal agencies dedicated to the research, design, and implementation of a high-quality, Standards -based system for K-12 multilingual learners.

2 wida Consortium Members Alabama Nevada Alaska New Hampshire Bureau of Indian Education New Jersey Colorado New Mexico Delaware North Carolina District of Columbia North Dakota Department of Defense Education Activity Northern Mariana Islands Florida Oklahoma Georgia Pennsylvania Hawaii Rhode Island Idaho South Carolina Illinois South Dakota Indiana Tennessee Kentucky Virgin Islands Maine Utah Maryland Vermont Massachusetts Virginia Michigan Washington Minnesota Wisconsin Missouri Wyoming Montana The wida International School Consortium is a global network of 500 accredited preK- 12 independent schools in over 100 countries focused on educating multilingual learners. 2 wida English Language Development Standards Framework, 2020 Edition Contents Introduction.

3 7. Welcome to the wida English Language Development Standards Framework, 2020 Edition .. 9. Section 1: Big Ideas .. 15. Section 2: Understanding the wida ELD Standards Framework.. 21. Section 3: Grade-Level Cluster Materials.. 37. kindergarten .. 41. Key Language Uses.. 42. Language Expectations, Functions, and Features .. 44. Annotated Language Samples.. 54. Proficiency Level Descriptors.. 57. Grade 1.. 61. Key Language Uses.. 62. Language Expectations, Functions, and Features .. 64. Annotated Language Samples.. 75. Proficiency Level Descriptors.. 79. Grades 2-3.. 83. Key Language Uses.. 84. Language Expectations, Functions, and Features .. 86. Annotated Language Samples.. 98. Proficiency Level Descriptors.. 101. Grades 4-5.

4 105. Key Language Uses.. 106. Language Expectations, Functions, and Features .. 108. Annotated Language Samples.. 129. Proficiency Level Descriptors.. 135. Grades 6-8 .. 139. Key Language Uses.. 140. Language Expectations, Functions, and Features .. 142. Annotated Language Samples.. 164. Proficiency Level Descriptors.. 171. Grades 9-12.. 177. Key Language Uses.. 178. Language Expectations, Functions, and Features .. 180. Annotated Language Samples.. 202. Proficiency Level Descriptors.. 209. Section 4: Resources.. 215. Key Language Uses: A Closer Look.. 217. Collaborative Planning for Content and Language Integration: A Jump-Off Point for Curricular Conversations .. 234. Glossary .. 251. 3. Appendices .. 261. Appendix A: wida English Language Development Standards Framework, 2020.

5 Edition Meeting ESSA Title 1 Requirements .. 263. Appendix B: Correspondence Tables for Content and Language Standards .. 266. Appendix C: A Compilation of K-12 Key Language Use Distribution Tables and Language Expectations.. 288. Appendix D: A Compilation of K-12 Proficiency Level Descriptors, with Technical Notes.. 329. Appendix E: High-Level Comparison of wida Standards Editions From 2004 to 2020 .. 351. Appendix F: Theoretical Foundations of the wida ELD Standards Framework, 2020 Edition.. 354. Appendix G: Select References.. 375. Appendix H: Standards Development Process and Acknowledgements.. 379. Tables Table 1-1: wida ELD Standards Statements.. 9. Table 1-2: Organization of the wida ELD Standards Framework, 2020 Edition.

6 10. Table 1-3: Audience and Potential Uses of the wida ELD Standards Framework, 2020 Edition.. 13. Table 2-1: Abbreviated forms of the Five English Language Development Standards Statements.. 24. Table 2-2: The Anatomy of a Language Expectation.. 30. Table 2-3: Dimensions of Language in the Proficiency Level Descriptors: Criteria Foci and Sample Language Features.. 33. Table 2-4: What the wida ELD Standards Framework is and What It Is Not.. 35. Table 3-1: Representations of the Components of the wida ELD Standards Framework in Grade-Level Cluster Materials .. 40. Table 3-2: Snapshots of Key Language Uses in kindergarten .. 42. Table 3-3: Distribution of Key Language Uses in kindergarten .. 43. Table 3-4: Snapshots of Key Language Uses in Grade 1.

7 62. Table 3-5: Distribution of Key Language Uses in Grade 1 .. 63. Table 3-6: Snapshots of Key Language Uses in Grades 2-3 .. 84. Table 3-7: Distribution of Key Language Uses in Grades 2-3 .. 85. Table 3-8: Snapshots of Key Language Uses in Grades 4-5.. 106. Table 3-9: Distribution of Key Language Uses in Grades 4-5 .. 107. Table 3-10: Snapshots of Key Language Uses in Grades 6-8.. 140. Table 3-11: Distribution of Key Language Uses in Grades 6-8 .. 141. Table 3-12: Snapshots of Key Language Uses in Grades 9-12 .. 178. Table 3-13: Distribution of Key Language Uses in Grades 9-12 .. 179. Table 4-1: Definitions of Key Language Uses .. 219. Table 4-2: Narrate Genre Family .. 222. Table 4-3: Narrate Through the Years of Schooling.

8 223. Table 4-4: Narrate Across Content Areas.. 224. 4 wida English Language Development Standards Framework, 2020 Edition Table 4-5: Inform Genre Family .. 225. Table 4-6: Inform Through the Years of Schooling .. 226. Table 4-7: Inform Across Content Areas .. 227. Table 4-8: Explain Genre Family.. 228. Table 4-9: Explain Through the Years of Schooling.. 229. Table 4-10: Explain Across Content Areas.. 230. Table 4-11: Argue Genre Family .. 231. Table 4-12: Argue Through the Years of Schooling .. 232. Table 4-13: Argue Across Content Areas.. 233. Table 4-14: The Unit's Academic Content and wida ELD Standards .. 239. Table 4-15: Sample Content Unit Architecture.. 240. Table 4-16: Progress Trackers, Reading Informational Text, Driving Question Boards, and Building Understanding.

9 241. Table 4-17: Language Expectations with Embedded Language Functions .. 244. Table 4-18: Example Language Features that are Commonly Associated with a Language Function.. 245. Table A-1: Critical Elements in Meeting ESSA Title 1 Requirements .. 263. Table D-1: Comparison of Criteria in 2014 Features of Academic Language Chart and 2020 Dimensions of Language Table.. 329. Table D-2: Differences Between Performance Definitions and Proficiency Level Descriptors .. 332. Table E-1: Comparison of Editions of the wida Language Standards .. 352. Table F-1: Updated Abbreviations for the wida ELD Standards , 2020 Edition.. 361. Table F-2: The Dimensions of Language : A Short Reference.. 367. Table H-1: SEA Standards Subcommittee Members (2018-2020).

10 380. Table H-2: LEA Advisory Committee Members .. 380. Table H-3: October 2019 Focus Group Participants, wida Annual Conference.. 381. Table H-4: Researcher/Teacher Advisory Panel (April 2020) .. 383. Table H-5: Domestic and International Educators.. 384. Table H-6: wida Standards Development Team.. 386. Figures Figure 1-1: Big Ideas in the 2020 Edition.. 17. Figure 2-1: The Components of the wida ELD Standards Framework .. 23. Figure 2-2: Relationship among the wida ELD Standards .. 25. Figure 2-3: Four Key Language Uses.. 26. Figure 2-4: Example Reference Code for a Language Expectation.. 28. Figure 2-5: Modes of Communication .. 29. Figure 2-6: Dimensions of Language within a Sociocultural Context .. 32. Figure 3-1: kindergarten Language Functions and Language Features.