Experts recommend all educators familiarize themselves with the WIDA ACCESS test. The assessment is used in nearly 40 states to determine whether English learners can exit out of language services.

New Mexico has joined 19 states and the District of Columbia in adopting the most popular English-language-proficiency test in the nation, which is developed by the World-Class Instructional Design ...

(2nd Update: Adding response from WIDA at University of Wisconsin, and response from author) We’ve been hearing a lot about problems with new Common Core tests that were designed to be harder than the ...