Colorado Academic Standards Crosswalk Information
English Language Proficiency Standards
On December 10, 2009, the Colorado State Board of Education voted unanimously to adopt the World-Class Instruction Design and Assessment (WIDA) standards as the Colorado English Language Proficiency (ELP) standards. These standards and related resources can be found at www.wida.us. ELP standards are required by state and federal law. The WIDA standards exceed minimum legal requirements. Overall, the standards center on the English language needed and used by English Language Learners (ELLs) to succeed in school. They guide all educators who teach ELLs and help students’ access grade level academic content while learning English.
The WIDA ELP Standards for Pre Kindergarten through Grade 12 are:
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Please note that Colorado has not joined the WIDA consortium, a decision concerning membership in the WIDA consortium will be made after input from the Assessment Stakeholders as part of the process of developing a state assessment system.
Colorado Department of Education (CDE) has a licensure agreement to use WIDA standards and make them available to the public through an electronic copy on the CDE website. The WIDA English Language Proficiency Standards, 2007 Edition, preschool through Grade 12 (“WIDA ELP Standards”) are owned by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System on behalf of the WIDA Consortium. The WIDA ELP Standards are protected by United States copyright laws and may not be reproduced, modified, or distributed without the prior written permission. The WIDA ELP Standards are for your personal, noncommercial use only. You may not alter or remove any trademark or copyright notice from the standards. Fair use of the WIDA ELP Standards includes reproduction for the purpose of teaching (including multiple copies for lesson planning).
The following is a brief comparison of the new Colorado adopted World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA) English Language Proficiency (ELP) standards to Colorado’s previous English Language Development (ELD) standards.
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Adopted ELP standards |
Previous ELD standards |
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Includes social and academic language |
yes |
yes |
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Includes information, ideas, and concepts of Language Arts |
yes |
yes |
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Includes information, ideas, and concepts of Mathematics |
yes |
no |
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Includes information, ideas, and concepts of Science |
yes |
no |
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Includes information, ideas, and concepts of Social Studies |
yes |
no |
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Organized by four language domains: |
yes |
yes |
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Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing |
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Organized by language proficiency levels |
yes, 6 levels |
yes, 3 levels |
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Organized by grade level clusters |
yes, 5 clusters |
yes, 4 clusters |
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Grade level clusters include Pre Kindergarten |
yes |
no |
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Organized into formative and summative frameworks |
yes |
no |
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Developed by multi-state (currently 23) consortium |
yes |
no |
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Have free online support tools for understanding the standards |
yes |
no |
For Standards Web site technical assistance, please e-mail Anna Huffman at Huffman_a@cde.state.co.us