Using TESOL's 1997 landmark publication, ESL Standards for PreK-12 as a
building block, the new 2006 PreK-12 English Language Proficiency
Standards expands the scope and breadth of ESL content standards. This
book connects language to the specific core curriculum content areas of
English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies; values
students' native languages and cultures as the foundation for developing
academic language proficiency; acknowledges the social and intercultural
aspects of language development; and provides an organizational
structure that is synchronized with U.S. federal legislation. The volume
is subtitled An Augmentation of the WIDA English Language Proficiency
Standards. World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment Consortium
(WIDA) is a consortium of nine states, formed in 2002 with federal
monies, to develop comprehensive English language proficiency standards.
This new volume provides extensive matrices elucidating sample
performance indicators, organized by the five standards (targeting
language in social/intercultural interactions, language arts,
mathematics, science, and social studies) and grade-level cluster
(PreK-K, 1-3, 4-5, 6-8, and 9-12). The matrices are formed by the
interaction of the five language proficiency levels (starting, emerging,
developing, expanding, and bridging) with each language domain
(listening, speaking, reading, writing).
