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What is WIDA PRIME

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WIDA PRIME is a tool to assist publishers and educators in analyzing their materials for the presence of key components of the WIDA Standards. PRIME stands for Protocol for Review of Instructional Materials with the English Language Development Standards Framework, 2020 Edition (PRIME 2020).

The WIDA PRIME process identifies how the components of the WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework, 2020 Edition, Kindergarten-Grade 12 are represented in instructional materials. These materials may include core and supplemental texts, websites and software (e.g., apps, computer programs), and other ancillary materials.

We continue to support WIDA PRIME V2 for Spanish Language Development materials. PRIME V2 for Spanish language development identifies how the components of the WIDA Spanish Language Development (SLD) Standards, 2013 Edition, Kindergarten-Grade 12 are represented in instructional materials.

WIDA has a unique perspective on how to conceptualize and use language development standards. We welcome the opportunity to work with both publishers and educators. We hope that in using this inventory, publishers and educators will gain a keener insight into the facets involved in the language development of language learners, both in the U.S. and internationally, as they pertain to products.

Educational entities (publishers and local users) may use WIDA PRIME to:

  • Prompt productive conversations about how instructional materials are serving multilingual learners
  • Guide self-reflection, self-analysis, self-assessment, and self-determination of a degree of alignment between a given set of instructional materials and the WIDA ELD Standards Framework via the criteria specified in the PRIME rubric
  • Collect evidence and information about instructional materials for potential improvements and revisions to strengthen alignment with the WIDA ELD Standards Framework
  • Support communication with stakeholders (e.g., parents, program directors, school boards, teachers, program reviewers) about instructional materials under consideration for adoption

Please note that WIDA does not endorse any set of instructional materials. WIDA PRIME is not an evaluative tool that judges the effectiveness of published materials. EL teachers work with a wide range of needs and in a wide range of environments. For this reason, teachers should consider the information contained in the WIDA PRIME documents to determine how particular materials fit in their program.

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Benefits for Educators

WIDA PRIME 2020 is a tool for educators to learn how their materials relate to the WIDA English Language Development (ELD) Standards Framework, 2020 Edition. 

This provides educators with clear evidence for how the materials serve multilingual learners in relation to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. Published materials with the WIDA PRIME seal are posted on the Instructional Materials page.

Although local users are not able to apply for a PRIME Seal, they are allowed to download the WIDA PRIME 2020 rubric (and the complete portfolio workbook for publishers) as a tool to support their decision making and planning related to improving the quality of learning for multilingual learners in their schools and districts. Local users may use the PRIME materials creatively for their own purposes, including instructional planning and curriculum mapping. 

Please note that WIDA does not endorse any of the materials that have gone through the PRIME process.  Any questions you have about the materials will need to be sent to the publisher directly.

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Benefits for Publishers

WIDA PRIME 2020 is a tool for publishers to learn how their materials relate to the WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework, 2020 Edition. 

WIDA PRIME offers tools to assist publishers in determining a degree of alignment between a given set of instructional materials and the WIDA ELD Standards Framework, 2020 Edition based on the PRIME 2020 rubric’s criteria. 

PRIME stands for Protocol for Review of Instructional Materials with the English Language Development Standards Framework, 2020 Edition (PRIME 2020). Publishers are encouraged to use the PRIME 2020 Rubric and Portfolio Workbook to inform and build knowledge related to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. When a publisher would like to request the WIDA PRIME 2020 Seal for a set of instructional materials, they must submit those instructional materials and a portfolio of evidence for evaluation by WIDA-trained reviewers.

Please note that WIDA does not endorse any of the materials that have gone through the PRIME process. 

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Instructional Materials

WIDA is pleased to list instructional materials that have gone through the correlation process and received a PRIME seal. You may find materials that were previously correlated with PRIME V1 and PRIME V2 here.

We will be adding more materials correlated with WIDA PRIME V2 for Spanish Language Development Correlations as we receive them, and those aligned with WIDA PRIME 2020 for English materials.

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