Design Principles for Opportunity and Thriving: Centering Multilingual Learners in Formative Assessment Date & Time: April 26, 2025 | 11:40 a.m. – 1:25 p.m MT Location: The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 403 Presenter(s): Amy Burden, Ivanna Anderson, Keira Ballantyne, Brittany York Description: We present the process for selecting design principles that ... Read more

Guiding Principles for Dual Language Education: Biliteracy through Authenticity Date & Time: July 1, 2025 | 10:40 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. PST Location: Lotus A Presenter(s): Analleli Hernandez Description: How can the Guiding Principles of Dual Language Education inform classroom instruction? Biliteracy for today and the future depends on our ability to embrace the authentic ... Read more

The New WIDA ACCESS Writing Scoring Rubric for Grades 1-12 Date & Time: October 28, 2025 | 1:15 p.m. PT Presenter(s): Tanya Bitterman Description: Do you want a better understanding of how the WIDA ACCESS Writing test is scored? Come to this workshop to hear about the new WIDA Writing Scoring Rubric for grades 1-12, ... Read more

“A Peek Behind the New Kindergarten ACCESS" Event: WIDA Conference 2025 Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2025    Location: Room B Time: 2:45 p.m. Session Format: Workshop Presenters: Regina DiBella (CAL) Christy Shepherd (CAL) Beth DeVito (WIDA) Marcy Olson (WIDA) Description: Curious about the new WIDA ACCESS for Kindergarten (K ACCESS) test? Join this session to preview ... Read more

“Multilingual Multimodal Activities, Aplifying Voices" Event: Carolina TESOL 2025 Date: Thursday, November 6, 2025 Session Format: Presentation Presenter: Amy Simpson-Burden Join us to explore multilingual, multimodal activity creation, amplifying student voices and stories. This interactive session shares building blocks for these assessments, developed with NC educators and piloted in NC classrooms, empowering elementary teachers to ... Read more

“Let's See What Multilingual Kids Can Really Do: Making Science Assessment Serve Your Students Needs" Event: North Carolina Science Teachers Association (NCSTA) Conference Location: Winston 3A Date: Friday, November 7, 2025 Time: 2:40 p.m. Session Format: Presentation Presenters: Silvia McDonald, NCDPI, ML/Title III Consultant, M2-Si Principal Investigator Keira Ballantyne, CAL, VP of Programs and Development, ... Read more

"Leveraging students’ Whole Linguistic Repertoires to Enhance their Bilingualism and Biliteracy Development" Event: La Cosecha 2025 Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 8:00 am – 3:00 pm Session Format: Pre-Conference Institute Presenter(s): Igone Arteagoitia (CAL) Description: This session will provide participants working in Spanish-English dual language programs with the opportunity to enhance their pedagogical language knowledge by ... Read more