View Pennylvania's Enlgish Language Development Standards for grades K-12. Modeled after the WIDA's English Language Proficiency Standards for English Learners (ELs), the standards are designed to help educators effectively differentiate instruction and assessment across content areas for ELs. Use this link (PA English Language Development Standards) for a PDF version of the standards or use the link below for a clickable version.

View the English Language Learner (ELL) Overlay Standards for English Language Arts and Mathematics. These standards are designed to assist educators in developing units, lessons, and learning activities that are meaningful and comprehensible for ELLs.

View WIDA's (World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment) standards for grades K-12. The standards represent the social, instructional, academic language that students need to engage with peers, educators, and the curriuclum in schools.

Resources related to educating ELs in Pennsylvania from PDE.

The BEC for Educating ELs is to provide local education agencies (LEAs) with the requirements and interpretations of the legal mandates governing the education of students who are ELs.

Pennsylvnaia's Approved Consolidated State Plan for meeting the federal Every Student Suceeds Act (ESSA).

Visit Colorín Colorado's website. Funded by the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association, Colorín Colorado is a national multimedia project that offers research-based information, activities, and advice for educators and families of English Language Learners (ELLs). It is an educational service of WETA, a public broadcasting station in Washington DC.