On March 19, 2008, the Virginia Board of Education adopted the English Language Development (ELD) standards developed by the WIDA ® Consortium as the statewide ELD standards for the Commonwealth of Virginia.  Manassas City Public Schools uses the WIDA ELD Standards as a basis for providing services to ELs. 

The WIDA ® Consortium has developed the following English Language Development (ELD) standards for EL students in PreK-12:

• English Language Development Standard 1: English language learners communicate for social and instructional purposes within the school setting; 

• English Language Development  Standard 2: English language learners communicate information, ideas, and concepts necessary for academic success in the content of Language Arts;

• English Language Development  Standard 3: English language learners communicate information, ideas, and concepts necessary for academic success in the content of Mathematics.

• English Language Development  Standard 4: English language learners communicate information, ideas, and concepts necessary for academic success in the content of Science; and

• English Language Development  Standard 5: English language learners communicate information, ideas, and concepts necessary for academic success in the content of Social Studies.

Detailed information about the WIDA ELD Standards can be found here

In addition to the ELD standards, ESOL students are also instructed to use the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL).  The SOLs are organized by content area and grade level.