Can we post WIDA publications on our website for distribution?
No. We do not want teachers and school districts re-posting WIDA publications (PDFs, PPTs and
DOC), unless it is specifically permitted in the publication copyright notice. We do, however, encourage and thank you for links to the WIDA website. WIDA makes its publications available for download at no charge from its website at www.wida.us
. We would rather have you link to our website and let people know that our publications are available to download from there.
The main concern with reposting WIDA publications is that we often update these files and don't want multiple versions floating around on publicly available sites. We want everybody to use our most current materials. If you do link to the WIDA website, please use the linking guidelines included on p. 3.
Can WIDA materials be adapted for my classroom or school district use?
Yes. WIDA encourages teachers and school districts to adapt WIDA materials to meet your specific classroom and district needs.
Can we share teacher/district adaptations on the internet for anyone to download and use?
Yes. It is okay to store and publicly display adaptations on open internet sites. However, if you do, we request that you adhere to the following guidelines (or we may ask you to either fix or take down the adaptation). Please note: if you plan on charging a fee for your adaptation, then in addition to following these guidelines you will need a commercial license from our licensing partner WCEPS (additional conditions/charges may apply) prior to selling your adaptation.
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Give us credit – you need to give WIDA credit for its materials that you use. This can be accomplished with a clearly displayed copyright notice and reference to the source of the WIDA materials, for example, “WIDA C an D o Descriptors © 2009 Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, on behalf of the WIDA Consortium - www.wida.us
.”
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Give yourself credit – you need to give yourself credit for creating the adaptation. You deserve it! We want people to know that the adaptation is yours and not ours. The
WIDA Client Service Center often receives questions about adaptations WIDA did not create. It’s

helpful if you also include contact info like an email address so that people can direct their questions about your adaptation to you and not us.
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Do not create source confusion – you need to make it clear that the source of your adaptation is you/your district and not WIDA. Do not use the WIDA logo, the name
WIDA, or any other WIDA trademark in a manner that is likely to cause confusion as to the source of your adaptation. For example, do not use the WIDA logo on title pages or links to the adaptation. Also, it's helpful if the title of the adaptation is descriptive of the adaptation and identifies you or your district, e.g., "Our District’s Differentiation Tool using the WIDA ELD Standards." It would be okay to state that the adaptation uses or is based on the WIDA ELD Standards, but it would not be appropriate to label an adaptation "WIDA ELD Standards Differentiation Tool."
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Do not state or imply WIDA review or approval – you cannot state or imply that your adaptation has been reviewed, approved, endorsed , or is otherwise connected with
WIDA when it is not. These types of statements are misleading and likely to cause confusion as to the source of your adaptation.
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Use our terms and labels – you need to use appropriate WIDA terminology and labels. It is important that adaptations use correct WIDA terminology and labels in order to have a consistent implementation of WIDA materials throughout the WIDA Consortium and beyond. For example, WIDA C an D o Descriptors is correct and ACCESS for ELLs C an D o
Descriptors is incorrect. For additional information, refer to the appropriate resources on the Standards and Instruction page or contact the WIDA Client Service Center with any questions.
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Understand the concepts – if your adaptation is interpretive or interactive, then you need to express the WIDA material’s concepts in an appropriate manner. It is important that adaptations accurately present WIDA concepts in order to have a consistent implementation of WIDA materials throughout the WIDA Consortium and beyond. For additional information, refer to the appropriate resources on the Standards and
Instruction page or contact the WIDA Help Desk with any questions.

We encourage and thank you for links to the WIDA website. If you do link to the WIDA website, please use the following guidelines.
• Link to the home page, landing pages and topic pages only.
• Do not link directly to downloadable files.
• Use text only for links, do not use a WIDA logo for your link.
Home page –WIDA’s web address is www.wida.us
Landing Pages – these are the main pages for each of the WIDA website’s main content areas.
• Standards & Instruction - http://www.wida.us/standards/
• Assessment - http://www.wida.us/assessment/
• Professional Development - http://www.wida.us/ProfessionalDev/
• Research - http://www.wida.us/Research/
• Consortium - http://www.wida.us/membership/
Topic Pages – the main content areas are divided by specific topic. For example, S tandards &
I nstruction contain s the English L anguage Development S tandards and C an D o Descriptors topics.
Linking Examples – here are a few examples of links to the WIDA website.
• (Home page) This is what a link to the WIDA website should look like. Or you could ask people to visit the WIDA website at www.wida.us
.
• (Landing pages) Standards and Instruction resources from WIDA.
• (Topic) WIDA’s C an D o Descriptors are available by grade level cluster.
Questions? Concerns?
Please contact the WIDA Client Service Center at:
Toll free: 1-866-276-7735 help@wida.us