English Language Development Standards Framework

Dataset last updated September 23, 2025.

Overview

The English Language Development Standards Framework dataset uses Standards entities and relationships.

The English Language Development Standards Framework dataset represents WIDA ↗‘s official expectations for language development for multilingual learners.


Source	WIDA ↗ via Common Good Learning Tools ↗‘s CASE data ↗
Supported grades	K-12
Includes	English Language Development Standards Framework Open
Dataset dependencies	None
REST API endpoints	Academic standards

Use cases

Use case	Examples
Align instructional content to official learning goals	Use ELD standards as context to create AI-generated lesson plans for multilingual learners Integrate ELD standards data with your CMS for easy content tagging
Power richer analytics	Aggregate performance or coverage data by ELD standard Reduce maintenance burden on internal standards infrastructure
Query ELD alongside academic standards	Treat English Language Development as a queryable dimension alongside U.S. academic standards, using a shared data model to build against more than one framework at once

Schema

The data represents standards frameworks, standards groups, and individual standards as a tree with the following entities and relationships:


Data model
Entities	`StandardsFramework` Root node for the framework `StandardsFrameworkItem` (child node to `StandardsFramework`) Top-level grouping (e.g. Language for Language Arts) Standard within a grouping (e.g. ELD.LA.4-5.Narrate.Interpretive)
Relationships	`StandardsFramework` → `hasChild` → `StandardsFrameworkItem` (e.g. WIDA ELD framework → its top-level standards) `StandardsFrameworkItem` → `hasChild` → `StandardsFrameworkItem` (e.g. standard → language expectation)

Dataset release history

Date	Changed
September 23, 2025	First release from CASE Network 2 ↗

Standards schema reference

Review entities, relationships, and property definitions for Academic Standards.

Academic Standards API endpoints

Query standards by ID, search by statement code, and retrieve related content via the REST API.

Standards Frameworks API endpoint

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English Language Development Standards Framework

Overview

Use cases

Schema

Dataset release history

Standards schema reference

Academic Standards API endpoints

Standards Frameworks API endpoint

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Standards schema reference

Academic Standards API endpoints

Standards Frameworks API endpoint

Overview

Use cases

Schema

Dataset release history

Related topics