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# English Language Development Standards Framework

> Reference for the WIDA English Language Development Standards dataset in Knowledge Graph, covering language expectations for multilingual learners.

[Dataset last updated September 23, 2025.](#dataset-release-history)

## Overview

<Note>
  The English Language Development Standards Framework dataset uses Standards
  [entities](/knowledge-graph/schema-reference/standards#entities) and
  [relationships](/knowledge-graph/schema-reference/standards#relationships).
</Note>

The English Language Development Standards Framework dataset represents [WIDA](https://wida.wisc.edu/) ↗'s official expectations for language development for multilingual learners.

|                          |                                                                                                                                                                 |
| :----------------------- | :-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Source**               | [WIDA](https://wida.wisc.edu/) ↗ via [Common Good Learning Tools](https://rosetta.commongoodlt.com/) ↗'s [CASE data](https://www.imsglobal.org/activity/case) ↗ |
| **Supported grades**     | K-12                                                                                                                                                            |
| **Includes**             | English Language Development Standards Framework <Badge color="green">Open</Badge>                                                                              |
| **Dataset dependencies** | None                                                                                                                                                            |
| **REST API endpoints**   | [Academic standards](/api-reference/academic-standards/standards-frameworks)                                                                                    |

## Use cases

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

## Schema

The data represents [standards frameworks](/knowledge-graph/understanding-knowledge-graph/core-concepts#standards-frameworks), [standards groups](/knowledge-graph/understanding-knowledge-graph/core-concepts#standards-groups), and individual [standards](/knowledge-graph/understanding-knowledge-graph/core-concepts#academic-standard) as a tree with the following entities and relationships:

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| **Data model**                                                                 | <Frame><img src="https://mintcdn.com/czi-60a2a443/bb-F2r75Gz83PPsi/images/kg/standards-dataset_data-model-diagram_high-level-v2.svg?fit=max&auto=format&n=bb-F2r75Gz83PPsi&q=85&s=63579fc19f128f4553057ae2ccf4f73d" alt="Data model diagram: StandardsFramework and StandardsFrameworkItem entities linked by hasChild" width="920" height="1200" data-path="images/kg/standards-dataset_data-model-diagram_high-level-v2.svg" /></Frame> |
| [**Entities**](/knowledge-graph/schema-reference/standards#entities)           | <ul><li>[`StandardsFramework`](/knowledge-graph/schema-reference/standards#standardsframework)<ul><li>Root node for the framework</li></ul></li><li>[`StandardsFrameworkItem`](/knowledge-graph/schema-reference/standards#standardsframeworkitem) (child node to [`StandardsFramework`](/knowledge-graph/schema-reference/standards#standardsframework))<ul><li>Top-level grouping (e.g. <em>Language for Language Arts</em>)</li><li>**Standard** within a grouping (e.g. <em>ELD.LA.4-5.Narrate.Interpretive</em>)</li></ul></li></ul>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| [**Relationships**](/knowledge-graph/schema-reference/standards#relationships) | <ul><li>[`StandardsFramework`](/knowledge-graph/schema-reference/standards#standardsframework) → [`hasChild`](/knowledge-graph/schema-reference/standards#haschild) → [`StandardsFrameworkItem`](/knowledge-graph/schema-reference/standards#standardsframeworkitem) (e.g. WIDA ELD framework → its top-level standards)</li><li>[`StandardsFrameworkItem`](/knowledge-graph/schema-reference/standards#standardsframeworkitem) → [`hasChild`](/knowledge-graph/schema-reference/standards#haschild) → [`StandardsFrameworkItem`](/knowledge-graph/schema-reference/standards#standardsframeworkitem) (e.g. standard → language expectation)</li></ul>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |

## Dataset release history

| Date               | Changed                                                                 |
| ------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| September 23, 2025 | First release from [CASE Network 2](https://casenetwork.1edtech.org/) ↗ |

## Related topics

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    Review entities, relationships, and property definitions for Academic
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    Query standards by ID, search by statement code, and retrieve related
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