<P> The WIDA Consortium ( formerly World - Class Instructional Design and Assessment ) is an educational consortium of state departments of education . Currently , 37 U.S. states and the District of Columbia , as well as Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands , participate in the WIDA Consortium . WIDA designs and implements proficiency standards and assessment for grade K - 12 students who are English - language learners , as well as a set of proficiency standards and assessments for Spanish language learners . WIDA also provides professional development to educators and conducts research on instructional practices , as well as the results and use of the ACCESS and W - APT English language proficiency assessments . </P>
<P> The WIDA Consortium ( formerly World - Class Instructional Design and Assessment ) is an educational consortium of state departments of education . Currently , 37 U.S. states and the District of Columbia , as well as Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands , participate in the WIDA Consortium . WIDA designs and implements proficiency standards and assessment for grade K - 12 students who are English - language learners , as well as a set of proficiency standards and assessments for Spanish language learners . WIDA also provides professional development to educators and conducts research on instructional practices , as well as the results and use of the ACCESS and W - APT English language proficiency assessments . </P>
how many states are in the wida consortium
how many states are in the wida consortium
37
37