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Alpine School District reports 76% WIDA progress among multilingual learners, cites districtwide supports
Summary
Dr. Analise Ruiz, Alpine School District’s executive director of educational opportunity and student support, described district programs—including a perception survey, family engagement work and a multilingual learner task force—saying 76% of multilingual students showed progress on the WIDA ACCESS assessment.
Dr. Analise Ruiz, executive director of educational opportunity and student support for Alpine School District, told district leaders the district has seen measurable gains among multilingual learners and is using districtwide surveys and cross-department partnerships to support students.
"We have seen 76% of our students making progress on the WIDA access," Ruiz said, describing work led by a multilingual learner task force that involved about a dozen schools last year.
The district uses a culture, climate and connection perception survey administered across schools to track students' social, emotional and academic conditions, Ruiz said. "One of their…
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