Can Title III pay for educational technology for English Learners? Yes, when it is supplemental and supports language development. What qualifies and how to buy it.
What Title III funds can be used for: allowable uses, what is not allowed, the supplement-not-supplant rule, and how to spend the money on capacity, not activities.
A complete guide to Title III funding: what it is, how the formula works, what it can pay for, the supplement-not-supplant rule, and how districts use it well.
The most common WIDA mistakes schools make, from reading only the overall score to ignoring the speaking gap, and how district leaders can avoid each one.
How students exit EL services: what reclassification means, the criteria states use, the monitoring period, and why so many students stall before exiting.
How WIDA scores are calculated: domain scores, the weighted composites, scale scores versus proficiency levels, and what the numbers actually tell a district.
The WIDA Key Language Uses explained: Narrate, Inform, Explain, and Argue, what each means, and how districts use them to plan academic language instruction.
WIDA Can Do Descriptors explain what English Learners can do with language at each proficiency level. What they are, how they are organized, and how to use them.
The WIDA ACCESS writing score explained: what it measures, how much writing weighs in the composites, and why writing outpaces speaking in district data.
