TABLE 1   WIDA

WIDA Consortium States Reclassification Criteria Overview

Notes: “ELP Score Requirement” is the minimum overall composite ELP score needed to exit. Washington changed its ELP assessment from ELPA21 to WIDA in 2021–22. ELPA21 was administered in 2018–19, 2019–20, and 2020–21, and WIDA in 2021–22 and thereafter. Additionally, exit criteria was adjusted in 2023–24. Tennessee changed its ELP assessment from WIDA to ELPA21 in July 2024. Prior to this change, the ELP score needed to exit was 4.4 or higher composite and a literacy composite proficiency level of 4.2 or higher.
Source: New America Education Policy Program analysis of English Learner reclassification policy and language proficiency outcome data collected from U.S. state education agencies, 2026.