The Early English Language Development (E-ELD) Standards are language standards that describe the social and academic language dual language learners (DLLs) need to process and produce across standards-based curricula in early care and education programs.

The E-ELD Standards

Are aligned with the WIDA K-12 English Language Development (ELD) Standards.
Have been cross-walked with states’ Early Learning Standards (ELS) and the Head Start Child Development and Early Learning Framework.
Are always used in conjunction with states’ ELS to help practitioners concretely connect the linguistic variations and needs of DLLs across all content areas of standards-based curricula and assessments.

The Early English Language Development Standards books are available in six languages: English, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, and Haitian Creole.

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