Lexia® English WIDA Standards Progress Report

Lexia® English Language Development™ for grades K–6 is an Adaptive Blended Learning speaking and listening program that supports studentsʼ English language development through academic conversations. Designed to map to various language proficiency standards, including WIDA, Lexia English helps multilingual students acquire higher language proficiency levels of English. 

This progress report shares how Lexia English helped students make English language gains during the 2025–2026 school year. Lexia English addressed diverse learning needs and facilitated dynamic implementations, supporting 63,207 students in 3,138 schools using the WIDA language proficiency standards. Key findings from the report:

• Student Progress—Students who used Lexia English as recommended made significant progress. On average, these students completed 2.2 levels, resulting in approximately one in two students making enough progress to move up to the next WIDA proficiency band within the program. 
• Conversations—Across the school year, WIDA students engaged in 2,412K conversations with the Lexia English characters, amounting to more than 195.6K hours of independent practice in academic conversations. 
• Presentations of Knowledge—Students in schools using the WIDA standards demonstrated their knowledge on 748,261 Presentations of Knowledge, providing educators with ongoing data to inform targeted instruction. 
• Newcomer Benefits—48% of WIDA students identified as Newcomers moved up at least one proficiency band when used as recommended.

Explore more details about students’ 2025–2026 use of Lexia English—and the WIDA progress they achieved—in the full report.