This Focus Bulletin offers expert advice, data on 2020-21 identification rates, data templates, common scenarios and resources for school teams identifying K-12 multilingual learners for Specific Learning Disabilities.
Originally published May 2017/Updated November 2023
Author: Lynn Shafer Willner
Released December 2023
This accessibility manual was developed to guide the selection and administration of Test Administration Considerations, Universal Tools, and Accommodations for individual English Language Learners (ELLs) in order to produce valid assessment results.
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A checklist for tracking the accommodations a student receives for ACCESS for ELLs Paper.
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A checklist for tracking the accommodations a student receives on ACCESS for ELLs Online.
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Checklist for IEP teams to prepare for administration of WIDA Alternate ACCESS.
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Checklist for IEP teams to prepare for administering Kindergarten ACCESS for ELLs.
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A checklist for tracking the accommodations a student receives on WIDA Screener for Kindergarten.
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A checklist for tracking the accommodations a student receives on WIDA Screener Online.
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A checklist for tracking the accommodations a student receives on WIDA Screener Paper.
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The analysis in this report illustrates models and procedures that can be used to assign a missing domain score in order to calculate an overall composite score. These methods only apply to assessments taken by English learners whose IEPs or 504 plans require they not be tested in one or more domains.
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This WIDA Focus Bulletin outlines ways in which educators can provide English Language Learners with disabilities access to complex language via classroom activities and engagement opportunities.
Published March 2017
Authors: Lynn Shafer Willner, Cynthia Lundgren, Mira Monroe, Julia Cortada
Released February 2017
The WIDA Accessibility and Accommodations Framework consists of the application of effective linguistic scaffolding and Universal Design principles to the development of test items, use of administrative considerations and purposeful design and delivery of universal tools and accommodations.
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