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ACCESS for ELLs Interpretive Guide for Score Reports
This comprehensive document explains the types of scores reported by ACCESS for ELLs for students in kindergarten through grade 12.
Resource Details View Download NowACCESS for ELLs Parent Letters (multiple languages)
This letter, available in many languages, contains general information about ACCESS for ELLs and is meant to accompany ACCESS for ELLs score reports as an explanation for parents and guardians. It is provided in an editable format to allow districts and schools to include additional information regarding test administration dates and state policy.
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ACCESS for ELLs: Understanding Your Child's Scores (multiple languages)
Send this flyer home with students along with the ACCESS for ELLs Individual Student Report. This flyer explains each piece of score information included in the report. Use this guide, available in several languages, to help parents understand what scores mean and how they are used.
Resource DetailsACCESS or Alternate ACCESS?
Not sure whether a multilingual learner should take ACCESS for ELLs or WIDA Alternate ACCESS? In this webinar recording, WIDA experts walk you through the decision-making process based on examples of student characteristics. The webinar provides newfound insights and strategies that you can take back to your colleagues.
Resource DetailsACCESS Paper Accommodations Checklist
A checklist for tracking the accommodations a student receives for ACCESS for ELLs Paper.
Resource Details View Download NowAccessibility and Accommodations Manual
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.
Resource Details View Download NowAlternate ACCESS for ELLs Participation Decision Tree
This guide helps IEP teams determine if a student should take the Alternate ACCESS for ELLs assessment, or the ACCESS for ELLs (Online or Paper) with accommodations.
Resource Details View Download NowAnnual Technical Report for ACCESS for ELLs Paper English Language Proficiency Test Series 601, 2022–2023 Administration
ACCESS for ELLs Paper technical reports provide evidence for validity and reliability of ACCESS for ELLs Paper and support intended uses, interpretations, and decision made with the test. This is the redacted report for the 2022-2023 administration of ACCESS for ELLs Paper without item information.
Resource Details View Download NowChoosing an Interim Assessment: Guidelines for Stakeholders
This document describes WIDA's viewpoint of the criteria for an assessment to be used as a valid interim English language proficiency assessment in support of the annual administration of ACCESS for ELLs.
Resource Details View Download NowEvaluating Teacher Effectiveness Using ACCESS for ELLs
Regardless of the growth model, aggregate test-score-based models of student growth require large and longitudinally connected samples of student data. When sample sizes are small it becomes impossible to reliably estimate and disentangle district, school and teacher effects from student growth data.
Published June 2015
Author: Narek Sahakyan
Examining District-Level Growth Using ACCESS for ELLs
This research report provides a description of a study examining school districts in the WIDA Consortium whose English language learners (ELLs) exhibit consistently high growth on the ACCESS for ELLs (ACCESS) assessment.
Published August 2014
Authors: Narek Sahakyan, H. Gary Cook
Examining Growth at the Intersection of IEP and (Long-Term) EL Status
Motivated by findings of a 2018 WIDA report pointing to large overlap between ELs with Individualized Education Program (IEP) designations and those ELs who could be identified as LTELs, this study further focuses on these dual-identified students. Grouping ELs by ever-IEP (i.e., being assigned an IEP at any point in the longitudinal record) and never-IEP status, we compare these two subgroups’ English language growth trajectories across time. Our findings show consistent trends of differential growth and reclassification rates for these two subgroups.
Published November 2021
Authors: Narek Sahakyan, Glenn Poole
Generating Imputed Overall Composite Scale Scores for English Learners with Disabilities Who Are Missing Domain Scores in the ACCESS for ELLs Assessment
This technical report aids WIDA Consortium members and stakeholders in producing imputed overall composite scale scores and proficiency levels for students who are missing scores in one or two domains due to a disability.
Published September 2020
Author: Narek Sahakyan
Getting Students Ready for ACCESS for ELLs Paper
General advice to teachers who want to help prepare their students to take ACCESS for ELLs Paper.
Resource Details View Download NowSample ACCESS for ELLs District Frequency Report
District Frequency Reports show the number and percentage of tested students who scored at each proficiency level. There are separate reports for each grade.
Resource Details View Download NowSample ACCESS for ELLs Individual Score Report (English)
This report provides information about the student’s scores on the ACCESS for ELLs English language proficiency test. This test is based on the WIDA English Language Development Standards and is used to measure students’ progress in learning English. Scores are reported as Language Proficiency Levels and as Scale Scores.
Resource Details View Download NowSample ACCESS for ELLs School Frequency Report
School frequency reports show the number of students who've tested at each proficiency level for all domains. There are separate reports for each grade.
Resource Details View Download NowSample ACCESS for ELLs State Frequency Report
State Frequency Reports show the number and percentage of tested students who scored at each proficiency level. There are separate reports for each grade.
Resource Details View Download NowSample ACCESS for ELLs Student Roster Report
Student Roster Reports show individual students' domain, composite and overall scores. There are separate reports for each grade.
Resource Details View Download NowUsing ACCESS for ELLs to Promote Beneficial Outcomes for English Learners Flyer
This flyer provides a breakdown of the role school/district-level educators, state-level administrators and WIDA play in using or developing ACCESS Online and Paper test scores, interpreting scores and making decisions based on scores to best serve English learners. Plus, there’s a checklist outlining the positive and intended outcomes of using ACCESS Online and Paper scores, so you’ll always know what it takes to ensure your students have the supports they need.
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