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Annual 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 NowAnnual Technical Report for Alternate ACCESS for ELLs English Language Proficiency Test, Series 601, 2022-2023 Administration
Alternate ACCESS for ELLs technical reports provide evidence for validity and reliability of Alternate ACCESS for ELLs and support intended uses, interpretations and decisions made with the test.
This is the redacted report for the 2022-2023 administration of Alternate ACCESS for ELLs. Item information is removed from the report.
Resource Details View Download NowCan Do Descriptors Student Name Charts, Grade 1
This chart allows educators to track students by their level of English language proficiency.
Resource Details View Download NowCan Do Descriptors Student Name Charts, Grades 2-3
This chart allows educators to track students by their level of English language proficiency.
Resource Details View Download NowCan Do Descriptors Student Name Charts, Grades 4-5
This chart allows educators to track students by their level of English language proficiency.
Resource Details View Download NowCan Do Descriptors Student Name Charts, Grades 6-8
This chart allows educators to track students by their level of English language proficiency.
Resource Details View Download NowCan Do Descriptors Student Name Charts, Grades 9-12
This chart allows educators to track students by their level of English language proficiency.
Resource Details View Download NowCan Do Descriptors Student Name Charts, Kindergarten
This chart allows educators to track students by their level of English language proficiency.
Resource Details View Download NowCan Do Descriptors, Original Edition, Student Name Charts, Grades K-12
This chart allows educators to track students by their level of English language proficiency.
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 NowCollaborating with States on Professional Development Planning
This study investigated a coaching process in which state educational representatives (SEAs) and WIDA staff engaged during 2012. The purpose was to enhance the quality of the professional development offered by states to their educators.
Published May 2013
Authors: Daniella Molle, Christie Reveles
Collaborative Learning for English Language Learners
This research brief reports preliminary results from a study of teachers’ successful experiences engaging ELLs in collaborative learning with peers.
Published May 2014
Resource Details View Download NowCurricular Considerations: Introduction to Collaborating Around the 2020 Edition
The WIDA ELD Standards Framework, 2020 Edition brings new practical ways for all educators working with multilingual learners to conceptualize the development of content and language together through asset-based, equitable, and rigorous approaches in curricular design. This session will encourage participants to think about what collaboration looks like in these contexts.
Resource DetailsDesarrollando el español: Guiding bilingual instructional planning with Marco DALE
This webinar dives into the components of the Marco de los estándares del desarrollo auténtico del lenguaje español de WIDA (Marco DALE) and explores how they can support educator's planning processes.
Resource DetailsDesign Principles for Engaging Multilingual Learners in Three-Dimensional Science
WIDA and the National Science Teaching Association formed Making Science Multilingual to support equitable and inclusive forms of science instruction through which all students, but especially multilingual learners, can learn science and language simultaneously. To guide this work, the Making Science Multilingual team devised eight design principles to define the integration of contemporary three-dimensional science and language-in-use pedagogies. These principles will guide educator resource development at both organizations and facilitate critical examination of how well educator resources support inclusion of multilingual learners in rigorous science learning.
Resource DetailsDetection of Multiple Group Differential Item Functioning for Students with Disabilities of the Alternate ACCESS Field Tests in 2023
This report describe how WIDA applied Differential Item Functioning analysis among multiple disability groups of our Alternate ACCESS Field Test items in 2023.
Resource Details View Download NowDistrict Level Analysis of ELL Growth
This research project explored the patterns of district-level ELL “growth” for the 2007-2011 time period and identified the existence of “high-flying” and “low-cruising” districts within ACCESS for ELLs in terms of ELL growth.
Published May 2013
Author: Narek Sahakyan
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District Readiness to Implement Standards-Based Reform for English Language Learners a Decade After No Child Left Behind Act
This 16-state survey of school districts with fewer than 500 English language learners revealed that few district-level English language learner staff had formal preparation in educating English language learner or using English language proficiency standards. A wide school-level disparity existed between English as a second language or bilingual teachers and general education teachers in terms of their engagement with proficiency standards and assessment data.
Resource DetailsEducational Justice Through Policy
In this Focus Bulletin, WIDA revisits landmark legislation and policies that shaped language education in the U.S. It presents unintended consequences on programming and instruction of bi/multilingual students; showcases how field practitioners address language policy and its consequences; and includes tools for reflection, collaboration, professional learning and community engagement.
Published November 2022
Author: Mariana Castro
Embedding the Can Do Cycle Throughout the School Year
This Focus Bulletin reframes the WIDA Can Do Philosophy as a can do cycle of actions that can be embedded into teaching and learning experiences throughout the entire school year. In it, we offer resource banks of questions that can be used to elicit student assets and reflect on ways to build on student assets at the beginning of each unit, during each unit, and at the end of each unit.
Published April 2022
Authors: Maya Martinez-Hart, Christina Nelson