WIDA Testing

What

WIDA Testing

When

3/19/2020

ACCESS for ELLs

Purpose: To monitor students' progress in acquiring academic English.

Grade Level/Class: K-12

Description: ACCESS for ELLs (Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State-to-State for English Language Learners) is a secure large-scale English language proficiency assessment given annually to Kindergarten through 12th graders who have been identified as English language learners (ELLs).

Use of Data: Results serve as one criterion to aid in determining when ELLs have attained the language proficiency needed to participate meaningfully in content area classrooms without program support and on state academic content tests without accommodations. Data provide schools with information that will aid in evaluating the effectiveness of their ESL/bilingual programs and identifies the ELP levels of students with respect to the WIDA ELP Standards' levels 1-6.

Dates: February 18-April 3, 2020

Testing Times: 100-120 minutes; additional 35 minutes for Grade 1 Tier A, 60 minutes for Grade 2-12 Tier A or 65 minutes for Tier B/C.

Parental/Student Notification: Parent notification letter in their native language within the federal guidelines.

Grades: No grades are given on this assessment.