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WIDA-ACCESS Placement Test™ (W-APT), ACCESS for ELLs ® and Alternate ACCESS for ELLs®

WIDA-ACCESS Placement Test™ (W-APT), ACCESS for ELLs ® and Alternate ACCESS for ELLs®. English Learners (ELs). W-APT™. W-APT™. Give each new student in your district the home-language survey.

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WIDA-ACCESS Placement Test™ (W-APT), ACCESS for ELLs ® and Alternate ACCESS for ELLs®

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  1. WIDA-ACCESS Placement Test™ (W-APT), ACCESS for ELLs® and Alternate ACCESS for ELLs® English Learners (ELs)

  2. W-APT™

  3. W-APT™ • Give each new student in your district the home-language survey. • If the answer to any of the 4 required home-language survey questions is any language other than English, then administer the screener, W-APT. • The W-APT™ is downloadable free to districts from the website: Contact Chris Williams for a password. • The results of the W-APT™ must be shared with parents within the first 30 days of enrollment or 2 weeks of enrollment during the school year. www.wida.us

  4. Identified EL Students • A program services committee will design a Program Services Plan (PSP) for each identified EL student. The teacher will provide services throughout the year with appropriate instructional and assessment accommodations for each individual EL student. • All identified EL students are required federally to be assessed annually with an English Language Proficiency test.

  5. W-APT™ Scores – Grades 1-12 • For Grades 1-12, if a student scores an overall composite proficiency level of less than a 5.0 on the W-APT™ the student is considered an EL and will be placed in an EL program. The student will take ACCESS for ELLs® in January. • For Grades 1-12, if a student scores an overall composite proficiency of a 5.0 on the W-APT™ the student is considered Initially Fully English Proficient (IFEP). The student is not an EL and will not take ACCESS for ELLs® in January.

  6. W-APT™ Scores – Kindergarten • Since the K-WAPT™ assesses only listening and speaking and yields only an oral proficiency score (1-30),all kindergarteners regardless of their K-WAPT™ raw score, must be administered ACCESSthe following January in order to assess reading and writing. • Kindergarten students cannot exit an EL program until after taking the first grade ACCESS for ELLs®. • Parents can refuse EL services but the student will still have to take ACCESS for ELLs® in January.

  7. Kindergarten K-WAPT™ Program Options Listening & Speaking Domains

  8. ACCESS for ELLs®

  9. ACCESS for ELLs®

  10. ACCESS for ELLs® Exit Criteria Overall Composite of a 5.0 or higher on a Tier B or C and 4.0 or higher overall Literacy Composite.

  11. ACCESS for ELLs® Lync Sessions • Nov. 1, 2-3:30 ET • Nov. 4, 9-10:30 ET and 2-3:30 ET • Nov. 6, 1-2:30 ET • Nov. 8, 9-10:30 ET and 1-2:30 ET Audience: ACCESS for ELLs® Test Administrators, New DACs and Title III Coordinators, anyone needing a refresher Purpose: Procedures and processes for administering ACCESS for ELLs®

  12. Alternate ACCESS for ELLs®

  13. Alternate ACCESS for ELLs® • A paper-pencil test for grades 1-12 • Individualized Education Program (IEP) team determines whether the student takes Alternate ACCESS • To participate in Alternate ACCESS • Classified as an English Learner (EL) • Has a significant cognitive disability • Participates or is expected to participate in the Alternate K-PREP • Disability precludes taking the ACCESS for ELLs® with accommodations

  14. Division of Support and Research • Rhonda Sims, Director • Bridget Stanfield, Branch Manager • Joy Barr, Program Consultant • Cindy Greer, Program Consultant • Kathy Moore, Program Consultant • Kevin O’Hair, Program Consultant • Pam Powers, Systems Consultant IT • Chris Williams, Program Consultant • Teresa King, Support Staff • Maranda Perkins, Support Staff (502) 564-4394 dacinfo@education.ky.gov

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