Nothing says welcome back from winter break like a huge helping of standardized testing! Last year, the state of Missouri joined the WIDA Consortium (World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment) and adopted it's standards and assessments for English Language Learner's (ELLs). Last January, we gave the WIDA ACCESS for ELLs (WIDA's annual language proficiency assessment) for the first time, and the time is upon us once again to administer the ACCESS to all of our students. The ACCESS addresses the five English Language Proficiency standards of 1) social and instructional language, 2) language of language arts, 3) language of mathematics, 4) language of science, and 5) language of social studies. Students are tested in the four modalities of speaking, listening, reading, and writing and are given a proficiency score in each area. They are also given an overall English profiency score that gives students, parents, and teachers an idea of what their ELL can do in English. We started testing on January 9th, and we will continue to test until all the ESL students have finished the assessment or until February 27th. We appreciate your patience as we switch our schedules around a bit this month. Welcome back from winter break!
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AuthorsESL Teachers and Students from Willard School District Archives
February 2013
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