On or about May 30, schools should expect to receive a shipment of the following ACCESS for ELLs printed reports:
Districts will receive the following printed report:
ACCESS results will also be available electronically as follows:
Please carefully review this data in WIDA AMS and in DropBoxes upon their respective releases, and report any errors in student participation, student data, and/or appeals of a student's scores to the Department by June 29 at ACCESS@doe.mass.edu or by phone at 781-338-3625. Districts and schools were given the opportunity to update student demographic information and Do Not Score codes during the data validation window from March 26 to April 4. If data was not validated at that time and depending on the number of appeals reported, it may be necessary for the district to pay the cost. Data corrections are $100 per record and scoring appeals are $200 if the score is not corrected.
Schools and districts will be able to view, download, and print copies of the score reports listed below, as well as a student data file in WIDA AMS. Instructions for accessing these documents are available in the WIDA AMS User Guide on the WIDA website. DRC will send test coordinators an email on May 23 with additional directions.
The following reports are also available electronically in WIDA AMS, under Student Score Results > Test Results:
Schools must send Kindergarten Parent Reports and Individual Score Reports (ISR) to the home of the student with an appropriate translated report. Print copies of translated score reports containing actual student data are available in 47 languages and can be generated under Student Score Results > On Demand.
Districts are encouraged to download sample letters to parents in the language of the home (where available) to accompany the reports. Letters should be copied onto school or district letterhead, signed by the appropriate school or district official, and sent to the home of the parents with the actual Kindergarten Parent Reports or Individual Score Reports.
WIDA has developed one-page Parent Handouts for ACCESS for ELLs 2.0 and Alternate ACCESS for ELLs that provide answers to basic questions about ACCESS for ELLs 2.0. Translations are available in 6 languages.
Additionally, Parent Guides for Score Reports for ACCESS for ELLs 2.0, Alternate ACCESS for ELLs, and Kindergarten ACCESS for ELLs include 2-page documents that explain their child's score reports. Translations are available in 12 languages.
WIDA has developed a Training Module for WIDA AMS: Accessing Score Reports that provides information on how to view student reports, data files, and online results from WIDA AMS. Additionally, WIDA has recorded a Q & A webinar.
Information about the reports and how each should be interpreted and used is available in the ACCESS for ELLs Interpretive Guide for Score Reports and in the Alternate ACCESS for ELLs Interpretive Guide for Score Reports.
WIDA has developed a survey focusing on districts and schools experiences administering ACCESS for ELLs 2.0, Alternate ACCESS for ELLs, and WIDA Screener. The survey takes 5 minutes or less to complete at ACCESS & WIDA Screener LEA Survey 2017-18.
Please contact Student Assessment Services with any questions about ACCESS for ELLs testing at ACCESS@doe.mass.edu or by phone at 781-338-3625.
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