ACCESS 2021
Welcome to our ACCESS Page!
Check this page on a regular basis for all current information and immediate updates!
Updated 8/20/21
2021 ACCESS for ELLs Score Reports
Score Reports have arrived in schools. Please ensure that these reports are stored securely within your building.
IMPORTANT-On Demand Reports are back. We were able to work with the SCDE to request that TAs have access to the Score Reports in WIDA AMS. Please remember there are Spanish copies of the Score Reports provided as well.
Roll-Ups
- Middle and High Schools, if you have not yet sent your requests for electronic score reports for former 5th and 8th graders, please do so.
- Elementary and Middle Schools, if requests have been made, please send electronic score reports as soon as possible.
Updated 12/15/20
On the WIDA Website, please visit the "Preparing for ACCESS Testing" page to help get your students ready for testing.
What can I do now to get ready for ACCESS?
Take a look at the ACCESS for ELLs Practice Items, Demos, and Practices on the DRC Website.
Please begin to work withing your school to secure your headsets for ACCESS for ELLs.
Talk to your Administration and fill out the Rosetta/ACCESS Headset Google Form.
https://forms.gle/Pv3PsRCQDn8asZT16
Review the Google folder for your role. There is a separate google folder for STCs and TAs.
Start your WIDA Modules and Quizzes on the WIDA Website.
Begin reading the ACCESS for ELLs Manual for your role. If you do not have a hard copy you can find it in the Google Folder.
Reminder ACCESS Limited
December 17th is the deadline to submit these forms to Tanya Franca.
Reminder of Upcoming Virtual Training
January 6, 2021
2:00-3:00 Alternate ACCESS Training
3:00-4:00 Elementary Test Administrator ACCESS for ELLs Training
4:00-5:00 Secondary Test AdministratorACCESS for ELLs Training
January 7, 2021
2:00-3:00 Alternate ACCESS Training
3:00-4:00 Elementary School Test Coordinator ACCESS for ELLs Training
4:00-5:00 Secondary School Test CoordinatorACCESS for ELLs Training2:00-3:00 Alternate ACCESS Training
Updated 12/4/20
Upcoming Training
January 6, 2021
2:00-3:00 Alternate ACCESS Training
3:00-4:00 Elementary School Test Coordinator ACCESS for ELLs Training
4:00-5:00 Secondary School Test Coordinator ACCESS for ELLs Training
January 7, 2021
2:00-3:00 Alternate ACCESS Training
3:00-4:00 Elementary Test Administrator ACCESS for ELLs Training
4:00-5:00 Secondary Test Administrator ACCESS for ELLs Training2:00-3:00 Alternate ACCESS Training
3:00-4:00 Elementary School Test Coordinator ACCESS for ELLs Training
4:00-5:00 Secondary School Test Coordinator ACCESS for ELLs Training
Headsets
Please begin to work withing your school to secure your headsets for ACCESS for ELLs.
Updated 11/23/20
Dually Served Students taking ACCESS for ELLs
If a student with an IEP has an English Proficiency Code that deems them eligible to take the ACCESS for ELLs test , ACCESS for ELLs must be documented on the IEP whether the student has accommodations for the assessment or not.
Updated 11/12/20
Reminders from the November General Meeting
Students in grades K-12 with an English proficiency level of “1.0-6.0” or “A1-A3” will participate in the annual ELP assessment.
Students coded as an “AW” are not yet completely identified as a multilingual learner. Proper identification screening must occur before determining eligibility for English language acquisition services and ELP testing. (Please check all students coded as AW).
Students in 3-year-old and 4-year-old kindergarten do not take the annual ELP assessment regardless of their English proficiency level. Students who have previously met the exit criteria and are coded as “M1-M4” or “8 Former EL” do not continue to take the annual ELP assessment. Students who did not qualify for English language acquisition services based on their initial screener are coded as “8 Never EL” and do not take the annual ELP assessment.
Test Coordinator Manuals (TCMs) and Test Administrator Manuals (TAMs) will arrive in schools around November 18th.
ACCESS Limited Forms
Special Educators will complete the form and submit to Tanya Franca by December 17th.
Please communicate with and support your SPED case managers of the students.
ACCESS Paper Based Test
SPED Case workers and 504 Coordinators will be collaborating with ESOL teachers to determine the Tiers for paper based testers as listed in the IEP.
SPED teachers will give the Tier information to the Clerk for Pre-code.
This is because all materials ordering will occur through Pre-code this year. This must be entered in PS by November 24th
Tier Placement Protocol Link
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Izgp5TOF4odL0lu_ADe782895yZH6PfZ/view
Alternate ACCESS for ELLs
SPED Case workers will work with ESOL Teachers regarding precode of students taking Alternate ACCESS.
Deadline Nov. 24th
Special Note:K-2nd, if you have a student in grades K-2nd that you feel may need an Alternate Assessment please speak to your Special Education Case Worker.
Updated 9/17/20
Downloading ACCESS Individual Score Reports (ISRs) from WIDA AMS and Splitting PDFs
Updated 8/26/20
ACCESS Data Corrections
If you requested ACCESS Data Corrections this past spring, and we were able to make those corrections per the SCDE, those corrected reports will be accessible by August 26, 2020 through your WIDA AMS account.
Please contact Kerry Culpepper with questions.
**Data corrections do not include rescoring, only demographic data.
ACCESS for ELLs 2020 Rescore Requests
The SC State Department has announced that there will be no opportunities for rescores this year.
Published 8/21/20
Request for ACCESS for ELLs Individual Score Reports (ISRs)
If you are in need of an Individual Score Report for a student that has transferred to your school from another school within our district, please use the ESOL personnel chart to contact the ESOL Teacher of the former school to make your request. The teacher should send you an electronic copy.
Roll-Ups
- Middle and High Schools, if you have not yet sent your requests for electronic score reports for former 5th and 8th graders, please do so.
- Elementary and Middle Schools, if requests have been made, please send electronic score reports as soon as possible.
