Year At A Glance

August
Get your Language Acquisition Team ready before students arrive.

• 🔗 Intake Assessment Training — Pre-K Screening Tool

• 🔗 Intake Assessment Training — Kindergarten WIDA Screener

• 🔗 Intake Assessment Training — Grades 1-12 WIDA Screener

• 🔗 Review of EL Data — ML School Folder

• 🔗 Service Delivery Schedules — August Export Spreadsheet

September
Send required family communications and identify SLIFE students.

• 🔗 Initial/Annual Parent Notification Letter — English

• 🔗 Initial/Annual Parent Notification Letter — Spanish

• 🔗 PK Parent Notification Letter — English / Spanish

• 🔗 Initial Identification of SLIFE Students, Grades 3-8

• 🔗 Reconfirmation of Opt-Outs

October
Get certified and prepared ahead of ACCESS testing season.

• 🔗 ACCESS Test Administration Training — WIDA Secure Portal

• 🔗 Test Administrator Manual 2025-2026

November
Complete your first round of student monitoring for the year.

• 🔗 FEL Monitoring Process #1

• 🔗 SLIFE Monitoring #1

• 🔗 Opt-Out Monitoring #1

December
Finalize your ACCESS testing schedule before the holiday break.

• 🔗 ACCESS Testing Schedule — WIDA AMS Setup

January / February
ACCESS testing window: January 5 – February 27, 2026.

• 🔗 ACCESS Test Administration — full details on our ACCESS page

March / April
Validate data and complete second-round FEL monitoring.

• 🔗 ACCESS Demographic Data Validation

• 🔗 FEL Monitoring Process #2

May / June
Scores arrive, families are notified, and final monitoring wraps the year.

• 🔗 ACCESS Score Reports

• 🔗 FEL Parent Notification Letter

• 🔗 SLIFE Monitoring #2

• 🔗 Opt-Out Monitoring #2

• 🔗 High School Transfer Process — UNIDOS