ACCESS Testing Window - January - March 2026
Who will take the assessment? All Parkdale HS scholars enrolled in the English Language Development (ELD) Program
Contact the following for more information
Dr. Christina Gabriela Lazar - ELD Department Chairperson
Andraea Sydnor - ELD Instructional Lead Teacher (ILT)
Dr. Maritza Negron - ELD Liaison Assistant Principal
ACCESS for ELLs 2.0 is a secure large-scale English language proficiency assessment administered to Kindergarten through 12th grade students who have been identified as English language learners (ELLs). It is given annually in WIDA Consortium member states to monitor students' progress in acquiring academic English. ACCESS for ELLs 2.0 is only available to Consortium member states.
In SY2026 the WIDA ACCESS for ELLs will be administered online. ACCESS for ELLs paper-based assessment will continue to be available according to each state's guidelines. For more information regarding a specific state’s guidelines, please visit the WIDA member states' pages. The Kindergarten and Alternate ACCESS for ELLs assessments remain as paper-based.
ACCESS for ELLs 2.0 is aligned with the WIDA English Language Development Standards and assesses each of the four language domains of Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing.
If you have questions about this test, please contact Dr. Christina Gabriela Lazar - ELD Department Chairperson
[Information on this page is from the WiDA website (CLICK HERE).]
