SY2024 ACCESS for ELLs Testing
ACCESS Testing Window - January 8 - March 1, 2024
Who will take the assessment? All Parkdale HS scholars enrolled in the English Language Development (ELD) Program
Contact the following for more information
Andraea Sydnor - ELD Instructional Lead Teacher (ILT)
Ektaben Bhatt - ELD Department Chairperson
Dr. LaTanya Catron - 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 2015-2016, the WIDA Consortium will begin administration of the new summative assessment from grades 1–12. An online assessment will replace the earlier paper-based assessment, ACCESS for ELLs, although a 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 will not change from previous years and remain 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 the ELL Chairperson, Ms. Maritza Negron (Maritza.Negron@pgcps.org ).
[Information on this page is from the WiDA website (CLICK HERE).]