WIDA
World- Class Instructional Design and Assessment
WIDA advances academic language development and academic achievement for children and youth who are culturally and linguistically diverse through high quality standards, assessments, research, and professional learning for educators.
WIDA Screener Online
WIDA Screener Kinder.
WIDA Screener Paper
WIDA Screener Online
WIDA Screener Online is an English Language Proficiency assessment given to new students in grades 1–12 to help educators identify whether they are English Learners (ELs).
https://wida.wisc.edu/assess/screener
WIDA Screener for Kindergarten
WIDA Screener for Kindergarten is an individually administered paper-and-pencil test that helps educators identify students as English Learners (ELs). It is typically given to students one time when they enter your school or district as they start Kindergarten or first grade.
https://wida.wisc.edu/assess/screener
WIDA Screener Paper
WIDA Screener Paper is an English language proficiency assessment given to new students in grades 1–12 to help educators identify whether they are English Learners (ELLs).
https://wida.wisc.edu/assess/screener
ACCESS for ELs Online
ACCESS for ELs Online (ACCESS Online) is a computer-based, adaptive test that responds to student performance and may be administered in group or individual settings. This assessment is given annually to students in Grades 1-12.
https://wida.wisc.edu/assess/access/tests
Alternate ACCESS for ELs
Alternate ACCESS for ELs (Alternate ACCESS) is a large-print, paper-based test individually administered to students in Grades 1-12 who are identified as English language learners (ELLs) with the most significant cognitive disabilities. Alternate ACCESS is intended for ELs who participate, or who would be likely to participate, in their state's alternate content assessment(s).
https://wida.wisc.edu/assess/access/tests
WIDA Language Domains
Listening
Reading
Writing
Speaking
Listening
English Learners will process a range of grade-appropriate oral or written language for a variety of academic purposes and audiences. Automaticity in language processing is reflected in the ability to identify and act on significant information from a variety of genres and registers. English Learners’ strategic competence in processing academic language facilitates their access to content area concepts and ideas.
https://wida.wisc.edu/sites/default/files/resource/Performance-Definitions-Receptive-Domains.pdf
Reading
The multiple-choice items of the Listening and Reading tests are machine scored
Writing
The constructed response items of the Writing test are scored by trained raters who use the WIDA Writing Scoring Scale.
Speaking
Speaking domain are scored locally by certified test administrators when students take ACCESS for ELLs Paper. Recorded responses are scored centrally by trained raters when students take ACCESS for ELLs Online. Both test administrators and centralized raters use the WIDA Speaking Scoring Scale.
https://wida.wisc.edu/sites/default/files/resource/Interpretive-Guide.pdf