WIDA & ACCESS

ANN-MICHELLE NEAL, ED.S

World-Class Instructional
Design and Assessment

Can-Do Philosophy
WIDA Standards
Proficiency
Levels
Student Profiles
Name: Thiago Gabriela Young-sung

Born: in Brazil in U.S. in Korea

Home
Language:
Brazilian Portuguese Guatemalan Spanish Korean

Home
can read and write in Portuguese, but informal speaking and listening, does
Language literate in Korean
Skills: probably below grade level not read or write in Spanish

Enrolled: earlier this year in Kindergarten at the beginning of the year

Educational
4 years of schooling in Brazil at 3
Background 5.5 years in US school half a year in US school
: different schools with frequent absences

Background formal grammar and vocabulary

in English:
informal exposure outside of school lifelong exposure in and out of school
instruction in English in Korea

Domain: L: 1.4 S: 1.2 R: 1.0 W: 1.0 L: 5.6 S: 4.7 R: 3.2 W: 2.3 L: 1.2 S: 2.3 R: 4.7 W: 3.3

Composite: Oral: 1.3 Lit: 1.0 Comp: 1.1 All: 1.0 Oral: 5.1 Lit: 2.7 Comp: 3.9 All: 3.4 Oral: 1.7 Lit: 4.0 Comp: 3.6 All: 3.3

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Charting the Can-Do Descriptors
Thiago Gabriela Young-sung
Overall: 1.0? Overall: 3.4? Overall: 3.3?

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ACCESS Test Items
Reading
Grade k-2, Science
Writing
Grade 3-5, Science
Speaking
Grade 3-5, Science
Interpreting
ACCESS Scores
 LITERACY Composite

ACCESSS
Composite

COMPREHENSION Composite
Scores Reading Writing

Overall
Composite:
Reading 35%
Writing 35%
Listening Speaking
Listening 15%
Speaking 15%

ORAL LANGUAGE Composite

Sample WIDA
Student Report
 Interpreting ACCESS Scores
Scale Scores are on a
vertical scale so
students progress
can be monitored
over time and across
grade levels.
Proficiency Level (PL)
is reported as a
whole number
followed by a
decimal.
PL is NOT the same as
grade level
equivalent.

2014 Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, on behalf of the WIDA Consortium www.wida.us.
Example Scale Score v Proficiency Level
Scale score of 302

5th grade 2.3

4th grade 3.0
3rd grade 3.7
Language Progress Over time
VDOE Student Progress Targets for Overall Composite Scale Score

500

450

400

350

300

250
Overall Composite
200 Scale Score
150

100

50

0
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

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What is Adequate Growth?

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Progress Over Time
VDOE Student Progress Targets for Overall Composite Scale Score

500

450

400

350

300 Overall Composite

Scale Score
250
Overall Composite
200 Scale Score
150
VDOE Target
100

50

0
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

(C) FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS 2014

Progress Over Time

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Language Domain Analysis

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Lets Practice!
Speaking Scoring
Scale
Also see:

Considerations for Scoring Oral

Language

https://www.wida.us/assessment/Scre
ener/screener-online.aspx#about
Writing Scoring
Scale
Also see:

Sentence Complexity Guidelines

Writing, Grade 1

2 Points
Writing, Grade 2-3

3 Points
Writing, Grade 4-5

4 Points
Writing, Grade 6-8

3+ Points
Questions