Virginia Title III Statewide Consortium Conference Blacksburg, Virginia January 21-22, 2015 Virginia Department of Education: ACCESS for ELLs ® Teacher Report

2 ACCESS for ELLs Teacher Report The audience for this report is teachers, administrators, and school teams. This report provides an individual student’s Raw Scores by English language proficiency standard. This report also provides Scale Scores and Proficiency Levels for each language domain of Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing as well as composites for Oral Language, Comprehension, Literacy, and Overall Score. WIDA provides detailed information about the Teacher Report on pages in the ACCESS for ELLs Interpretive Guide for Score Reports, Spring 2014, which is posted at

3 Raw scores indicate the actual number of correct responses. Raw scores are reported by English language proficiency standard. Raw scores are converted to Scale Scores. WIDA cautions that raw scores are not appropriate to track student progress. Raw Scores ACCESS for ELLs Interpretive Guide for Score Reports, Spring 2014, pages 5, 6, and 8

4 All ACCESS for ELLs tests (kindergarten through grade 12) are scored on a single vertical scale of With the single vertical scale, scale scores across grades can be compared to one another within, but not across, a language domain (Listening, Speaking, Reading, or Writing). For example: An LEP student’s scores in the language domain of Reading from grades 4, 5, and 6 can be compared to determine the student’s progress. Scale Scores ACCESS for ELLs Interpretive Guide for Score Reports, Spring 2014, pages 6 and 8

Scale Scores, cont. 5

6 Scale Scores by Language Domain: Listening Speaking Reading Writing

Scale Scores, cont. 7 Scale Scores by Composite: Oral Language Literacy Comprehension Overall Score

Scale Scores, cont. 8 Scale Scores by Composite are derived from a combination of weighted scale scores from the language domains: ACCESS for ELLs Interpretive Guide for Score Reports, Spring 2014, page 9

9 The Proficiency Level score is an interpretation of the scale score. The Proficiency Level score describes student performance in terms of the six WIDA English language proficiency levels: 1-Entering; 2-Emerging; 3-Developing; 4-Expanding; 5-Bridging; and 6-Reaching. Proficiency Level Scores

10 The Proficiency Level score is presented as a whole number followed by a decimal: the whole number (1 through 6) indicates the student’s language proficiency level; and the decimal (.0 through.9) indicates the proportion within the proficiency level rounded to the nearest tenth. Proficiency Level Scores ACCESS for ELLs Interpretive Guide for Score Reports, Spring 2014, pages 6, 7, and 8

11 Proficiency Level Scores, cont.

12 Proficiency Level Scores, cont. Proficiency Level Scores by Language Domain: Listening Speaking Reading Writing

13 Proficiency Level Scores, cont. Proficiency Level Scores by Composite: Oral Language Literacy Comprehension Overall Score

14 Proficiency Level Scores, cont. Proficiency Level Scores by Composite are derived from a combination of weighted scale scores from the language domains: ACCESS for ELLs Interpretive Guide for Score Reports, Spring 2014, page 9

15 All four sections of the ACCESS for ELLs test must be taken to calculate an Overall Score (Composite). Incomplete scores may be the result of: Absence during testing; Testing irregularity; Incomplete testing; and/or Blank test booklet. Incomplete Scores ACCESS for ELLs Interpretive Guide for Score Reports, Spring 2014, page 10

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17 Robert Fugate LEP Assessment Specialist Student Assessment and School Improvement Virginia Department of Education Telephone: (804) Contact Information