Assessment Preparation Flashcards
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A Grade 9-12 student taking ACCESS is placed in Tier B. Which level range does Tier B typically target?
Answer: Levels 2.5-4.5
Tier B is designed for students with intermediate proficiency, approximately Levels 2.5 to 4.5 on the ACCESS scale.
Which of the following is a key difference between the ACCESS and the WIDA Screener assessments?
Answer: WIDA Screener is used for initial identification of ELLs; ACCESS is the annual proficiency assessment
The WIDA Screener identifies potential ELLs at enrollment, while ACCESS is the annual assessment used to monitor proficiency growth.
When studying for the ACCESS Writing domain, what organizational structure should a Grade 6-8 student at the Expanding level aim to use?
Answer: Paragraphs with a clear introduction, body, and conclusion
Expanding-level students in Grades 6-8 are expected to produce multi-paragraph writing with clear organization including introduction, body, and conclusion.
What does it mean when an ACCESS score report shows a student's score as 'W-APT' instead of an ACCESS score?
Answer: The student took the placement screener instead of the full annual ACCESS test
W-APT (WIDA-ACCESS Placement Test) is the screener used for initial ELL identification, not the full annual ACCESS assessment.
A teacher notices a student consistently performs lower on the ACCESS Writing domain than on Listening and Reading. What is the most targeted preparation strategy?
Answer: Provide explicit instruction in written academic language features such as transitions, sentence variety, and text organization
Targeting writing-specific skills such as text organization, transitions, and complex sentence structures directly addresses weaknesses in the Writing domain.
Under WIDA policy, what score on the ACCESS Composite is the most common threshold used by states to consider reclassifying a student out of ELL services?
Answer: 4.5
A Composite score of 4.5 is the most commonly adopted exit threshold across WIDA member states, though individual state policies may vary.
Which of the following best prepares a student for the ACCESS Listening domain's academic language tasks?
Answer: Practicing with recordings of academic lectures, discussions, and content-area explanations in English
Exposure to academic English through listening to lectures, discussions, and content-area explanations directly mirrors the language used in ACCESS Listening tasks.