Summative Assessment –ACCESS for ELLs 2.0 Scores and Reports

ACCESS for ELLs 2.0 Scores

Raw Scale ELP Levels

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Domain Scores

Listening Reading Writing Speaking

Composite Scores

Oral Language Literacy Comprehension Overall

Intrepretive Guide for Score Reports, Spring 2015 4

Listening (50%)

Reading (50%)

Listening (30%)

Listening (15%)

Speaking (50%)

Writing (50%)

Reading (70%)

Reading (35%)

Speaking (15%)

Writing (35%)

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Overall Score

Oral Language Score

Literacy Score

Comprehension Score

WIDA ACCESS for ELLs 2.0 scale scores are psychometrically derived measures of student proficiency.

Range from 100 to 600 (above 500 is rare).There is a separate scale for each language

domain: Listening;

Speaking;

Reading; and

Writing.

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Proficiency Level Scores are socially-derivedinterpretations of the ACCESS for ELLs Scale Scores in terms of the six proficiency levels defined in the WIDA Standards.

Comprised of a whole number and a decimal, e.g. 2.5 The whole number indicates the proficiency level into which the

student’s scale score places him or her (e.g. 2 = Emerging)

The decimal indicates how far, in tenths, the student’s scale score places him or her between the lower and the higher cut score of the proficiency level (e.g. 2.5 = 5/10 or ½ of the way between the cut score for level 2 and level 3)

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The ACCESS for ELLs 2.0 Interpretive Guide for Score Reports contains detailed information on the use of scores from this assessment.

Download the document from www.wida.us.

Make sure you are looking at the most recent guide.

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1. Parent/ Guardian2. Teacher3. Student Roster4. Individual Student Report5. School Frequency6. District Frequency

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Demographic information about the

student

Student’s ELP Level by

Domain

Description of the ELP Levels

Oral Language Score

Literacy Score

Comprehension Score

Overall Score

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The Parent/Guardian Report contains individual student data

Score Report Audience or Stakeholder

Types of Information

Parent/Guardian Students Parents/ Guardians Teachers School Teams

Individual student’s Overall Score and levels of English language proficiency for language domains (Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing and Comprehension)

What information would you want to share with the family?

What information are you required to share with the family?

When, where and how will you share this information?

How will you ensure that the family understands what you are sharing?

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These one-page documents provide answers to several basic questions about ACCESS for ELLs 2.0, Kindergarten ACCESS for ELLs, and Alternate ACCESS for ELLs, and are available in multiple languages.

The Parent Guides for ACCESS for ELLs 2.0 Score Reports may be found here: https://www.wida.us/downloadLibrary.aspx

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TeacherReport Demographic

Information About the Student

Student’s ELP Level by

Domain

Student’s Composite Proficiency

Level Scores

Student’s Scale

Composite Scores

Student’s Scale Score by Domain

Student’s Speaking

Performance by Standard

Description of the ELP Levels

Student’s Writing

Performance by Standard

Student’s Comprehension

by Standard

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Teacher Report (top)

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Teacher Report (bottom)

Raw Scores by Standard

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Writing raw scores are presented by standard next to the maximum number of points for the given standard(s) and scoring category (features

of academic vocabulary) reported

Writing Tasks

This is a Tier C writing sample from the 3-5 cluster

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The Teacher Report contains individual student data.

Score Report Audience or Stakeholder Types of Information

Teacher Teachers Administrators

• Individual student’s scale scores and proficiency levels for each language domain,

• Oral Language, Literacy, Comprehension, and Overall Score;

• Raw scores for Comprehension Tasks, Speaking, and Writing Tasks by English language proficiency standard

How are the domain scores similar to the composite score?

How are the domain scores different to the composite score?

What language may the student be able to comprehend or produce according to these scores (domain and composite)?

Why might it be helpful to look at scores by domain rather than just the overall composite scores?

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Tier Cluster

Scale Score and ELP Level by

Domain Scale Score and ELP Level by Composite:

Oral Language, Literacy, Comprehension and

Overall

What does the Student Roster Report tell us?

The Student Roster Report lists the scale scores and proficiency levels for a group (or class) of students

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Score Report Audience or Stakeholder Types of Information

Student Roster Teachers Program

Coordinators/ Directors

Administrators

• Scale scores and proficiency levels for each language domain,

• Oral Language, • Literacy, • Comprehension, and • Overall Score by school,

grade, student, tier, and grade level.

How could teachers at a grade-level team meeting use this report?

What would teachers need to keep in mind when they look at this data?

When would teachers want to focus on the overall score?

When or why would teachers want to focus on the domain scores?

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What language may the student be able to comprehend or produce according to these scores (domain/proficiency levels and overall score)?

Why might it be helpful to look at scores by domain rather than just the overall score?

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Total Tested

Highest & Lowest Scores

District Frequency ReportNumber of Students

Tested who scored at each ELP level by

Domain and Composite

% of Total Students

Tested who scored at each ELP level by

Domain and Composite

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What does the District Frequency Report tell us?

The District Frequency Report lists the numbers of students tested in each domain of ACCESS by grade level within a district

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Score Report Audience or Stakeholder Types of Information

District Frequency Program Coordinators/ Directors

Administrators Boards of Education

• Number of students and percent of total tested for each language domain,

• Oral Language, • Literacy, • Comprehension, and • Overall Score by proficiency

levels for grade levels within a district.

Number of Students Tested who scored at

each ELP level by Domain and Composite

School Frequency Report % of Total

Students Tested who scored at

each ELP level by Domain and Composite

Total Tested

Highest & Lowest Scores

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What does the School Frequency Report tell us?

The School Frequency Report lists the numbers of students tested in each domain of ACCESS by grade level within a school

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Score Report Audience or Stakeholder Types of Information

School Frequency Program Coordinators/ Directors

Administrators

• Number of students and percent of total tested for each language domain,

• Oral Language, • Literacy, • Comprehension, and • Overall Score by

proficiency levels for grade levels within a school.

How could administrators use these reports?

How could these reports be used in making decisions about resources and staffing?

How could these reports be used in evaluating the effectiveness of ELL instructional services, program model or curriculum?

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Please email lep@doe.state.nj.us with any questions or comments you may have regarding this module.

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