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ACCESS for ELLs Test Information
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Websites
- WIDA Secure Portal (WIDA Trainings and Webinars)
- WIDA AMS (ACCESS test management system)
- MDE LMS (MDE required test security trainings)
- SPPS ACCESS School testing schedule
- Org Unit Folder - Careful to only access the file for your school
- School Documentation Folders
- SPPS ACCESS SAC List 2024
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Training
- SAC Training PowerPoint 2024
- Train Your Staff PowerPoint 2024 (PPTX) -
- Questions from SAC trainings
- List of required online trainings
- Test Security Training Checklist and Assurance of Test Security and Non-Disclosure 2023-24 - Paper test security form if staff member is unable to use LMS (LMS is preferred)
- 6 Reasons Why: Statewide Testing
Guides and Manuals
- Accessibility and Accommodations Manual 2023-24
- District & School Test Coordinator Manual 2023-24
- Irregularities Guide 2024
- Online Testing Tech Support Guide 2023-24
- Test Administrators Essentials 2023-24
- Test Administrator Manual 2023-24
- WIDA AMS User Guide 2023-24 - updated 9/28/2023
LMS (Learning Management System) Resources
- Access LMS for the 1st time
- LMS Learner Guide
- LMS - Not Testing Staff Guide
- Includes Direct Link to LMS Test Security Learning Path
- Staff MUST register in LMS before the direct link will work
WIDA Secure Portal
- How to give Test Administrators access to WIDA Secure Portal
- How to track completed trainings in WIDA Secure Portal
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WIDA Alternate ACCESS
- WIDA Alternate ACCESS available for Kindergarten!
- New test content and test items
- New name: WIDA Alternate ACCESS
- New trainings in WIDA Secure Portal (available Fall 2023)
- New look: Candoo, the Alternate ACCESS dog, will be on test materials and the color scheme from the Field Test will carry over to the new WIDA Alternate ACCESS documents
Resources
- ICQ - Individual Characteristics Questionnaire
- WIDA Alternate ACCESS - Test Administration Manual
- Part 2 Section 7 of the 2023-2024 Test Administration Manual
- Required to be read by all WIDA Alternate ACCESS Test Administrators
- WIDA Alternat ACCESS Participation Decision Tree
Forms and Instructions
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Prior to Testing
- About ACCESS for ELLs Online
- Accessibility supports for all students 2023
- Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know: ACCESS for ELLs
- Family ACCESS Testing Announcement Letters - updated for 2024
- available in 5 languages
- Do not share the above link directly with families, download or copy documents to then share
- Headset Specifications 2023-24 - WIDA
- How to Prepare iPads for ACCESS Testing 2022-23
- How to Prepare School Computers for ACCESS Testing 2022-23
- Placement of Labels on ACCESS and Alternate ACCESS test booklets
- Preparing for ACCESS Testing - WIDA site - includes "Getting Students Ready"
- Student Preparation:
- Guide to ACCESS Practice on iPad - via DRC Insight app
- WIDA: ACCESS Test Practice and Sample Items - Updated for 2023-24 school year
- What to Know: WIDA Assessments in 2023-2024
During Testing
- Additional Material Request Form 2024
- Cell Phone Policy Sign
- How to Print Test Tickets
- How to generate a Tier Report
- MDE Statewide Assessment Monitoring List 2023-24
- Test Administration Report (TAR)
- Test Session Attendance Form
- Testing: Do Not Disturb (Sign)
- Tech Support:
After Testing
- Returning ACCESS Test Materials - lists how to handle all materials
- Google Folders for ACCESS Documentation from Schools
- Examples of 'Paperwork to send to REA (DACs)"
- Test Administrator Training Sign-in Sheet
- Proof of attendance at the SAC provided training
- Security Checklists
- Used to track materials' Chain of Custody
- Packing List
- From DRC shipments
- Test Session Attendance Forms
- Documentation of who tested which student in what domain when
- Test Administration Reports (TAR)
- TARs should be sent to DACs within 24 hours of incident
- Parent/Guardian Test Refusals (Opt outs)
- Can be either digital (email) or hard copy
- Must be written, no phone or text
- If sent to DACs during test window, they will work to enter refusal codes into WIDA AMS
- Test Administrator Training Sign-in Sheet
- Examples of 'Paperwork to send to REA (DACs)"
- WIDA: ACCESS for ELLs Interpretive Guide for Score Reports - resource for schools and educators
- MDE: Appropriate and Inappropriate uses of ACCESS results
- Types of ACCESS Score Reports
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Family Resources
- ACCESS Testing Family Information - share with families
- MDE Statewide Testing Family website
- Family ACCESS Testing Announcement Letters - updated version available January 2024
- available in 5 languages
- School staff download documents and then share with families - do not share folder link with families
- ACCESS of ELLs Parent Letters - available in 47 languages
