ACCESS for ELLs

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• Is available to WIDA Consortium member states
• Is administered to K-12 students who have been identified as English Language Learners (ELLs)
• Is given annually to monitor students' progress in learning academic English
• Meets U.S. federal requirements of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) for monitoring and reporting ELLs' progress toward English language proficiency
• Is anchored in the WIDA English Language Development Standards
• Assesses the four language domains of Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing