Using the ACCESS for ELLs Score Reports

Last week an administrator told me that he was surprised to learn that there were several different types of score reports available for the ACCESS for ELLs assessment.  He only knew about the data that was uploaded annually to his district’s online data management system.  Reflecting on that conversation led me to today’s post. 

There are five score reports and each report organizes students’ ACCESS data in different ways.  As a result, each report has different uses. Each consortium member has determined when score reports will be sent to your district.  Look for your dates here. Below is a handy chart that you might want to share with your colleagues.  For detailed information and samples of each score report, check out the 2012 Interpretive Guide for Score Reports. 

Score Report	Intended Audience	Data	Potential Uses
Parent/Guardian Report *	Parents and guardians of students	Proficiency levels represented on a bar graph with icons	Share with parents at parent/teacher conferences*
Teacher Report	Mainstream, ESL and bilingual teachers	Raw scores, scale scores and proficiency levels	Share with all teachers who work with ELLs in order to inform classroom instruction and assessment
Student Roster Report	Teachers and administrators	Scale scores, proficiency levels	Share with grade level teams of teachers to inform classroom instruction and assessment
School Frequency Report	Administrators	Scale scores, proficiency levels, number and percentages of students receiving that score	Share with all building staff, use to inform building level programmatic decisions
District Frequency Report	Administrators	Scale scores, proficiency levels, number and percentages of students receiving that score	Share with district staff, use to inform district level programmatic decisions

*On the WIDA website, you can find free downloadable translated parent reports (40 languages) and sample letters to accompany the parent report (over 20 languages).  Go to http://www.wida.us/downloadLibrary.aspx then look under the heading ACCESS for ELLs.  Translated reports and letters should accompany the English version, not replace it.  If you are willing and able to translate the parent score report and/or sample letter to parents into another language, please consider sharing your work with the Consortium.  Email new translations to info@wida.us

Written by: Tammy King
 

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