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I LOVE WIDA. It is a great diagnostic test on the students. We just started with our students that were already in the program and gave the W-APT for any new students that came in. In the Spring we administer the ACCESS. I have found it to be a difficult test for the students BUT it does test not only language efficiency but also content knowledge. I have found the ACCESS results give a fantastic indicator as to how my students will do on the regular state test each year. I am so glad we are WIDA consortium.
massesl I am more interested at this point in the WIDA standards than the ACCESS. My district has an ELL curriculum, but it's based on the old MAss ESL standards, which are being replaed by the WIDA standards. I am wondering if it the curriculum will just have to be tweaked to fit WIDA or entirely rewritten. Also, with WIDA, do they tell you which content ...See More
Mar 6, 2012


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