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Hi, My state is using ACCESS for the first time this year. What is striking me as particularly concerning is that students are given only 35 minutes to complete the reading test! Our previous ELL test, the MEPA, was untimed. So, I am really worried about students doing well enough under such time pressure. There are some students I really think should be exited from services and I hope this won't hold them back. Anyone here familiar with ACCESS? Should I be concerned about this? Also, regarding the 3-5 test, are 3rd graders scored the same as 5th graders?
ACCESS 6-8 On 1/06/13, massesl wrote: > Hi, My state is using ACCESS for the first time this year. > What is striking me as particularly concerning is that > students are given only 35 minutes to complete the reading > test! Our previous ELL test, the MEPA, was untimed. So, I > am really worried about students doing well enough under > such ...See More
Jan 20, 2013
Nancy On 1/06/13, massesl wrote: > Hi, My state is using ACCESS for the first time this year. > What is striking me as particularly concerning is that > students are given only 35 minutes to complete the reading > test! Our previous ELL test, the MEPA, was untimed. So, I > am really worried about students doing well enough under > such ...See More
Mar 19, 2013
Nancy On 3/19/13, Nancy wrote: I'm not sure what state your are from but in IN LEP students get up to double the amount of time for all testing > On 1/06/13, massesl wrote: >> Hi, My state is using ACCESS for the first time this year. >> What is striking me as particularly concerning is that >> students are given only 35 minutes to c...See More
Mar 19, 2013
Natasha Baker Hi, I teach ESL in a middle school in Maryland. I gave ACCESS to 6-8th graders to tiers A,B,C. Most of my students finished the reading part in time. Also they can have extra 5 minutes if they need to. You said "Remember the test is scoring language ability, not necessarily academic achievement." I would like to emphasize that even though the test ...See More
Mar 30, 2013


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