WIDA Training 2022-2023

ALL students identified as MLs MUST be assessed annually using the WIDA ACCESS test.

• True

• False

Students who take the Alternate test must meet the following criteria:

• have a significant cognitive disability documented on the IEP

• instructed using the NC Extended Content Standards

• ACCESS scores from previous year are N/A or below 2.0

• all the above

The testing window is _____.

All students enrolled and identified as ML between ____must be administered the appropriate WIDA ACCESS assessment.

• January 24, 2023- April1, 2023

• January 23, 2023-March 31, 2023

• January 23, 2023 -March 3, 2023

• February 1, 2023-March 3, 2023

Students who transfer to NC during the testing window must be assessed even if they have taken the ACCESS in another state.

• True

• False

What is the exit criteria for NC?

Accommodations MUST be documented on the IEP or 504.

• True

• False

The following accommodations are NOT permissible and invalidates results for the ACCESS.

• using bilingual word-to-word dictionary and responding

• read aloud test items or passages on the reading test

• translating and reading test items in a language other than English

• all the above

Accommodations must be recorded on the Review of Accommodations Used During Testing form for each domain.

• False

• True

Material for the WIDA Assessments are NOT secure test materials.