ACCESS for ELLs^® Interpretive Guide for Score Reports 2009 (PDF): The Interpretive Guide describes the types of scores generated from ACCESS for ELLs^® and provides cut score tables for each grade. Part 2 describes each score report for ACCESS for ELLs^® and offers information on the meaning and the use of the data in the reports. Part 3 presents an analysis and discussion of some example score reports. New to the Interpretive Guide for 2009: explanation of two types of proficiency level scores for Kindergarten. See pp. 11-16 and 57-8.

Translations of Parent/Guardian Report: Translations are currently available in Amharic, Arabic, Bosnian-Croatian (Roman alphabet), Creole, French, Gujarati, Hmong, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian (Cyrillic alphabet), Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Traditional & Simplified Chinese, Urdu, and Vietnamese.

Sample Letters to Parents/Guardians to Accompany Score Reports: Courtesy of school districts in Wisconsin, Illinois, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Kentucky, we offer sample letters to parents intended to introduce the ACCESS for ELLs^® score report. You are free to download, edit, and use these letters for your own purposes if appropriate. If you translate these or other similar letters, other Consortium members could probably benefit from your work. Translations can be sent to info@wida.us.

Parent Sample Letter A: English, Hmong, Spanish, Japanese
Parent Sample Letter B: English, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish

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