Technical Reports

The ACCESS for ELLs Technical Reports address the validity and reliability of ACCESS for ELLs in its ability to accurately assign students their proficiency level scores.

Our Technical Advisory Committee is composed of well-known experts in the field of language assessment. Learn about the members of the TAC.

Technical Report 1: Development & Field Test PDF

Technical Report 2: Bridge Study Report

PDF Background
PDF IPT Results
PDF LAS Results
PDF LPTS Results
PDF MAC II Results

Annual Technical Report No. 1, Series 100, 2004-2005 Administration

PDF Part 1: Description, Validity, and Student Results
PDF Part 2: Analyses of Test Forms
PDF Part 3: Analysis Across Tiers

Annual Technical Report No. 2, Series 101, 2005-2006 Administration

PDF Part 1: Description, Validity, and Student Results
PDF Part 2: Analyses of Test Forms
PDF Part 3: Analysis Across Tiers

Annual Technical Report No. 3, Series 102, 2006-2007 Administration

PDF Part 1: Description, Validity, and Student Results
PDF Part 2: Analyses of Test Forms
PDF Part 3: Analyses Across Tiers

Annual Technical Report No. 4, Series 103, 2007-08

PDF Part 1: Description, Validity, and Student Results
PDF Part 2: Analyses of Test Forms
PDF Part 3: Analyses Across Tiers

Annual Technical Report No. 5, Series 200, 2008-09

PDF Part 1: Description, Validity, and Student Results
PDF Part 2: Analyses of Test Forms
PDF Part 3: Analyses Across Tiers

Technical Report 3: This Technical Report is available upon request. Please e-mail help@wida.us to request it, and briefly explain your intended use of the report in your email.

Annual Technical Report No. 6, Series 201, 2009-10

PDF Part 1: Description, Validity, and Student Results
PDF Part 2: Analyses of Test Forms
PDF Part 3: Analyses Across Tiers