1. H Gary Cook, Ph.D., Associate Scientist WIDA Senior Director of Assessment
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2. Overview – What we’re observing
Topic 1: Accounting for differential growth rates for ELs with disabilities who participate in the state’s English language proficiency assessment
Topic 2: Conceptualizing progress for ELs with significant cognitive disabilities on alternative ELP assessments
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3. Differential Growth Rates
Are there differential rates in attaining English proficiency between EL’s identified with and without IEPs?
Data:
WIDA’s EL assessment data from 2009 to 2014
ACCESS for ELLs assessment information on the ACCESS 1.0 scale
Analysis: Event history
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4. Event History Analysis to Proficiency K-2x
nIEP = ELs not recorded with an IEP
IEP = ELs recorded with an IEP x?
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5. Event History Analysis to Proficiency K-2x x
nIEP = ELs not recorded with an IEP
IEP = ELs recorded with an IEP
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6. Event History Analysis to Proficiency 3-5x
nIEP = ELs not recorded with an IEP
IEP = ELs recorded with an IEP x?
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7. Event History Analysis to Proficiency 3-5
About one to two year difference between groups in attaining a 4.5 with an 80% likelihood. x x x
nIEP = ELs not recorded with an IEP
IEP = ELs recorded with an IEP x?
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8. Progress on Alt ACCESS
How do ELs with significant cognitive disabilities make progress on Alt ACCESS?
Data:
WIDA’s Alt ACCESS overall scale scores and proficiency levels between and , N=10,087 students
Analysis: Descriptive
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9. What is Alt ACCESS?
An English language proficiency assessment for ELs with significant cognitive disabilities in grades 1 through 12
An ELP assessment only for ELs who participate or may participate in a state’s alternate assessment
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10. Alt ACCESS Specifics Clusters: 1-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Domains: Speaking, Listening, Reading, and Writing
Based upon: WIDA’s AMPIs
Topics: SIL, LoLA, LoMA, LoSC P1 P2
P3*
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11. Overall Composite PL Progress on Alt ACCESS
ELs at lower PLs make greater progress
ELs at lower grade clusters tend to make progress at greater rates than ELs at higher clusters except high school
Cluster 1 – grades 1, 2; Cluster 3 = grades 3-5;
Cluster 6 = grades 6-8, Cluster 9 = grades 9-12
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12. Thank you. hcook@wisc.edu
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