Getting with Program: An ACCESS Success Story

Authors

  • Nicholas Fine MSD Wayne Township

Abstract

An urban middle school with a large English language learner population (n=222) grapples with the complexity of the transition from the familiar LAS Links testing administration to the new WIDA ACCESS assessment for the first time in 2015.  Here one of the lead ENL teachers outlines the organizational approaches developed to streamline the process and to minimize time out of mainstream classrooms for ELLs for ACCESS testing which is administered during a portion of the academic year already burdened by state-mandated ACUITY and ISTEP testing rounds

Author Biography

Nicholas Fine, MSD Wayne Township

Nicholas Fine is a middle school ENL teacher at The Lynhurst 7th and 8th Grade Center, a Wayne Township school in Indianapolis, Indiana.  He received his undergraduate in English education from Fort Lewis College in Durago, CO.  He taught high school literature and composition for three years before moving to Spain.  There, he operated a language laboratory at San Luis de Gonzaga, a private institution outside of Madrid (Majadahonda).  While overseas, he received his master’s degree in TEFL from UNED (Universidad Nacional de Educacion de Distancia).  Since his return to Indiana, he has served on Wayne Township’s Language Arts Taskforce and participated in developing the district’s ENL/ELD curriculum.

References

Find School and Corporation Data Reports | IDOE." 2013. 12 May. 2015 <http://www.doe.in.gov/accountability/find-school-and-corporation-data-reports>

WIDA Assessment and Accountability Guidance - Indiana ..." 2014. 12 May. 2015 <http://www.doe.in.gov/sites/default/files/elme/wida-assessment-and-accountability-guidance.pdf>

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Published

2015-05-31

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 1 (2015): Special Issue: WIDA in Indiana

Section

Articles