Rhode Island WIDA-ACCESS ELP Target Analyses

Rhode Island Department of Education · January 16, 2024

Rhode Island WIDA-ACCESS ELP Target Analyses — Rhode Island Department of Education, January 16, 2024.
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January 16, 2024

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  1. Rhode Island WIDA-ACCESS ELP Target Analyses Damian Betebenner The National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment January 16th, 2024 RIDE TAC Meeting This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
  2. WIDA-ACCESS ELP Analyses • Growth models for ELP testing require students to grow at a rate sufficient to put them “on track” to reach English Language Proficiency (as determined by the test) within a set time frame. • Currently, Rhode Island utilizes the WIDA-ACCESS assessment to determine English Language Proficiency • Students are required to reach 4.8 on the WIDA-ACCESS to be designated as English Language Proficient • Students have 5 years to reach that level. • Given how few students reach that level, there is interest in possibly resetting the target. • States using WIDA-ACCESS use exit criteria ranging from 4.2 to 5.0 Pandemic Related Academic Recovery in Rhode Island 2
  3. WIDA-ACCESS ELP Analyses • Several states use the criterion-referenced analysis associated with SGPs to determine targets for students. • Rhode Island does not use this methodology, however the methodology can be used to investigate the growth necessary (in terms of a student SGP) to reach English Language Proficiency • WIDA-ACCESS data from 2023 was use to investigate the growth necessary for students to WIDA-ACCESS levels of 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, and 4.8 across 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 year time frames. • What is the correct exit criterion: • Content-referenced • Norm-referenced (Angoff: “Scratch a criterion and you find a norm.”) Pandemic Related Academic Recovery in Rhode Island 3
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