ACCESS for ELLs
ACCESS for ELLs, or the Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State-to-State for English Language Learners test, is a state and federally mandated English language proficiency assessment administered to identified English Learner (EL) students in Kindergarten through grade 12. The assessment helps LCPS monitor the progress of ELs' English language development throughout the school year and from one year to the next. Students with a significant cognitive disability may take the Alternate ACCESS for ELLs, which has been modified in difficulty and provides a number of student supports. Students with vision or hearing impairments who are unable to access test items may take the ELP Checklist.
Test items assess skills in four different subtests -Speaking, Listening, Reading and Writing. The online test is adaptive; maintaining the grade-level cluster but moving students between tiers (difficulty levels) as they answer questions correctly or incorrectly to find their highest performance level. Kindergarten tests are administered individually and remain paper tests, as does the Writing portion of the assessment for students in grades 1-3.
More information can be obtained by visiting the Virginia Department of Education's website or the LCPS English Learner home page.
Sample Score Report (English)
Sample Score Report (Spanish)
Sample Score Report Alternate ACCESS
