Multi-Lingual Learner Services at NCCA

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• Parent/Caregiver Guide for English Language Development (English)

• Parent/Caregiver Guide for English Language Development (Spanish)

• My Child is an English Language Learner (English)

• My Child is an English Language Learner (Spanish)

• What it means to have a status of ELL (English)

• What it means to have a status of ELL (Spanish)

• Pre K through 3rd grade

  • Family Connections Through Home Languages (English)

  • Family Connections Through Home Languages (Spanish)

  • Colorin Colorado

• Illustrated WIDA Guiding Principles of Language Development

• North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) - Digital Remote Learning Spanish Resources

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• Is administered to Kindergarten through Grade 12 students who have been identified as Multi-Lingual Learners (ML)

• Testing is conducted between January and the first week of March. 

• Is given annually to monitor students' progress in learning academic English

• Meets U.S. federal requirements of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) for monitoring and reporting ELLs’ progress toward English language proficiency

• Is anchored in the WIDA English Language Development Standards

• Assesses the four language domains of Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing

• Documents on ACCESS testing:​

  • What is language testing? - English

  • What is language testing? - Spanish

  • ACCESS Testing Parent Handout - English

  • ACCESS Testing Parent Handout - Spanish

  • ACCESS Testing Score Reports - English

  • ACCESS Testing Score Reports - Spanish​

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Information regarding ACCESS testing for Multi-Lingual Learners at NCCA