New ACCESS 2.0 for

Jersey
English Learners

Spring 2023 Administration

Teaneck Public Schools August 23, 2023

Patricia Dent
Director of School Innovation, English and ESL

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Understanding the ACCESS 2.0

ACCESS for ELLs scores are used for:
● Making decisions about whether students are ready to exit English language support services;
● Decision-making for student placement into appropriate classes or groups for instruction, instructional planning;
● Monitoring the progress that students have made in English language proﬁciency; and
● Public reporting of English language learners’ (ELLs) progress toward English language proﬁciency.

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Understanding the ACCESS 2.0

Student Participation Guidelines

Administered annually to all K-12 students identiﬁed as English Language Learners (ELLs)

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Understanding the ACCESS 2.0

Data Points that are Available:
●	Proﬁciency level by domain ●	Scale Score by domain
●	Instructional expectations based on domain and proﬁciency level

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2023 Participation Rate

Total Number of Multi Language Learners
	Total Number of MLLs who Participate in the ACCESS for ELLs State Testing
	Participation Rate for the 2022-2023 School Year
	
143
	141
	98% Participation Rate

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Elementary English Learners

Grade
	
ELLS per Grade Level

Kindergarten
	
10

First
	
10

Second
	
13

Third
	
12

Fourth
	
13

Total
	
58

TPS: English Language Learners - Participation by Grade Level

143 English Learners 4% of Teaneck Public Schools’ Total Student Population

Middle School English Learners

Grade
	
ELLS per Grade Level

Fifth
	
10

Sixth
	
11

Seventh
	
7

Eighth
	
14

Total
	
42

High School English Learners

Grade
	
ELLS per Grade Level

Ninth
	
17

Tenth
	
13

Eleventh
	
6

Twelfth
	
5

41

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Kindergarten - Fourth Grade
	
Listening
	
Speaking
	
Reading
	
Writing

1 – Entering
Knows and uses minimal social language and minimal academic language with visual and graphic support

19%

21%

16%

21%

2 – Emerging
Knows and uses some social English and general academic language with visual and graphic support

10%

24%

31%

16%

3 – Developing
Knows and uses social English and some specific academic language with visual and graphic support

5%

26%

17%

31%

4 – Expanding
Knows and uses social English and some technical academic language
	
10%
	
17%
	
14%
	
26%

5 – Bridging
Knows and uses social and academic language working with grade level material
	
12%
	
2%
	
19%
	
7%

6 – Reaching
Knows and uses social and academic language at the highest level measured by this test
	
43%
	
10%
	
3%
	
0%

TPS Elementary - Achievement by Domain and Proﬁciency Level

Total Test Takers -
58 Students

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Fifth - Eighth Grade
	
Listening
	
Speaking
	
Reading
	
Writing

1 – Entering
Knows and uses minimal social language and minimal academic language with visual and graphic support

5%

21%

36%

31%

2 – Emerging
Knows and uses some social English and general academic language with visual and graphic support

24%

33%

19%

19%

3 – Developing
Knows and uses social English and some specific academic language with visual and graphic support

12%

31%

24%

38%

4 – Expanding
Knows and uses social English and some technical academic language
	
12%
	
14%
	
10%
	
12%

5 – Bridging
Knows and uses social and academic language working with grade level material
	
12%
	
0%
	
10%
	
0%

6 – Reaching
Knows and uses social and academic language at the highest level measured by this test
	
36%
	
0%
	
2%
	
0%

TPS Middle School - Achievement by Domain and Proﬁciency Level

Total Test Takers -
42 Students

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Ninth - Twelfth Grade
	
Listening
	
Speaking
	
Reading
	
Writing

1 – Entering
Knows and uses minimal social language and minimal academic language with visual and graphic support

12%

32%

22%

20%

2 – Emerging
Knows and uses some social English and general academic language with visual and graphic support

22%

15%

34%

12%

3 – Developing
Knows and uses social English and some specific academic language with visual and graphic support

17%

49%

10%

49%

4 – Expanding
Knows and uses social English and some technical academic language
	
17%
	
5%
	
12%
	
20%

5 – Bridging
Knows and uses social and academic language working with grade level material

15%

0%

15%

0%

6 – Reaching
Knows and uses social and academic language at the highest level measured by this test

17%

0%

7%

0%

Teaneck High School - Achievement by Domain and Proﬁciency Level

Total Test Takers -
41 Students

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Three - Year Comparison of Student Data

Three - Year Comparison of Student Data

Next Steps Interventions for our English Learners

●	Reading and writing are the last two attributes to develop for English learners.

Next Steps:
Sharpening Reading Instruction using a Multisensory, Scientiﬁc-Based Reading Approach
●	Over the summer, the elementary ESL team participated in a ﬁve-day, thirty hour training on structured literacy using multisensory reading instruction.
●	In the 2023-2024 school year, all kindergarten through fourth grade English learners will receive small group, multisensory reading instruction to support both language acquisition and comprehension, spelling,
and writing.
○	In addition to language acquisition, English learners will be provided with additional instruction on understanding the alphabetic principle, graphemes and morphemes.
○	The curricula and pacing calendar for all English learners includes an intentional focus on the teaching of reading and language acquisition.

Accelerating Writing Proﬁciency by Providing Explicit Writing Instruction
●	Professional development over the school year will focus on teaching writing using the graduate release of responsibility model of instruction.

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