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Georgia

On this page you will find:

Contacts

Organization

Name

Email

Phone

External Links

State Education Agency (GA Dept. of Education)

Wayne Craven,
Title III and ESOL
(404)
463-1858

GA Department of Education; GA TESOL

Deborah Houston,
Testing Division (ACCESS for ELLs®)

DHouston

@doe.k12.ga.us

(404)
657-0251

WIDA Consortium

WIDA Help

help@wida.us

Toll Free 1-866-276-7735

www.wida.us

MetriTech

MetriTech

wida@metritech.com

1-800-747-4868
(ask for WIDA Support)

www.metritech.com

 

Assessment Materials & Training

Question

Information

Contact

How do I gain access to view and/or download W-APT screener materials?

Your W-APT Username and Password are required

Your ESOL Coordinator

How do I set up my account for the Desire to Learn (D2L) ACCESS for ELLs® Test Administrator Training Course?

Your system test coordinator will register you for an account.  Afterwards, you should receive an enrollment email with your username and password.  If you don't see this message, please check your spam and bulk mail folders.

Your System Test Coordinator

 

Am I required to take the D2L quizzes to become approved to administer the ACCESS test?

Yes

UW Oshkosh

Do I need to retake the D2L quizzes if I passed them last year?

 Yes

UW Oshkosh

Do I need to provide proof of a passing quiz grade (80%) from previous years?

No 

System Test Coordinators maintain a file of passing D2L quiz scores

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Important ACCESS for ELLs™ Dates

Task

Start Date

End Date

Duration (days)

Test Ordering

10/23/06

12/01/06

40

Pre-ID Ordering

10/23/06

12/22/06

61

Systems Receive Test Materials

-

01/15/07

-

Test Window

01/22/07

03/02/07

40

Order Additional Materials Deadline

-

02/16/07

-

Systems Ship Completed Materials to MetriTech

03/05/07

03/07/07

3

Reports Shipped to Systems

05/04/07

05/07/07

4

 

Professional Development Opportunities

Dates

Information

Contact

May 15-16  

WIDA Language Proficiency
Standards Training  

 

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Miscellaneous Information

The WIDA Training Toolkit CD-ROM contains several Power Point presentations and other documents useful for system test coordinators or others who are leading training sessions about WIDA. To request a free copy, please contact Wayne Craven at WCraven@doe.k12.ga.us or at (404) 463-1858.