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W-APT – The WIDA-ACCESS Placement Test

Last Updated on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 5:01 AM

Kentucky adopted the W-APT in July 2006 as its official English language proficiency assessment.  There are three main purposes for W-APT administration:

• To identify students who may be candidates for English as a second language (ESL) and/or bilingual services
• To determine the academic English language proficiency level of students new to a school or to the U.S. school system in order to determine appropriate levels and amounts of instructional services; and
• To accurately assign students identified as ELLs to one of the three tiers for ACCESS for ELLs.

For more information, go to the following WIDA link:  http://wida.wceruw.org/assessment/WAPT_brochure_color060717.pdf

W-APT Timeline-Team recom W-APT Timeline-Team recom.doc W-APT Timeline-Team recom.pdf
Flow Chart - ACCESS ELL Services Flow Chart - ACCESS ELL Services.doc Flow Chart - ACCESS ELL Services.pdf
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