W-APT Placement Assessment
W-APT Placement Assessment
W-APT stands for the WIDA-ACCESS Placement Test. It is an English language proficiency screener test given to incoming students who may be designated as English language learners. It assists educators with decisions regarding identification and placement of ELLs. The W-APT is one component of WIDA's comprehensive assessment system.
Features
W-APT test items are written from the model performance indicators of WIDA's five English Language Proficiency (ELP) standards:
- Social & Instructional Language
- Language of Language Arts
- Language of Mathematics
- Language of Science
- Language of Social Studies
Test forms are divided into five grade-level clusters:
- Kindergarten
- Grades 1-2
- Grades 3-5
- Grades 6-8
- Grades 9-12
Each form of the test assesses the four language domains of Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing.
The W-APT is designed to be individually administered and adaptive, meaning that parts of the test may be discontinued as soon as the student reaches his or her performance "ceiling."
| Grade | Score | Needs Service |
Does Not Qualify
for Title III Service
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
Kindergarten 1st Semester
|
Below 27 on listening and speaking
|
X
|
|
|
Kindergarten 1st Semester
|
27 to 30
|
|
X
|
|
Kindergarten 2nd Semester or 1st Grade 1st Semester
|
Any of the following:
|
X
|
|
|
Kindergarten 2nd Semester or 1st Grade 1st Semester
|
Any of the following:
|
|
X
|
|
1st grade 2nd semester through 12th grade
|
Composite score of less than 5.0 or any domain (reading, writing, listening and speaking) score less than 5.0
|
X
|
|
|
1st grade 2nd semester through 12th grade
|
Composite score of 5.0 or better and 5.0 or higher in all domains
|
|
X
|
Students in Kindergarten through the 1st semester of the 1st grade receive an hour of service per day if they have a score of 20 or below in listening or speaking.
Students in the 2nd semester of 1st grade through 12th grade receive an hour per day of service minimum if they have any score on composite or any domain less than 3.2.