WIDA ACCESS Placement Test (W-APT)
W-APT is the screener that is based upon the ACCESS for ELLs. Its purposes are for the following:
1. To identify students who may be a candidates for English as a Second Language (ESL) and/or bilingual services.
2. To determine the academic English language proficiency levels of students new to a school or to the U.S school system in order to determine appropriate levels and amount of instructional services.
3. To accurately assign students identified as ELLs to one of the tiers for ACCESS for ELLs.
The W-APT test forms and administration manuals are located on the WIDA website. Districts must enter their W-APT username and password to view and print the files. Contact Chris Williams at chris.williams@education.ky.gov for your district’s W-APT username and password.
The W-APT calculator is a tool that calculates speaking, reading, listening and writing proficiency scores along with composite proficiency levels (CPL) scores and grade-adjusted CPL scores.