WIDA Remote Screener
WIDA Remote Screener is a remotely administered screening tool that supports the identification of English learners in a time of school closures. This assessment is designed specifically to enable screening when the student and test administrator cannot share a physical space.
Get Ready for Testing
1. Learn about the test.
The WIDA Remote Screener Test Administrator Manual and training webinars explain how to give the test and evaluate the student's performance. In addition to reviewing these resources, watch the training video and read through the test materials below before you administer the test.
Webinars
- K-1 webinar: View Recording
- 2-12 webinar: View Recording
Training Video
2. Identify test administrators.
WIDA Remote Screener is designed to be administered by experienced, WIDA-certified test administrators who have previously administered ACCESS for ELLs or WIDA Screener. Experienced test administrators are best positioned to judge the language proficiency of students being screened remotely.
3. Schedule a 30-minute call with the student.
WIDA Remote Screener is to be administered to one student by one test administrator. The student and test administrator are in contact by phone for the full duration of the test administration.
- Arrange a video call whenever possible. A visual connection through a platform such as FaceTime, Zoom, or Skype can help test administrators maintain student engagement and gather the most information possible about the student's language proficiency.
- Arrange an interpreter whenever necessary. An interpreter, if permitted by your state and district's testing policies, can minimize any confusion or frustration with this unusual screening process by explaining to the student and any supervising adult what the test is and why the student is taking it. (Interpreters may not translate any test administrator scripting or test items.)
4. Provide test materials to the student.
Students must have access to a hardcopy, printed student packet during screening. Color printing is recommended whenever possible. School, district, and state test coordinators must determine when and how to provide materials to students.
- Communicate to students and families that the test materials should not be reviewed until the test administrator calls the student to begin the screening. As you determine whether mail, pick-up from a school or district building, or another method of delivering materials to students is best for your situation, keep in mind that reading through the materials in advance might alter the student's performance on the test. In particular, the reading portion of the grades 2-12 screener is a valid assessment of a student's reading skills only when the student has not had assistance with the multiple-choice items and has not practiced the read-aloud activity.
Print & Download Test Materials
Test Administrator Manual. Test administrators need to read this manual and have it available for reference during the screening. Print this manual if you like, or read the electronic version.
Score Sheet. Test administrators can download this document, enter student information, and record a decision on whether the student should be identified as an English language learner. Print only the first page of this document when you administer the K-1 grade-level cluster. Print this document double-sided and complete both pages for grades 2-12 screenings.
Test Administrator Scripts and Student Packets. Print these materials double-sided. Staple each student packet along the left side to create a facing-page booklet.
Kindergarten-Grade 1 Grades 2-3 Grades 4-5 Grades 6-8 Grades 9-12 Script Script Script Script Script Student Packet Student Packet Student Packet Student Packet Student Packet
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