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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)

Mae Wlazlinski,
Title III and ESOL
404-463-2588

GA Department of Education; GA TESOL

Deborah Houston,
Assessment Administration Division

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 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 training quizzes to become approved to administer the ACCESS test?

Yes

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

 Yes

Login

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

No 

System Test Coordinators maintain a file of passing quiz scores

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2007-2008 ACCESS for ELLs™ Administration
Important Dates for Georgia

Task

Start Date

End Date

Test Ordering

 

Systems order online through MetriTech’s secure website.

Nov 20, 2007

Dec 13, 2007

Pre-ID Ordering

 

Systems submit student demographic data to MetriTech.

Nov 20, 2007

Dec 13, 2007

Systems Receive Test Materials

Jan 15, 2008

Jan 15, 2008

Test Window

Jan 22, 2008

Mar 3, 2008

Systems Ship Completed Material to MetriTech

Mar 3, 2008

Mar 10, 2008

All Materials Received at MetriTech

Mar 14, 2008

Mar 14, 2008

MetriTech Ships Reports to Systems*

May 9, 2008

May 14, 2008

Correction Window
May 14, 2008
June 11, 2008

* To ensure that reports are shipped on time, all testing materials for the State of Georgia must be received by MetriTech by the March 14, 2008 deadline.

Professional Development Opportunities

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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 Deboran Houston at DHouston@doe.k12.ga.us or at (404) 657-0251.