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Dover reports gains for multilingual learners on ACCESS; district plans program expansions and screening clarifications
Summary
Presenters said ACCESS scores rose districtwide and 64 students met the 4.5 exit threshold this year. Staff outlined screening procedures, dual-language expansion and professional development for sheltered instruction.
Ms. Norman and Ms. Rodriguez presented the district's 2025 ACCESS for ELLs results and described programmatic responses for multilingual learners (MLs). ACCESS scores measure English-language proficiency across listening, speaking, reading and writing; a composite score of 4.5 or higher is the district's threshold for recommending exit from the ML program.
Presenters said the district administered ACCESS annually under the WIDA consortium and that districtwide trends from 2023 to 2025 show reduced proportions at the lowest proficiency level (level 1 dropped from 45% to 32%) and increases in mid-range proficiencies (level 3 and 4). They reported that 64 students exited the ML…
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