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District reports 2025 ACCESS gains for multilingual learners; 100% participation noted
Summary
Metuchen staff presented spring 2025 ACCESS results for multilingual learners at the Aug. 12 board meeting, reporting full participation, a modest increase in students exiting ESL services and program supports including high-impact tutoring and family-focused activities.
Metuchen Public School District staff reported Aug. 12 that the district achieved a 100% participation rate on the spring 2025 ACCESS English-language proficiency assessment for multilingual learners and described program supports and next steps to continue language development and family engagement.
Why it matters: ACCESS results guide placement and services for multilingual learners (MLs) and shape EL/ESL supports, staffing and programming across the district.
Lindsay O’Mark, the district’s supervisor of elementary instruction, multilingual learning and instructional technology, presented district ACCESS results and programming. O’Mark said home-language diversity in the district is broad, with Spanish and Indonesian among the most common languages, and that multilingual enrollment has grown slightly…
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