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Metuchen reports 100% ACCESS participation; about 17% of multilingual learners exited ESL
Summary
Supervisor Lindsey Omar told the board the district achieved 100% ACCESS participation in spring 2025; roughly 17% of multilingual learners scored 4.5+ (exit threshold) and district supports include push-in co-teaching, pull-out instruction, a High Impact Tutoring Grant and STAR Academy.
Metuchen, N.J. — Lindsey Omar, the district’s supervisor for elementary instruction, multilingual learning and instructional technology, presented spring 2025 ACCESS results to the Metuchen Board of Education on Aug. 12, reporting full participation and progress toward proficiency among multilingual learners.
"This year, we've had a 100% participation rate in the ACCESS testing," Omar said, adding that full participation allowed the district to show where students are performing across the four language domains.
Omar described the distribution of composite ACCESS scores for…
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