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Assistant superintendent: ACCESS scores show steady English growth, district to emphasize speaking practice
Summary
Dr. Diana Pinto Gomez presented ACCESS results showing grade-level progression for multilingual learners and 94 students exiting the bilingual program this year; the district plans targeted speaking practice and smaller sections to support oral language development.
Dr. Diana Pinto Gomez, assistant superintendent for pupil services and bilingual education, presented the Morris School District's ACCESS test results for multilingual learners and said the data show steady progress across grade levels.
"The ACCESS test measures listening, reading, speaking and writing," Dr. Pinto Gomez said, explaining the composite scale runs from 1 (lowest) to 6 (highest). She said many kindergarten students scored at level 1 while higher grades show movement into levels 2–4, with 94 students exiting the bilingual program this year compared with 86 last…
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