Editing a Student's Accommodations

The Accommodations tab is used to track any accommodations provided to the student. If you are unable to make selections, please contact your District Test Coordinator or SEA, listed on your member/state page of the WIDA website.  

Important: The following accommodations must be selected and saved in WIDA AMS before testing in order for the accommodations to be available for the student during testing: 

•     Online: Manual Control of Item Audio (MC) 

•     Online: Repeat Item Audio (RA) 

•     Online: Extended Speaking test response time (ES) 

For more information on accommodations, see the Accessibility and Accommodations Manual. 

Note: You can mark accommodations for the paper-based WIDA ACCESS assessments  on the applicable booklet or in WIDA AMS. 

Accommodations Tab

1. To view or edit a student’s accommodations, select Student Management from the WIDA AMS My Applications menu. Select a site by clicking Select a Site ..., then  confirm your Academic Session. 
2. Select the appropriate Testing Program from the filter on the left side of the screen.
3. Select the student you wish to view from the list that populates. You can use filters to narrow your selection.
4. Click on the Accommodations tab.
   Note: If the student was imported into WIDA AMS via Student Import File, any accommodations included in that import will already be selected. 
5. Make adjustments to the accommodations by domain and click Save to save your changes (or Close  to return to Student Management without saving any accommodations changes).
   
   To apply accommodations to multiple students at once, see Updating Accommodations for Multiple Students.