Fair Lawn will begin utilizing the WIDA Screener in 2018. The WIDA Screener is an English language proficiency assessment given to incoming students in Grades 1-12 to assist educators with the identification of students as English language learners (ELLs). The purpose of this assessment is to help educators make decisions about whether a student is a candidate for English language support services. It is a flexible, on-demand language proficiency assessment that can be administered at any time during the school year. WIDA Screener assesses the four language domains of Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing.

Principal Difference between WIDA Screener Online and WIDA Screener Paper

All parts of the WIDA Screener Online are computer-delivered, w