Finish Line ACCESS: Practice for English Language Proficiency

Finish Line ACCESS: Practice for English Language Proficiency provides assessments to guide and measure progress, supporting multilingual learners for 2026–2027 WIDA ACCESS success.

Student Books

• In print, these ESL practice books support all learners, even when technology isn’t available.
• Two benchmark testing units for each content area identify learning gaps and track ESL student growth: social studies, math, language arts, science. Topics are at grade level.
• Within each unit, domain-based lessons provide focused practice in writing, speaking, listening, and reading.
• WIDA ACCESS item types give students a preview of test-day formats.
• Social and instructional language is integrated with other academic standards.
• Model lessons demonstrate expectations.

Annotated Teacher’s Editions

Resources include language domain learning activities, scoring sheets, writing and speaking rubrics, and audio directions. Lesson-specific support:

• Step-by-step teaching directions
• Student book pages with answers
• Extension activities
• Correlations to the WIDA ELD Standards Framework (2020 Edition), key language uses, modes of communication, and proficiency levels

Student Book: approx. 192 pages
Annotated Teacher’s Edition: approx. 208 pages

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