112025NHED ESOL November 2025 Newsletter_Part 2.pdf

Good Afternoon!

i4see 2.0 ESOL Roster Related Info:

The date for all ESOL Coordinators to verify/confirm the lists of students in the i4see 2.0 ESOL Roster is November 22, 2025. NHED will use this list of students to send student data to DRC for pre-identification for ACCESS and Alternate ACCESS. Materials shipments and the initial round of student registrations within WIDA AMS will come from this submission. If you have any students that are determined as eligible for EL services and/or if you need to make any updates to student data after Nov 22^nd, that is fine as NHED will be providing ongoing student data submissions to WIDA AMS. Just note, any new students and/or updates will not automatically generate a materials shipment from DRC; however, you’ll be able to complete an additional materials order for any materials that might be needed.

We’ve placed previous training videos on the i4see 2.0 ESOL Roster in its own module in the NHED Statewide EL Resources>2025-26 School Year EL Coordinator Trainings, Technical Assistance, and Helpful Guidance (Canvas). There is also a website link to the ESOL Basics google doc.

Screenshot of the i4see 2.0 ESOL Roster Training module on canvas. There are two video links and one website link.

WIDA ACCESS and Alternate ACCESS EL Coordinators/WIDA DTC Preparation Training—Video and Slide Deck Available Now:

NHED hosted an overview session specific to preparing for the WIDA ACCESS and Alternate ACCESS. This training was geared towards EL Coordinators/WIDA DTCs. We covered information related to documentation of student accommodations in i4see 2.0 ESOL Roster, what to do when you need updates to student data in i4see 2.0 ESOL Roster, important dates, new students that enter your schools after November 22, 2025, preparation checklists, etc. The video recording is available in the NHED Statewide EL Resources>2025-26 School Year EL Coordinator Trainings, Technical Assistance, and Helpful Guidance module (Canvas). There is also the slide deck (which contains lots of links), and a transcript document with a summary and general transcript detail.

Screenshot of the 2025-26 EL Coordinator Trainings module on canvas. Under is a video link.

WIDA ACCESS and Alternate ACCESS Accommodations Entry in i4see 2.0 ESOL Roster:

One of the features in i4see 2.0 ESOL Roster is a column which indicates any student on your ESOL Roster that currently has an IEP in NHSEIS. When you click on the text “IEP” for a particular student, it will pull up an entry field where you can enter WIDA ACCESS and Alternate ACCESS accommodations for a student. NEW THIS YEAR, NHED will handle uploading the accommodations marked for a student into the WIDA AMS platform. These will automatically appear for a student when you review a student’s registration within the Manage Registrations button in WIDA AMS. This will streamline where you need to indicate the accommodations for a student, in that you will not need to enter accommodations in two places. Just enter and/or update accommodations in the i4see 2.0 ESOL Roster, and NHED will take care of updating the student information WIDA AMS.

First image shows IEP column with IEP highlighted. Second image has Accommodations highlighted with check boxes.

IMPORTANT 1: Please note the WIDA Accessibility and Accommodations Manual does have accommodations listed by domains and assessment type. This is important for you to know as the test administrator working with the student, but NHED doesn’t need that level of granularity. Also, note when we load student accommodations in WIDA AMS, the platform will automatically add them to the domains they are available for based on the manual.
IMPORTANT 2: Please note paper accommodation is not currently listed as one of the checkboxes in the i4see 2.0 ESOL Roster. Please follow the typical process if you have a student that needs the WIDA ACCESS Paper (Grades 1-12) by completing an additional materials order through WIDA AMS once the additional materials window opens on January 16, 2026.

Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday, and enjoy a little break. Thank you for all that you do for NH’s EL students!

For questions please reach out through the NHED Assessment Helpdesk (if you have any general assessment related questions) or the NHED i4see Helpdesk (if you have i4see 2.0 ESOL Roster related questions). This allows us to route your question when additional team members need to be pulled in. If you have program related questions, please reach out to Emily Shoemaker at Emily.a.shoemaker@doe.nh.gov.

Take care!