Assessing Communication and Comprehension in English State to State for English Language Learners (ACCESS for ELLs™) is a standards-based English language proficiency test for students in Grades K-12 designed to measure English language learners’ proficiency in English. It assesses social and instructional English as well as the language associated with Language Arts, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies within the school context across the four language domains of listening, speaking, reading and writing.