Colorado Department of Education Unit of Student Assessment English Language Acquisition Unit

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CELA 2007

• Colorado Department of EducationUnit of Student
  Assessment English Language Acquisition Unit

This presentation is available online
www.cde.state.co.us
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Overview
English Language Acquisition Unit
Unit of Student Assessment
Procedures
Policies
How do I administer the test?
Who must take the test?
What test materials do I need?
How do I identify students?
What do I do with the results?
What accommodations are allowed?
What labels do I use?
Instructional guidance.
How long will each session take?
What is Language Proficiency mean?
Processes for getting clean valid data.
Now that I have the data. what ?
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CELA Data to Districts

• General Research Tape (GRT) data file
• Download now from ctb.com/cela log into
  Navigator with user name and password
• CELA Help Desk 1-800-994-8557
• Fixed-length file can be imported into other
  software that accepts ASCII files

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CELA Reports

• District Package
• SDSA Performance Level Summary Report by
  District (2 copies)
• GLR Group List Report summary by District (2
  copies)
• SDSA Performance Level Summary Report by School
  (2 copies)
• GLR Group List Report Summary by School (2
  copies)
• School Package
• SDSA Performance Level Summary Report by School
  (2 copies)
• GL Group List Report with Sums by School (2
  copies)
• STPR Student Proficiency Report by School (2
  copies)

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Reporting Categories

• Scale Scores and Proficiency Levels are
  provided for
• Speaking
• Listening
• Reading
• Writing
• Overall
• Comprehension
• derived from parts of Listening Reading
• Oral Language
• derived from Listening Speaking

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Proficiency Levels
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Proficiency Level Summary Report
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Student Proficiency Report
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CELA Proficiency Level Descriptors
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Group List Report
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CELA Labels
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CELA Fluency Definitions
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CELA

• Proficiency Level Definitions
• Provide descriptions of five Proficiency Levels
  (overall categories)
• Proficiency Level Descriptors
• Provide descriptions of five Proficiency levels
  per domain and grade spans
• CELA Cut scores by grade

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CELA Proficiency Levels

• CELA Proficiency Levels
• Beginning
• Early Intermediate
• Intermediate
• Proficient
• Advanced

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CELA UPDATES

• May 18, 2007

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CELA Placement Test (Screener)

• Kindergarten test has been altered
• Listening and Speaking remain the same, one
  reading passage, and an optional reading and
  writing protocol
• Kindergarten Student Profile Sheet will reflect
  these changes
• Separate books for K and 1
• Need to use new books, so discard any only K-1
  books
• Grades 1-12 remain the same
• Training for new Kindergarten CELA Placement
  coming soon

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CELA Proficiency Test

• November trainings (weeks of the 2nd- 16th)
• Accommodations Manual
• Look for

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Re-designation Criteria

• Task force has made final recommendations to CDE
  for their guidance on re-designation criteria.
  CELA Proficiency is used as a trigger for further
  investigation.
• Table 5, page 11 of 2007 Interpretation Guide
• Guidebook out Summer 2007

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HLS and Identification

• Importance
• Cost of misidentification w/ HLS
• Training coming September 2007 at Title I and
  Title III Directors meeting

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Communication Protocol

• Assessment Materials and Shipping
• CTB/McGraw-Hill Help Desk
• 800-994-8557
• Assessment Administration Questions
• Unit of Student Assessment, Marisol Enriquez,
  303-866-6634
• Policy Questions
• English Language Acquisition Unit, Joanna Bruno,
  303-866-6870