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Assistance for School District and School Staff

2012–13 CELDT Information Guide (PDF; 2MB)

CELDT 101 - Overview and Requirements (PDF)

Resources for Use by School Districts and Schools

• Sample Parent/Guardian Initial Identification Notification Letter (DOC)
  For Initial Identification of English Learners (for students identified as English learners)
  • Spanish Version (DOC)
  • Available Translations to the Sample Parent/Guardian Notification Letter
    
    
• Sample Parent/Guardian English Proficient Notification Letter (DOC)
  For Initial Identification of English Learners (for students identified as fluent English proficient)
  • Spanish Version (DOC)
  • Available Translations to the Sample Parent/Guardian Notification Letter
    
    
• Sample Parent/Guardian Alternate Assessment Notification Letter (DOC)
  For Annual Assessment Results (for English learners who took an alternate assessment)
  • Spanish Version (DOC)
  • Available Translations to the Sample Parent/Guardian Notification Letter
    
    
• Sample Parent/Guardian Not Yet Reached Proficiency Notification Letter (DOC)
  For Annual Assessment Results (for English learners who have not yet reached proficiency in English).
  • Spanish Version (DOC)
  • Available Translations to the Sample Parent/Guardian Notification Letter
    
    
• Sample Parent/Guardian Reclassification Notification Letter (DOC)
  For Annual Assessment Results (for English learners being considered for reclassification)
  • Spanish Version (DOC)
  • Available Translations to the Sample Parent/Guardian Notification Letter
    
    
• Parent/Guardian Brochure (PDF)
  Information for Parents and Guardians
  • Spanish Version (PDF)
    
    
• Test Results Interpretation Guides
  Information on interpreting the Student Performance Level Report and definitions of the Overall Test Performance Descriptors translated in several languages.
  

CELDT Blueprint Preface (DOC)

CELDT Blueprints (DOC)

CELDT Glossary of Terms and Acronyms (PDF)

CELDT K-1 AMAO Information (DOC)

Test Variations, Accommodations and Modifications (DOC; 2MB)
Matrix 1: Administration of California Statewide Assessments; and Matrix 2: Administration of California Statewide Assessments for English Learners (August 2011)

Planning for Students with Disabilities (PDF)

Letter from Deputy Superintendent Deborah V.H. Sigman
Use of California Modified Assessment for Reclassification of English Learners

Released Test Questions (PDF; 4.99MB; Updated Sep-2012)

CELDT Initial/Annual Scale Score Ranges
Scale Score Ranges for the California English Language Development Test.

CELDT Score Request Form
Letter from Assessment Development & Administration Division Director Patrick Traynor

• Request Form (DOC)
  Student CELDT results to schools receiving English learner students.

CELDT Technical Documentation
Includes Technical Reports and a Study for the California English Language Development Test (CELDT).