This is an accessible alternate version of the California English Language Development Test Update (PPT; 561 KB; 30 slides). This document provides text translation to the California English Language Development Test Update PowerPoint presentation. The PowerPoint presentation was presented at the Assessment and Accountability Information Meetings in Ontario California on September 19, 2012, and in Sacramento California on October 1, 2012.
English Language Proficiency Assessments Office
California English Language Development Test (CELDT)
Ontario—September 19, 2012
Sacramento—October 1, 2012
California Department of Education
Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Presentation Overview
- Legislative Updates
- English Language Development (ELD) Standards
- CELDT Administration
- CELDT Reporting
- New Resources
- Key Dates for 2012–13
- Contact Information
Legislative Updates
Senate Bill 1108
- The California Department of Education (CDE) will:
- Review and analyze a sampling of local educational agencies’ (LEAs) reclassification policies.
- Assess alignment of these policies to State Board guidelines.
- Analyze student academic performance.
- Issue a report by January 1, 2014.
Assembly Bill 2193
- The law will:
- Provide definitions of long-term English learner (EL) and at risk of becoming a long-term English learner.
- Require the California Department of Education to report numbers of long-term/at risk English learners.
Changes to Law Based on Senate Bill 753
- Banking of Scores
- Education Code (EC) Section 60810(e)
- Not permitted by federal law.
- Annual Assessment Window
- Education Code Section 313(d)
- 2012–13 CELDT administration will proceed as usual.
- No transition until the California Department of Education can ensure a valid, reliable test of high technical quality that also adheres to federal requirements.
Kindergarten and Grade One (K–1) Early Literacy Report to the Legislature
- Legislation amended in 2007 to require assessment of early literacy in Kindergarten through Grade 1.
- Education Code (EC) 60810 requires a report to the Legislature by January 1, 2013, to determine reauthorization and funding.
- The Legislative Report will describe the:
- Development process of the early literacy items
- Test administration process
- Reliability and validity of the test
- Results for three testing years: 2009–10, 2010–11, and 2011–12
- The report will give recommendations for future CELDT editions.
English Language Development Standards
Timeline
- 2012 — English Language Development standards written and approved
- 2013 — English Language Development implementation plan approved
- 2013–14 — English Language Development professional development materials produced
- 2014–15 — English–Language Arts/ English Language Development curriculum framework developed by Instructional Quality Commission
- 2014–15 — Assessments developed by Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium
- 2015–16 — Next generation English Language Development assessment
Philosophical Perspective for English Language Development Standards
- Language acquisition as a nonlinear linguistic and social process
- Based on theory, research, and best practice
- Understandable and useable
- Asset vs. deficit approach (Literacy foundational skills target varying profiles of English learners, tapping linguistic resources.)
Technical Aspect of Standards
- Aligned with, and support, the California Common Core Content Standards
- Three proficiency levels instead of five: Emerging, Expanding, Bridging
- General description of English learners’ abilities at “early stage of” and “exit from” each level
- Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing domains are not explicit
Impact on CELDT: Integrating the new standards into the assessment
- Review structure of current CELDT for necessary changes to align to the new standards.
- Create new items as needed to assess new standards.
- Pilot items.
- Field-test items.
- Administer new operational kindergarten, grade one, and grade two assessments in 2015–16.
Enhanced Assessment Grant
English Language Proficiency Assessment (ELPA) for the 21st Century: State Consortium
- Oregon: fiscal agent
- California: governing state
- Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO): project management partner
- Stanford University
- New assessment system by 2016–17
CELDT Administration
- Educational Data Systems will continue as the 2012–15 CELDT primary contractor.
- Subcontractors
- Educational Testing Service (ETS)
- Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE)
- MetriTech
Separation of K–1 Test
- Educators’ meeting: October 11, 2012
- Item writing activities: January through April 2013
- Content and bias and sensitivity reviews: May 2013
- Item pilots: May through June 2013
- Field test: 2014–15
- Projected separation: 2015–16
Transitional Kindergarten (TK)
- Transitional Kindergarten students whose primary language is other than English must be administered the CELDT.
- 2012–13 Edition:
- Mark the “K” bubble for grade
- Include date of birth
- 2013–14 Edition:
- “TK” bubble for grade may be added to the answer book.
CELDT Administration (continued)
- Scoring rubrics revised
- Revisions to Oral Vocabulary, 4-Picture Narrative, Sentences, and Short Composition
- Increased precision in scoring
- Improved alignment with common student responses
- More consistent gradations between score points.
- Educational Data Systems CELDT Resources Document Archives
- Revisions to Oral Vocabulary, 4-Picture Narrative, Sentences, and Short Composition
- Released Test Questions (RTQs)
- Updated RTQs to be posted on the CELDT Resources page
- Will include the revisions to the scoring rubrics
CELDT Reporting
- New report: CELDT Test Results by Prior Overall Performance Level
- Current CELDT overall performance and most recent previous CELDT overall performance
- State, county, district, and school levels
- DataQuest Web page
Percent of LEAs/Consortia Meeting Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives (AMAOs)
Bar chart: X-axis is labeled: Percent of local educational agencies and has a scale from 0 to 100 with tick marks every 10 percent. There are two groups of bars: one for “Met AMAO 1” and one for “Met AMAO 2”. Within each group that is a bar for 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, and 2011–12.
The percentages for “Met AMAO 1”:- 2006–07 is 73 percent
- 2007–08 is 82 percent
- 2008–09 is 83 percent
- 2009–10 is 78 percent
- 2010–11 is 51 percent
- 2011–12 is 83 percent.
- 2006–07 is 74 percent
- 2007–08 is 77 percent
- 2008–09 is 81 percent
- 2009–10 is 63 percent
- 2010–11 is 45 percent
- 2011–12 is 59 percent.
CELDT Results by Prior Overall Performance Level (Sacramento County)
| Prior Performance Level | Number of Students | Current Year Percent Beginning | Current Year Percent Early Intermediate | Current Year Percent Intermediate | Current Year Percent Early Advanced | Current Year Percent Advanced |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginning | 5,985 | 23.3% | 35.5% | 29.1% | 5.7% | 0.5% |
| Early Intermediate | 6,671 | 5.3% | 27.6% | 53.0% | 13.0% | 1.1% |
| Intermediate | 14,347 | 0.6% | 6.2% | 47.6% | 40.3% | 5.2% |
| Early Advanced | 7,216 | 0.2% | 1.3% | 19.3% | 58.4% | 20.8% |
| Advanced | 1,527 | None | 0.6% | 5.0% | 40.7% | 53.6% |
| Total | 35,746 | 6.2% | 13.9% | 38.0% | 33.1% | 8.9% |
A total of 35,746 students participated in the current CELDT administration in Sacramento County and had a previous CELDT score.
Over 14,000 were at the Overall Intermediate performance level in the most recent previous CELDT administration. We see how these same 14,347 students performed on the 2011–12 CELDT administration:- Less than 1% (0.6%) decreased to Beginning
- 6.2% dropped one level to Early Intermediate
- Nearly half (47.6%%) stayed the same
- 40.3% advanced one level to Early Advanced
- 5.2% progressed two levels to Advanced
New Resources
Interpretation of Results
- 2012–13 Guide to Test Reports
- Formerly known as Test Results Interpretation Guides (TRIGs)
- Formerly known as Test Results Interpretation Guides (TRIGs)
- 2012–13 Test Performance Descriptors
- Previously in the Test Results Interpretation Guides with only the Overall Test Performance Descriptors
- Now includes all four domains
Educational Data Systems CELDT Resources
- 2012–13 CELDT Information Guide
- Guidance about American Sign Language and reclassification for English learners with severe cognitive disabilities
- Checklist of key actions for the administration of the CELDT to students with disabilities
- CELDT 101 – Updated Soon
- Information about the new English Language Development standards
Web Application Tutorials
- Initial Ordering Application
- Pre-Identification (Pre-ID) Application
- Request a Pickup Application
- Local Scoring Tool (LST)
- Data Review Module (DRM) Application (available in winter)
Educational Data Systems CELDT Training
Quarterly Webinars and Topics
- Spring: Annual Assessment Window, Initial Ordering, and Scoring Training of Trainers
- Summer: Secure Destruction of Test Materials, Pre-ID, and Additional Orders
- Fall: Combined Summary Reports, Scorable Pickups, and Security Breaches and Testing Irregularities
Educational Data Systems CELDT Training
CELDT Fundamentals
- Video 1: CELDT Overview
- Video 2: Who Takes the CELDT?
- Video 3: CELDT Administration Basics
- Video 4: The CELDT Student Performance Level Score Report
Educational Data Systems CELDT Training
Key Dates
- October 11, 2012 — Kindergarten through Grade 1 Separation Educators’ Meeting
- October 2012 — Release of the 2011–12 CELDT initial assessment (IA) and annual assessment (AA) results
- October 31, 2012 — End of the 2012–13 annual assessment window
- December 2012 — Final Report to the Legislature on the Kindergarten through Grade 1 Early Literacy Assessment: Results and Administrative Process
- February 2013 — 2012–13 CELDT Data Review Module
- April 2013 — 2013–14 CELDT Scoring Training of Trainers sessions begin
- May 2013 — Release of the 2012–13 CELDT annual assessment results
- July 1, 2013 — 2013–14 CELDT annual assessment and initial assessment windows open
Contact Information
- Title III Accountability Reporting: AMAOs
- Phone: 916-323-3071
- E-mail: amao@cde.ca.gov
- Title III Accountability Web page
- Language Policy and Leadership Office: Title III Programs and Services
- Phone: 916-319-0845
- Title III Programs and Services Web page
- English Language Development Standards (2012)
- Professional Learning Support Division: Transitional Kindergarten
- Erin Koepke, Education Programs Consultant
- Phone: 916-323-4873
- E-mail: ekoepke@cde.ca.gov
- Transitional Kindergarten FAQs Web page
- Erin Koepke, Education Programs Consultant
- English Language Proficiency Assessments Office: CELDT Program
- Phone: 916–319–0784
- E-mail: celdt@cde.ca.gov
- CELDT Web page
