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CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Jack O’Connell, State Superintendent of Public Instruction California English Language Development Test (CELDT) Program.

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1 CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Jack O’Connell, State Superintendent of Public Instruction California English Language Development Test (CELDT) Program Update 2008–09 Bilingual Coordinators Network Sacramento, CA September 25, 2008

2 JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 2 Presentation Objectives Summarize changes in 2008-09 Provide update on K-1 Early Literacy development Describe Item Development activities –CELDT Blueprints –2009-10 Activities Present Training and Resources –Released Test Questions –Workshops –Technical Reports

3 JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 3 What’s new in 2008-09? Title III Accountability (AMAOs) is now handled by the Evaluation, Research and Analysis Unit in the Policy and Evaluation Division Title III Program and fiscal components remain in the Language Policy and Leadership Office K-1 Early Literacy test questions being developed, reviewed, and field tested Transitions to next contract

4 JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 4 Transitions YearCTBWestEdNew Contract 2008-09K-12 admin. Develop 2009-10 test and materials K-1 Early Literacy Development and review of test questions K-1 Field Test 2009-10 Pre-admin workshops 2009-10Final reports K-12 admin.

5 JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 5 K-1 Early Literacy WestEd is: –Developing test questions. –Conducting Content Review and Bias/Sensitivity Review. Next Contractor will: –Field test Early Literacy in Spring 2009. –Include K-1 Reading and Writing in the 2009-10 operational test. –Prepare report to Legislature due no later than January 1, 2013.

6 JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 6 CELDT Blueprints Available on CELDT Resources Web page at http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/el/resources.asp Blueprints are aligned to English Language Development (ELD) Standards approved by State Board of Education in 1999 Organized by four grade spans –Kindergarten – Grade Two –Grade Three – Grade Five –Grade Six – Grade Eight –Grade Nine – Grade Twelve Standards are ordered by the ELD proficiency levels from Beginning to Advanced

7 JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 7 Section of CELDT Blueprint for Grades Six – Eight Listening

8 JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 8 Item Development Activities (2009-10 Edition) Item Writer Training – June 10, 2008 CDE Reviews – July 30 to August 22, 2008 Content Review – October 7-8, 2008 Bias and Sensitivity Review – October 10, 2008 Anchor Pull – October 22-23, 2008 Test Materials to CDE for next contract – March 15, 2009

9 JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 9 Released Test Questions (RTQs) Released for the first time in April 2008 Located on the CELDT Resources Web page at http://www.cde.ca.gov/tg/el/resources.asp Based on the ELD Standards Released questions taken from the 2003-04, 2004-05, and 2005-06 CELDT Editions Covers all four domains: listening, speaking, reading, and writing Contains current scoring rubrics Intend to release additional CELDT questions every other school year

10 JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 10 Kindergarten Through Grade Two RTQ Speaking Sample

11 JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 11 Grade Two RTQ Writing Sample

12 JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 12 Grades Nine Through Twelve RTQ Writing Sample

13 JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 13 Workshops “CELDT 101” – General Test Administration WebEx Training –Archived online (May 2008) Data Analysis and Use – Fall 2008 – 7 Live Workshops – 4 Live WebEx - Nov. 3 and 7, 2008 Level 1 – 10 AM – Noon Level 2 – 2 PM – 4 PM – Up to 14 Recorded WebEx Pre-administration Workshops

14 JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 14 Data Analysis & Use Workshops CityDate Sacramento Tue. 10/28/08 San Jose Wed. 10/29/08 Fresno Thu. 10/30/08 San Diego Wed. 11/12/08 Monrovia Tue. 11/18/08 Long Beach Wed. 11/19/08 Riverside Thu. 11/20/08

15 JACK O’CONNELL State Superintendent of Public Instruction 15 For more information CELDT Office Standards and Assessment Division 1430 N Street, Suite 5408 Sacramento, CA 95814 916-319-0784 celdt@cde.ca.gov http//:www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/el/ Test Contractor CTB/McGraw-Hill http//:www.ctb.com/celdt 1-800-994-8594 ctbceldthelpdesk@ctb.com/


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