1. California English Language Development Test (CELDT)
Administration Training
Local District 6
English Learner Staff

2. Objectives
Attain high standard of examiner reliability through practice of calibration exercises
Review the legal requirements and purposes of CELDT
Prepare for logistics prior to and during test administration
Share best practices around security, preparation and administration
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3. CELDT Training Video
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4. Objective 1
Attain high standard of examiner reliability through practice of calibration exercises

5. Group Practice Speech Functions Choose and Give Reasons
4-Picture Narrative
Video Training Sample - Chelsea
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6. Binder Page: 4-4
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7. Speech Functions Procedures
Binder Page: 2-25
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8. Speech Functions Audio Group Practice
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9. Binder Page: 4-16
In your packet
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10. Choose & Give Reasons Procedures
Binder Page: 2-25
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11. Choose & Give Reasons Audio Group Practice
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12. Binder Page: 4-31
In your packet
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13. Binder Page: 4-32
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14. 4 Picture Narrative Procedures
Binder Page: 2-25
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15. 4-Picture Narrative Audio Group Practice
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16. Group Practice
Video
Chelsea
Kinder
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17. Review the legal requirements and purposes of CELDT
Objective 2
Review the legal requirements
and purposes of CELDT

18. CELDT Legal Mandates
Test students who have a home language other than English within 30 calendar days after the first date of enrollment in a California public school to identify potential English learners
Determine the level of English language performance of pupils who are limited English proficient from July 1-October 31 for annual assessment purposes
California Education Code, Section 313 CCR, Title 5, Section 11511
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19. Initial Identification Administration
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20. Home Language Survey
Newly enrolled students in grades K-12 are to be assessed with the CELDT if:
• the response to any of the first three questions on the HLS is a language other than English OR
• ALL the conditions listed below are true:
1. Response to each of the first three questions on the HLS is English
2. Response to question number four is other than English
3. There is reasonable doubt as to the student’s proficiency in English
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21. Reasonable Doubt Parents need interpreters
Reasonable doubt is defined as “evidence of significant non-English background” including, but not limited to, the following indicators:
Parents need interpreters
Parents use L1 to speak with student
Student initiates interaction with parents in L1
Babysitters only use L1
After 30 days in Mainstream placement student
lack comprehension of instruction or routines
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22. Student has access to a language other than English at home
Home Language Survey
Student has access to a language
other than English at home
Only English spoken at home
Student classified as
EO (English Only)
Initial CELDT administered
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overall score of
1, 2, o 3
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overall score of
4 or 5
Student classified
as LEP
(Limited English
Proficient)
Student classified
as IFEP
(Initial Fluent
English Proficient)
Student progresses through
5 ELD levels as outlined
in Master Plan
Student classified as RFEP
(Reclassified Fluent
English Proficient)
Student meets
reclassification criteria
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23. INITIAL CELDT Results from Other Districts
New enrollees with CELDT results from other California public school districts should not be tested again for INITIAL identification.
CELDT Testing Coordinators should contact the previous school to determine if the transferring students have been assessed with the CELDT.
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24. eTIP Student Score Sheet www.ctb.com/celdt (available 7/1/08)
All Initial Assessments MUST be scored with the eTIP
File Unofficial CELDT results in the student’s blue Master Plan folder until official scores are received
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25. ◘ Parent notification letters are for initial assessments only
◘ This year parents will receive two letters:
1) immediately after testing
2) when the official scores come in
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26. Annual Assessment Administration
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27. Annual Assessment English Learners assessed:
Retained kindergartners and students in grade 1 in listening and speaking
Students in grades 2-12 in listening, speaking, reading, and writing
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28. Reclassification Criteria Chart Grades 1-2
Attachment A
REF
May 2007
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29. Reclassification Criteria Chart Grades 3-5
Attachment B
REF
May 2007
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30. Initial and Annual
Assessments
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31.
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32. Skill Areas to be Tested
Kindergarten & 1st
2nd – 12th
Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing
California Education Code Section 60810
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33. Overall Proficiency Level Tables
K-2
Beginning
(1)
Early
Intermediate
(2)
(3)
Advanced
(4)
(5)
Kinder
Grade 1
Grade 2
3-5
Beginning
(1)
Early
Intermediate
(2)
(3)
Advanced
(4)
(5)
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
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34. Administration Instructions
Student Testing & Assessment publishes CELDT Administration Instructions
Source: LAUSD → Offices →Student Testing & Assessment → Administration Instructions
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35. Let’s Review Objective #2
Receive
Review the legal requirements and purposes of CELDT
Review
Clarify
Question
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36. Prepare for logistics prior to and during test administration
Objective 3
Prepare for logistics prior to and during test administration

37. 2008-2009 CELDT Coordinator’s Checklist
LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
District 6
Coordinator’s Checklist for Administering the
2008 – 2009 California English Language Development Test (CELDT)
In Preparation for Initial and Annual CELDT Testing:
 Attend District 6 EL Program Staff CELDT Training
 Read the CELDT Administration Instructions thoroughly
 Inventory materials, order more if necessary using Attachment ___
 Train certificated teachers and have them sign Security Affidavit (Attachment ___)
Only trained, qualified staff members that hold a teaching credential may administer the CELDT. Paraprofessionals may proctor.
 Identify all students that will be taking the Initial and Annual CELDT using the following rosters:
Master Plan Roster Screen 14, Option 15
CELDT Coding Roster Screen 7, Option 6
Got CELDT Roster Screen 30, Option 1 (lists students needing Initial CELDT)
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39. MEM-3711 “Updating SIS to Prepare for CELDT, 2007-2008 Edition” page 1
BARCODE LABELS
Annual barcode labels will be provided to schools in preparation for the CELDT test for grades 1-12.
Initial Identification barcode labels will also be provided for pre-enrolled kindergarten students and new students in grades 1-12.
If a barcode label is not available for a student, the school must hand-bubble all required demographic information on the answer document using the “CELDT Coding Roster”
MEM-3711 “Updating SIS to Prepare for CELDT, Edition” page 1
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40. Updating SIS – MEM 4262
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41. Delivery of Barcode Labels
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42. Elementary CELDT Coding Roster
Elementary SIS Screen 7, Option 6, Option Secondary Program NT42
All information Filled In
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43. Elementary CELDT Coding Roster
Elementary SIS Screen 7, Option 6, Option 2
Information Missing
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44. Barcode Labels
The following information MUST be completed for all test booklets, including those with Barcode Labels:
Box 1 Student name
Box 2 Teacher’s name, school and district
Box B Braille used, if applicable
Box V Test version
Box 10 Test purpose
Box 12 Date testing completed
Box 18 Testing irregularities
Box 22 Test variations
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45. What to Hand Bubble
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46. What to Hand Bubble
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47. “Got-CELDT Roster”
Screen 30, Option 1
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48. “Master Plan Roster”
Screen 14, Option 15

49. Testing Schedule
NO time limits have been set for any section of the test
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50. Prepare for the Test
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51. Students with Severe Disabilities
Attempt to administer all sections of the CELDT…record all student responses, even “no response,” on the test booklet or scannable answer books.
Box 22 “Testing Variations” should be completed and “Alternative Assessment” should be bubbled and the COM should be used.
The demographic pages on the CELDT book or answer document must be completed and returned as a scorable document.
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52. Scoring Initial CELDT
eTIP is found at: (available 7/1/08)
All Initial CELDT tests must first be scored locally by trained qualified certificated staff members to obtain information to use for program placement.
The application cannot save any results, so be sure to print each student score sheet
File unofficial CELDT results in the student’s blue Master Plan folder until official scores are received
CTB will no longer accept test booklets that have been scored using a RED pen.  
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53. Scoring Initial CELDT See Table 19 in the Scoring Guide, pg. 36
“Items to Omit When Calculating Raw Scores”
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54. Scoring of Initial CELDT
Score and enter “unofficial” Initial CELDT results on SIS Screen 5 (classification, test, and date) before taking the scannable test and answer books to the Testing Center for official scoring.
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55. P/LAS
For Kindergarten students with English P/LAS test information on Screen 5, fields 91 and 151:
Type over “P/LAS” with “CELDT” in field 91
Type over previous test date with the current year’s date in field 151
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56. Inputting Info Into SIS
Field 91
“CELDT”
(type over P/LAS)
CELDT
Field 151
“CELDT Test Date”
LEP
Field 162
“Language
Classification” EI
Field 164
“Program Assignment”
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57. Placement of “OFFICIAL” CELDT Test Result Labels

58. Initial Label
Initial Label has to be placed in each student’s “Cumulative Record Card”
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59. Initial LABELS
Place label in Section 4, “Oral English Proficiency Test Label” Section
Place Label Here
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60. Labels (Cont.) Initial CELDT Primary Language Label Assessment Label
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61. Annual Label
1st Grade
2nd Grade
Each English Learner continues to receive the Annual CELDT until he or she Reclassifies
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62. Let’s Review Objective 3
Receive
Prepare for logistics prior to and during test administration
Review
Clarify
Question
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63. Share best practices around security, preparation, and administration
Objective 4
Share best practices around security, preparation, and administration

64. What is the bigger picture?
Treat CELDT in similar fashion to CST (testing environment, letters to parents, bell schedules, attendance incentives)
Our students take the test as seriously as we do
Focus not just on preparing for this test, but building academic vocabulary through targeted ELD and content-based ELD
Quality instruction is the best preparation for any test
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65. Source: CDE, Guidelines on Academic Preparation for State Assessments, April 2004
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66. CELDT Training
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67. Park Avenue Elementary School CELDT Preparation Activities
Name: _________________________
Date: _________________________
Teacher: _______________________
Day Seven
You have 4 pictures that tell a story. Look at all of the pictures and tell a story to your elbow partner. After finishing the story orally write down your story using many details.
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68. Writing Sentences 2nd-12th
taking pictures of boot
subject or predicate missing 1
The kid and his mom ar woching the berg and the bogt.
simple subject & simple predicate
vocabulary is vague 2
The boy is taking a picksher av new york.
vocabulary lacks complexity 3
The mom and the boy are looking at the boat.
subject and predicate have some syntactical complexity,
no spelling errors
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69. Test Security
CELDT is a highly secure test, therefore materials must be kept secure at all times.
Anyone who has access to the test materials must sign a security affidavit to assure the security of the test.
Only credentialed staff can administer the CELDT after having been trained
Paraprofessionals may only proctor
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70. Thank You! Ruth Navarro 323. 588.8296 rcn9040@lausd.net
Claudia Bermúdez
Aida Coronado De Leon
Sharon Guzmán
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