ELD Standards/CELDT

 ELD Standards

      - English

      - Spanish

 CELDT

      - Released Test Questions

      - CELDT Blueprint (K-8)

           - Grades (K-2)

           - Grades (3-5) 

           - Grades (6-8) 

California English Language Development Test
Introduction

The California English Language Development Test (CELDT) has three purposes:
           (1) to identify students who are limited English proficient
           (2) to determine the level of English language proficiency of students who are
                 limited English proficient
           (3) to assess the progress of limited English proficient students in acquiring skills of listening,  
                speaking, reading, and writing in English.

There are five proficiency levels through which English learners progress toward English proficiency:  
           (C1) Beginning Early
           (C2) Early Intermediate 
           (C3) Intermediate
           (C4) Early Advanced
           (C5) Advanced.

The CELDT tests assess four language domains:
           (1) listening
           (2) speaking
           (3) reading
           (4) writing

*Students in kindergarten and grade one currently are assessed only on the listening and speaking domains.   Students in grades two through eight are assessed in all four domains of literacy.