How was CELLA developed?

CELLA was funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education.

A collaboration with AccountabilityWorks and a consortium of five states: Florida, Maryland, Michigan, Pennsylvania, & Tennessee

As the grantee, AccountabilityWorks managed the work of the consortium

ETS was awarded the subcontract to develop the test, ancillary materials, conduct the field test and develop the scoring programs

The State provided substantial input and the majority of field tested students