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Florida - Comprehensive English Language Learning Assessment (CELLA)
Florida uses the Comprehensive English Language Learning Assessment (CELLA) as a tool to measure the progress of English Language Learners (ELLs) proficiency in English; thus, ensuring the skills needed in school to achieve at high levels, academically.
CELLA is a four-skill language proficiency assessment developed under contract by Educational Testing Service (ETS) that is designed to provide:
- Evidence of program accountability in accordance with Title III of No Child Left Behind (NCLB), which calls for schools and districts to meet state accountability objectives for increasing the English-language proficiency of English Language Learners.
- Data useful for charting student progress over time and, for the newly arrived students; charting progress over the first year.
- Information about the language proficiency levels of individual students that can be used in making decisions regarding placement into, or exit from English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) programs.
- Diagnostically useful information about students’ strengths and weaknesses in English (with as much specificity as possible within the limitations of a large-scale standardized test.)
The CELLA tests four areas:
- Listening
- Speaking
- Reading
- Writing
Students will take the Listening, Reading, and Writing sections as a group. For the Speaking section, students will have a one-on-one interview with a teacher.
Making Adequate Yearly Progress for English Language Learners (ELL) Subgroup
2012 CELLA Testing Window
- March 5, 2012 to April 6, 2012
2012 Communication and Information
General Information
- CELLA Schedule 2011 – 2012 (PDF, 56KB)
- Students to be Tested
- CELLA Parent Information Brochure
- Parent Information Brochure - English (PDF, 399KB)
- Parent Information Brochure - Spanish (PDF, 85KB)
- Parent Information Brochure - Haitian Creole (PDF, 88KB)
- Parent Information Brochure - Arabic (PDF, 76KB)
- Parent Information Brochure - Chinese (PDF, 137KB)
- Parent Information Brochure - French (PDF, 85KB)
- Parent Information Brochure - Portuguese (PDF, 91KB)
- Parent Information Brochure - Russian (PDF, 112KB)
- Parent Information Brochure - Tagalog (PDF, 81KB)
- Parent Information Brochure - Urdu (PDF, 124KB)
- Parent Information Brochure - Vietnamese (PDF, 72KB)
- Contacts
- Florida Department of Education (FDOE)
Phone: (850) 245-0417
Fax: (850) 245-0846
- Questar Assessment, Inc.
Toll-Free Phone Number: (877) 85-CELLA (877-852-3552)
Customer Service is available year-round (excluding Florida state holidays or Questar holidays)
Hours of Operation: 7:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. Eastern Time
FAX: (866) 688-0419
- Florida Department of Education (FDOE)
Memos
- 2012 CELLA Shipments - January 13, 2012 (PDF, 28KB)
- 2012 CELLA Regional Training Workshops - November 10, 2011 (PDF, 111KB)
- 2012 CELLA Enrollments and Training Kits - November 09, 2011 (PDF, 150KB)
Training and Administration Materials
- Train-the-Trainer
- Train-the-Trainer Presentation PowerPoint (PowerPoint, 17MB)
- Train-the-Trainer Presentation (PDF, 1008KB)
- 2012 Test Administration Manual (PDF, 1MB)
- Security Log (PDF, 447KB)
- Breaches of Administration Form (PDF, 55KB)
- Missing Materials Form (PDF, 46KB)
2011 Information
2011 Reports
- CELLA Spring 2011 State Summary (PDF, 131KB)
2011 Interpretive Guide
- English (PDF, 308KB)
- Spanish (PDF, 506KB)
- Haitian Creole (PDF, 500KB)
- Arabic (PDF, 495KB)
- Chinese (PDF, 813KB)
- French (PDF, 506KB)
- Portuguese (PDF, 505KB)
- Russian (PDF, 545KB)
- Tagalog (PDF, 501KB)
- Urdu (PDF, 559KB)
- Vietnamese (PDF, 507KB)
AMAO Results
- 2010-11 AMAO Results (PDF, 35KB)
- 2009-10 AMAO Results (PDF, 29KB)