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Florida - Comprehensive English Language Learning Assessment (CELLA)
Florida uses the Comprehensive English Language Learning Assessment (CELLA) to measure the growth of students classified as English Language Learners (ELLs) in mastering the skills in English they will need to succeed in school.
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.
CELLA Communiqués
2008
- Communiqué # 1 Contact Information (PDF, ) - Revised - March 31, 2008
- Communiqué # 2 Revisions to 2008 TAM (PDF, ) - February 18, 2008
- Communiqué # 3 Functional Level Testing (PDF, ) - February 27, 2008
- Communiqué # 4 Using Speaking Scoring Rubrics (PDF, ) - March 5, 2008
- Communiqué # 5 Save the Dates (PDF, ) - March 14, 2008
- Communiqué # 6 PreID Labels and Preprinted Header Sheets (PDF, ) - March 25, 2008
- Communiqué # 7 Delivery of 2008 Test Materials and Supplemental Order Process (PDF, ) Revised - March 31, 2008
- Communiqué # 8 Highlights if the CELLA Web Site and Information Available (PDF, ) - April 17, 2008
- Communiqué # 9 2008 Florida Parent Informational Flyers (PDF, ) - April 17, 2008
- Communiqué # 10 How to Return Materials (PDF, ) - April 17, 2008
- Communiqué # 11 Administration & Security (PDF, ) - April 25, 2008
- Communiqué # 12 Header Sheets May 2, 2008 (PDF, ) - April 25, 2008
- Communiqué # 13 Return Kits & Materials Return List (PDF, ) - Revised - May 7, 2008
- Communiqué # 14 K2 Logistics & Pick-up of Materials (PDF, ) - May 15, 2008
- Communiqué # 15 Update on CELLA Cut Scores & Performance Level Descriptors (PDF, ) - May 23, 2008
- Communiqué # 16 End of Testing (PDF, ) - May 27, 2008
- Communiqué # 17 "CELLA Debrief" & "How to Use CELLA Scores" Conference Calls (PDF, ) - June 3, 2008
- Communiqué # 18 Score Report Updates (PDF, ) - June 20, 2008
- Communiqué # 19 Interpretive Guide (PDF, ) - June 20, 2008
Making Adequate Yearly Progress for English Language Learners (ELL) Subgroup
Forms
- 2008 Supplemental Order Form
- 2008 CELLA District Return List (PDF, )
- 2008 CELLA School Return List (PDF, )
Technical Assistance Paper(s)
- March 2006 TAP on CELLA (PDF)
Publications
- 2008 Florida CELLA Score Report (PDF, )
- Florida CELLA Information Sheet (PDF, )
Florida CELLA Parent Informational Flyers
- English (PDF, )
- Spanish (PDF, )
- Haitian Creole (PDF, )
- French (PDF, )
- Chinese (PDF, )
- Portuguese (PDF, )
- Arabic (PDF, )
- Russian (PDF, )
- Vietnamese (PDF, )
- Tagalog (PDF, )
- Urdu (PDF, )
2008 CELLA Interpretive Guide
- English (PDF, )
- Spanish (PDF, )
- Haitian Creole (PDF, )
- French (PDF, )
- Chinese (PDF, )
- Portuguese (PDF, )
- Arabic (PDF, )
- Russian (PDF, )
- Vietnamese (PDF, )
- Tagalog (PDF, )
- Urdu (PDF, )
Presentations
- How to Use CELLA Scores 2008 (PDF, )
- 2008 CELLA Regional Train-the-Trainer - January 2008 (PDF, )
- 2008 Florida CELLA Administration - Materials Return Processing (PDF, )
- 2008 CELLA Functional Level Testing (PDF, )
- 2008 CELLA Standards Setting Process Status (PDF, )
Test Administration Schedules & Timelines
- 2008 Test Administration Schedule: April 22, 2008 through May 23, 2008