Transcript Understanding CELDT scores - Morgan Hill Unified School

Understanding CELDT scores
MORGAN HILL UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
2010-2011
What is the CELDT?
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California
English
Language
Development
Test
 It is a test given every year to students who have
been identified as English Learners. The purpose of
the test is to see how well they know English. It is
also used to monitor growth from year to year.
Why was my student identified?
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 When parents register their children for school, they
fill out a home language survey.
 If the answer to any of the first three questions is
another language other than English, then the
process of identification begins.
 The child has to take the CELDT test to confirm that
he/she is an English Learner.
We call English Learner students ELs
Who has to take it?
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 Only English Learners take the test from
kindergarten through 12th grade.
 They take it only once a year, but they take it
every year that they are an EL.
 If they are a student returning to the district, they
take it at the beginning of the school year during the
annual testing window. (July- October)
 If they are new to the district, EL students must take
it within 30 calendar days of enrollment.
Why give the CELDT test?
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Every public school in California
is required by state law to
administer the CELDT to all EL
students.
How does the CELDT test help my child?
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 Teachers have two jobs with students who need to
learn English as their second language.
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Teach them English PLUS
Teach them all the subjects that students learn in school
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Reading * Writing * Math *Science *Social Studies *PE
 The information from the CELDT test helps teachers
understand how much English language EL students
know and what more they need to learn.
What is on the test?
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The test covers four parts of learning a new language.
These four parts are called domains.
 Listening
 Speaking
 Reading
 Writing
Sample Question
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Question and table talk
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 What are you thinking about this test?
 Have you heard your children talk about it?
Tests are the same in grade level groups
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The tests come in five grade spans.
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K-1
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3-5
6-8
9-12
How is the test scored?
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 Each of the four sections or domains of the test
get scored and a level is assigned to each domain.
 Each domain is totaled for an overall score and level.
The five proficiency levels are:
 1= Beginning
 2=Early Intermediate
 3= Intermediate
 4= Early Advanced
 5= Advanced
So what does that mean?
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1=Beginner
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 Student may be new to the country or new to school
 Could be a kinder in school for the first time or a 10th grader
 Knows little to no English
 Teachers will have to use strategies or special ways to
teach so that students understand what they see and
hear in English.
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More visual aides (pictures, maps, charts)
Use body movements, repetition, gestures,
Primary language might be used
2=Early Intermediate
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 Student can speak English in small phrases, and they
still make errors.
 They can write simple words or phrases.
 Teachers will use many of the same strategies to help
students make connections to what they are learning.
 Students need to practice speaking as much as
possible.
3=Intermediate
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 Students seem to communicate with ease.
 They can speak and write in complete sentence.
 Students continue to make some errors that may
interfere with communication.
 To many people, they may seem to be fluent English
speakers.
 They lack the higher academic language required to be
successful in other courses .
 Teachers will work on increasing vocabulary, improving
sentence structures, and providing opportunities for
students to speak and listen to each other.
4=Early Advanced
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 Students are able to communicate in more
demanding situations.
 Written communication is more elaborate. Students
are able to write paragraphs and composition with
few errors.
 Errors rarely interfere with communication.
 Teachers will work on increasing academic language.
5= Advanced
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 Students are able to speak, read, write and listen
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effectively in various social and academic settings.
They still need to increase academic vocabulary.
They rarely make errors that interfere with
communication.
Students are able to be successful in their other
courses.
Teachers still need to monitor and provide assistance
when needed.
Think and Talk
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 Do you have an idea of
how well your students
speak English?
 How can we help you
understand what this
means?
 What more information
do you need?
Is there a certain score that is good?
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 What we want for your child is GROWTH
 They should be learning more and more English each
year
 You should be able to watch their bars grow over
time
How much growth should my child grow in a year?
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 Generally, growing about a level a year is good. A
child moving from beginning up make take a little
longer. It is not uncommon to be an early
intermediate student (2) or an intermediate student
(3) for two years.
 If a student spends more than two years in any one
level, we want to explore what might be an issue.
What more can we do in class? What more can we
do in partnership at home?
When a student scores in these levels, they may
be considered for reclassification.
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Possible reclassification
What does reclassification mean?
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 When an EL student is reclassified, that means that
the student no longer needs language support.
 We will talk in detail at another meeting about
reclassification but remember
Reclassification means your student knows enough English
to be successful without English language support
Reclassification is our ultimate goal so that students
can be successful in all their classes.
What are some of the EL services?
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 They are the supports
provided to your student to
learn English and to learn
the academic information
(Math, Science, History,
etc)
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English Language
Development classes or ELD
Qualified teachers who are
trained to teach EL students.
Help for parents
Any more questions about CELDT scores?
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