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• Assess the progress of English-proficient pupils in acquiring the skills of listening,
speaking, reading, and writing in English.
School districts are required to administer the CELDT to all students whose home
language is not English within 30 calendar days after they enroll for the first time in a
California public school. Districts also are required to administer the CELDT annually to
identified English learners (ELs) until they are reclassified to fluent-English proficient
(FEP) during the annual assessment window from July 1 through October 31.
CELDT data are used to calculate the annual measurable achievement objectives
(AMAOs) 1 and 2 required by Title III. Each local educational agency (LEA) receiving
Title III funds is accountable for meeting the AMAOs established by the SBE beginning
with the 2003-04 school year. The CDE provides LEAs with annual Title III
Accountability Reports.
The CELDT assesses listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in English and is
aligned to the English-language development (ELD) standards adopted by the SBE. In
California, students in kindergarten and grade one are only assessed in listening and
speaking.
In March 2006, the SBE approved a new performance-level scale. CELDT performance
levels are: beginning, early intermediate, intermediate, early advanced, and advanced.
CELDT results show the overall English proficiency level attained by students as well as
in each skill area. Individual student reports and student data files are sent to the school
district. Districts must inform parents of test results within 30 calendar days of receiving
student results from the testing contractor.
The CDE posts three types of reports (all assessments, annual assessments, and initial
identification assessments) at four levels (state, county, district, and school) on the
Internet annually. Summary results are reported for all students and for a number of
reporting categories that include gender, enrollment in specified programs, and primary
languages. These results are posted on the CELDT Web site at http://celdt.cde.ca.gov.
Reclassification guidelines established by the SBE clarify the EC criteria in Section
313(d) to be used in reclassifying a pupil from EL to FEP.
For more information regarding the CELDT, contact the CELDT and Psychometrics
Unit, at (916) 445-8420 or by e-mail at celdt@cde.ca.gov. Information is also available
on the CELDT Web site at http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/el.
Physical Fitness Testing
Since 1996, California Education Code (EC) Section 60800 has required that each
district administer a state-designated physical fitness test to all students in grades five,
seven, and nine. During the month of February, March, April, or May, the governing
board of each school district maintaining any of grades five, seven, and nine shall
administer to each pupil in those grades the physical fitness test. The test used is the
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