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Comprehensive English Language Learning Assessment (CELLA) Online
Uses
- Program placement for ESL or bilingual programs.
- To the extent possible in a comprehensive assessment, detailed diagnostic breakouts that teachers can use in data-driven instructional decision making.
- Data useful for charting individual and group progress over time, including a student’s first year in a school system.
Development and Design
- CELLA was developed by AccountabilityWorks and ETS and a consortium of five states: Florida, Maryland, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee.
- Research-based emphasis on Academic English to assist in determining whether students have the English language skills to succeed in a general education environment.
- Standards-based assessment measures content benchmarks developed after review of English language proficiency standards in multiple states.
- CELLA Online includes English proficiency levels at Beginning, Low Intermediate, High Intermediate, and Proficient levels at each grade, K through 12. Proficiency levels are adjusted for Fall, Winter, or Spring test administration.
- Functionally-based (rather than grade-based) assessment in Reading and Writing assures a non-frustrating experience as well as reliable scores for students at a very wide range of literacy levels.
- Three core vertical scales (Listening/Speaking, Reading, Writing) and two composite scales (Comprehension, Total) permit reports describing score gains over time.
Administration
- CELLA Online is available as several single modality assessments—Listening/Speaking, or Reading, or Writing—or as a comprehensive assessment that includes all modalities.
- Students take all sections of CELLA Online using a computer connected to the internet.
- Test administration ranges from 15 - 40 minutes for Level A modality assessments to 35 - 70 minutes for Level D modality assessments.
Scoring
- No teacher hand-scoring of multiple-choice items or the overall test!
- Scores and reports are instantly available as soon as students complete the test and teachers enter ratings for open response items (e.g., speaking items, some writing items).
Reports
- A range of reports are available on demand at the individual/class/grade/school levels, including proficiency levels, content subcategories, scale scores, diagnostic breakouts, snapshots/trends, gain scores, etc.
- Reports are designed to assist teachers in addressing individual student needs.
- Data are accessible online at any time using a secure username and password system.
Pricing
- District and school bulk purchases start at unlimited full school year licenses for 25 students. Standard bulk prices range from $7.00 - $8.00 per student, with details available here. (Due to an arrangement with the Florida Department of Education, special pricing is available for Florida school districts; for details, contact us at: CELLA Florida Pricing.)
Technology
- The system is accessed online through a computer using a recent version of any of the following major browsers: Safari, Internet Explorer, Firefox. No software is installed on local client or server computers.
Interested in additional information about CELLA?
Other Resources
The U.S. Department of Education has published a useful set of research-based publications on serving ELLs:
Instruction and Academic Interventions
Serving Adolescent Newcomers
Use of Accommodations in Large-scale Assessments
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