CELDT CELDT Proficiency Levels and Scoring

Question 1

How many proficiency levels does the CELDT use to classify students' English ability?

Accepted Answer

5

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3

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4

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6

Question 2

Which proficiency level is the lowest on the CELDT scale?

Accepted Answer

Beginning

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Early Intermediate

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Intermediate

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Developing

Question 3

A student at the Early Intermediate CELDT level can typically do which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Understand simple conversational English with contextual support

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Understand and produce complex academic sentences independently

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Use only isolated words and memorized phrases

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Read and write at grade level in English without assistance

Question 4

Which CELDT proficiency level is associated with being considered fully English proficient for reclassification purposes?

Accepted Answer

Advanced

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Early Advanced

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Proficient

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Intermediate

Question 5

Which language domains does the CELDT assess across all grade spans?

Accepted Answer

Listening, speaking, reading, and writing

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Writing only

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Reading only

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Listening and speaking only

Question 6

At which CELDT proficiency level can a student typically produce connected narrative speech, though with noticeable grammatical errors?

Accepted Answer

Intermediate

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Beginning

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Early Intermediate

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Early Advanced

Question 7

Which description BEST fits a student at the Early Advanced CELDT proficiency level?

Accepted Answer

Produces complex, varied sentences with occasional errors

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Uses only simple phrases and relies heavily on gestures

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Cannot communicate in English without translation

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Has no comprehension of spoken English