CELA

=CELA= The //Colorado English Language Acquisition Proficiency Assessment// (CELApro)

At my partner school the results for this exam must be used to place students during ELD (English Language Development,) period. Student who have been labeled NEP (Non-English Proficient) or LEP (Limited English Proficient) are placed in ELD classes which aim to improve their English language abilities. The law requires students to be placed in ELD classes based solely on the results of this exam. Students A and B took this exam in January 2011. Both students received a NEP score, which places them in the lowest level ELD group, despite the fact that their spoken English is highly proficient. Student C did not take the CELA because she was not in the counrty when the exam was given last year. She was also placed in the lowest level ELD class.

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