California English Language Development Test and Title III Accountability

1. California English Language Development Test and Title III Accountability California English Language Development Test and Title III Accountability Office Lily Roberts, Administrator Tavi G. Popp, Consultant Stephanie Woo, Consultant Sacramento – May 20, 2011

2. Presentation Overview • Release of 2010–11 California English Language Development Test (CELDT) Annual Assessment (AA) Summary Results • Release of 2010–11 Preliminary Title III Accountability Data Reports • Update on “English-Only” Study • Key Dates and Additional Resources • Contact Information CELDT and Title III Accountability

3. Release of 2010–11 CELDT AA Summary Results AA Results: AA window period of July 1, 2010, through October 31, 2010 All English learners (ELs) in kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12) AA test purpose only Public Release in May 2011 CELDT and Title III Accountability

4. Release of 2010–11 California English Language Development Test AA Summary Results (cont.) Number of ELs Tested: 2010–11 total students tested during the AA window was 1,253,583 Total tested was 38,548 less than in 2009–10 (1,292,131) Three percent decrease from previous year in the number of ELs tested CELDT and Title III Accountability

5. Release of 2010–11 California English Language Development Test AA Summary Results (cont.) Number of ELs Tested CELDT and Title III Accountability

6. Release of 2010–11 California English Language Development Test AA Summary Results (cont.) Overall Performance Results: Early Advanced (28.5 percent) Advanced (7.7 percent) CELDT and Title III Accountability

7. Release of 2010–11 California English Language Development Test AA Summary Results (cont.) Percent of ELs Who Met CELDT Criterion for Possible Reclassification Almost 35 percent met the CELDT criterion * weighted average across the grade spans within the school year CELDT and Title III Accountability

8. Percent of English learners Reclassified Steady increase since 2002–03 Reclassification data not available for 2010–11 CELDT and Title III Accountability

9. Release of 2010–11 Preliminary Title III Accountability Data Reports 2010–11 Preliminary Title III Accountability Data Reports to be posted in June/July 2011 2010–11 Title III Accountability Information Guide scheduled to be posted in July 2011 2010–11 Annual Measurable Achievement Objective (AMAO) targets: AMAO 1: 54.6 Percent AMAO 2: Less than five years: 18.7 Percent Five years or more: 43.2 Percent CELDT and Title III Accountability

10. “English-Only” Study Attempts to validate the CELDT construct for kindergarten and grade one (K-1) students (i.e., Is the CELDT measuring English proficiency when testing K-1 students in listening, speaking, reading, and writing?) Compares the performance of required CELDT takers with the performance of students who are proficient in English Results to be presented to the State Board of Education in July 2011 CELDT and Title III Accountability

11. “English-Only” Study (cont.) * Oversampled to compensate for blank responses. CELDT and Title III Accountability

12. Key Dates and Additional Resources CELDT: 2010–11 Initial Assessment (IA) Last day for additional order June 13, 2011 IA window closes June 30, 2011 2011–12 Annual Assessment Test materials delivery June 1–15, 2011 2011–12 Pre-Identification CELDT Live! 3D June 7, 2011 Window opens June 20, 2011 CELDT and Title III Accountability

13. Contact Information CELDT Contractor, Educational Data Systems Phone: 866–850–1039 E-mail at support@celdt.org Web site at http://www.celdt.org (Outside Source) CDE CELDT and Title III Accountability Office Phone: 916–319–0784 CELDT E-mail at celdt@cde.ca.gov CELDT Web page at http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/el/ AMAO e-mail at amao@cde.ca.gov Title III Accountability Web page at http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/ac/t3/ CELDT and Title III Accountability