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| ELD Program |
This is a full-year program of ELD instruction. By research, students take several years to acquire fluent academic English. |
| In order to be redesignated the next school year, your child must pass the State of California CELDT, California English Language Development Test, which is given in September or October. Your child may score in one of five levels: Beginning, Early Intermediate, Intermediate, Early Advanced, and Advanced. A student who scores in the Early Advanced or Advanced level has passed the CELDT and will be redesignated next year. If your child does not pass the CELDT, but does pass all grade-level assessments by May, then your child will be transitioned out of ELD the next year. The CELDT is given by a trained State representative, and it is an individual test. It takes approximately 15 minutes for the Listening and Speaking test, and apporximately 70 minutes for the Reading and Writing test. The CELDT assesses the following areas: Listening / Speaking (Grades K-12) - Following oral directions ("Point to the cat. Draw a line under the square.") - Phonemic Awareness (/c/ /a/ /t/ is what word? "Cat") - Oral Vocabulary ("What is this picture? A cat. What is it doing? Scratching.) - Phonemic Control ("say the sound /th/ as in thumb") - Story Retelling (Read a story and have the child tell you what it is about using as many details and vocabulary words as possible) Reading (Grades 2-12) - Word Analysis ("Find the same word with the same beginning sound as chess." /ch/) - Reading Vocabulary ("Read this word and tell me what it means." - Synonyms ("What word means the same as happy?") - Antonyms ("What word means the opposite of happy?") - Fluency (Reading a passage smoothly) - Reading comprehension (Understanding the passage by answering questions about the reading) - Literacy Analysis ("Why do you think... ""How do you know...") - Structures ("How many syllables are in the word 'roller coaster?') Writing (Grades 2-12) - Grammar Mechanics and Structural Items (The dogs ______ hungry.) - Writing Sentences (Look at a picture and write a sentence describing it.) - Writing a Story / Essay (Look at a sequence of pictures and write a story about what you see.) |