California Code of Regulations › Title 5 - Education › Division 1 - California Department of Education › Chapter 11 - Special Programs › Subchapter 7.5 - California English Language Development Test › Article 1 - General › Section 11510 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
For the purposes of the test required by Education Code
						Section
						313(a),
						referred to as the California English Language Development Test, the following
						definitions shall apply:
(a)
					 "Accommodation" is any variation in the assessment environment or process that
					 does not fundamentally alter what the test measures or affect the comparability
					 of scores. "Accommodations" may include variations in scheduling, setting,
					 aids, equipment, and presentation format.
(b) An "administration" means a pupil's
					 attempt to take all sections of the California English Language Development
					 Test, including listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
(c) "Alternate Assessment" is an alternate
					 means to measure the English language proficiency of pupils with disabilities
					 whose Individualized Education Program Team has determined that they are unable
					 to participate in the California English Language Development Test even with
					 accommodations, variations, or modifications.
(d) "Annual assessments" are administrations
					 of the California English Language Development Test to enrolled pupils who are
					 currently identified as English learners.
(e) "Annual assessment window" begins on July
					 1 and ends on October 31 of each school year.
(f) "Date of first enrollment" is the date on
					 which the pupil is scheduled to be in attendance in a California public school
					 for the first time.
(g)
					 "Department" is the California Department of Education.
(h) "District coordinator" is an employee of
					 the school district designated by the superintendent of the district to oversee
					 the administration of the CELDT within the district.
(i) "Excessive materials" is the difference
					 between the sum of the number of tests scored and 90 percent of the tests
					 ordered by the district.
(j) "Grade
					 level" is the grade assigned to the pupil by the school district at the time of
					 testing.
(k) "Home language survey"
					 is a form administered by the school district to be completed by the pupil's
					 parent or guardian at the time of first enrollment in a California public
					 school indicating language use in the home which, if completed, fulfills the
					 school district's obligation required by Education Code Section
					 52164.1.
(l) "Initial assessment" is the
					 administration of the California English Language Development Test to a pupil
					 whose primary language is other than English, as determined by the Home
					 Language Survey, and who has not previously been assessed for English language
					 proficiency in a California public school.
(m) "Modification" is any variation in the
					 assessment environment or process that fundamentally alters what the test
					 measures or affects the comparability of scores.
(n) "Primary" language is the language first
					 learned by the pupil, most frequently used at home, or most frequently spoken
					 by the parents or other adults in the home when speaking with the
					 pupil.
(o) "Proctor" is an employee
					 of a school district who has received training specifically designed to prepare
					 him or her to assist the test examiner in administration of the California
					 English Language Development Test.
(p) "Pupil" is a person enrolled in a
					 California school district in kindergarten through grade 12, or in ungraded
					 programs, including those pupils placed in a nonpublic school through the
					 Individualized Education Program (IEP) process pursuant to Education Code
					 Section
					 56365.
(q) "Records of results" are:
(1) Student test results from the pupil's
					 cumulative file;
(2) Parent
					 notification letter of student results;
(3) Previous or current school district pupil
					 electronic data files;
(4) Student
					 Proficiency Level Reports; and
(5)
					 Verification from prior school district.