CTEL Assessment & Instruction questions and answers
2024\2025
ELD
- correct answer English Language Development (standards)
ELA
- correct answer English Language Arts (standards)
ELL's
- correct answer English Language Learners
What is the GOAL of ELD?
- correct answer To bring students up to grade level in academic language as soon as possible through
high-quality materials and well-qualified teachers. To provide access to core curriculum.
What does a typical ELD class look like?
- correct answer Teachers engage students through activities such as singing, drama and reading aloud.
Teachers model and teach language patterns and vocabulary.
Teachers provide constructive feedback on students oral and written work.
Differentiated Instruction
- correct answer Instruction geared to the different English and knowledge levels of students. The
teacher decides how each student will learn the content based on their skills. However, all materials are
available to the students so the student is in charge of the learning and the teacher is a coach.
Various assessments can be planned to demonstrate the English level of each student and at the same
time contribute to their content advancement. For example:
- correct answer Students can prepare a report/fact sheet together based on the topic.
Each student can present the facts on the topic orally.
,Each student can write a paragraph to display on a poster.
What does an appropriate testing environment look like in an ELD classroom?
- correct answer Collaborative group work with individual responsibilities. By doing so the teacher can
create a relaxed environment and informally evaluate for understanding.
Formative Assessment
- correct answer Assessment during the learning process. The teacher and student have opportunity to
modify the outcome.
Summative Assessment
- correct answer Takes place at the end of a task or course. Ex: single grade
Backwards Lesson Planning was introduced by what two Theorists?
- correct answer Wiggins and McTighe
What does backwards lesson planning look like?
- correct answer 1. Identify expected outcomes
2. Determine acceptable evidence
3. Plan learning experiences and instruction
Give an example of a backward lesson in art class.
- correct answer 1. The objective is for students to develop a skill in mixing paints and showing color
relationship. (Ask myself questions!! What have I taught my students thus far about color? Have they
used paints prior to this lesson?)
2. My evidence: looking at their portfolios
3. Plan instruction and learning experiences: Students will learn about color theory and paint a color
wheel
Curriculum calibration
- correct answer Examining content standards across grade levels. Once the standards are agreed on
teachers and publishers are aligned.
,What is the goal for curriculum calibration?
- correct answer To raise the expectations and increase achievement for all students.
Curriculum mapping
- correct answer An outline teachers use to plan their instructional goals. Like "records" of what teachers
are doing. The map is used through technology to share what teachers are doing, make sure there are
no gaps in what they are teaching, are we aligning the standards?
ELDs assessment is based on the demonstrated ability of the student to do what in English?
- correct answer Read and write
CELDT
- correct answer California English Language Development Test
IFEP
- correct answer Initial Fluent English Proficient
The purpose of the CELDT is what?
- correct answer To identify the English level of students as ELL's or IFEP
Four criteria when considering reclassification of English learners:
- correct answer CELDT
Performance in basic skills
Teachers evaluation
Parents opinion
How often are English learners required to take the CELDT? What if they test below proficiency level on
the CELDT?
- correct answer Every year until they are reclassified. They must receive 30-45 minutes of daily
instruction in academic English, grouped in like-proficiency groups that span no more than two of the
five CELDT levels.
, Language Placement Test
- correct answer Designed to place a student within a specific program/class level. Measure how well
students have met standards in a language.
When is a language placement test used?
- correct answer When a student enters or exits a particular program.
Examples of Language Proficiency tests: OPI, TSE, TOEFL, OA, IPT
- correct answer Oral Proficiency Interview
Test of Spoken English
Test of English as a Foreign Language
Oral Assessment
IDEA Proficiency Test
Language Achievement Test
- correct answer Related directly to a specific curriculum or course of study.
Examples of Language Achievement Tests
- correct answer UNIT EXAMS AND FINAL EXAMS...Subtests of language skills, reading comprehension,
parts of speech, spelling, punctuation, paragraphing
Diagnostic Tests
- correct answer Identify individual students' strengths and weaknesses in languages. Generally given by
speech therapists and psychologists.
Factors that affect assessment of ELLs who are not familiar with assessment in the US:
- correct answer Being unfamiliar with testing standards, not being able to ask questions of the teacher
while testing, time constraints, only allowed to work on certain sections at a time.
A reliable assessment will have these three factors:
- correct answer Validity, reliability and practicality
2024\2025
ELD
- correct answer English Language Development (standards)
ELA
- correct answer English Language Arts (standards)
ELL's
- correct answer English Language Learners
What is the GOAL of ELD?
- correct answer To bring students up to grade level in academic language as soon as possible through
high-quality materials and well-qualified teachers. To provide access to core curriculum.
What does a typical ELD class look like?
- correct answer Teachers engage students through activities such as singing, drama and reading aloud.
Teachers model and teach language patterns and vocabulary.
Teachers provide constructive feedback on students oral and written work.
Differentiated Instruction
- correct answer Instruction geared to the different English and knowledge levels of students. The
teacher decides how each student will learn the content based on their skills. However, all materials are
available to the students so the student is in charge of the learning and the teacher is a coach.
Various assessments can be planned to demonstrate the English level of each student and at the same
time contribute to their content advancement. For example:
- correct answer Students can prepare a report/fact sheet together based on the topic.
Each student can present the facts on the topic orally.
,Each student can write a paragraph to display on a poster.
What does an appropriate testing environment look like in an ELD classroom?
- correct answer Collaborative group work with individual responsibilities. By doing so the teacher can
create a relaxed environment and informally evaluate for understanding.
Formative Assessment
- correct answer Assessment during the learning process. The teacher and student have opportunity to
modify the outcome.
Summative Assessment
- correct answer Takes place at the end of a task or course. Ex: single grade
Backwards Lesson Planning was introduced by what two Theorists?
- correct answer Wiggins and McTighe
What does backwards lesson planning look like?
- correct answer 1. Identify expected outcomes
2. Determine acceptable evidence
3. Plan learning experiences and instruction
Give an example of a backward lesson in art class.
- correct answer 1. The objective is for students to develop a skill in mixing paints and showing color
relationship. (Ask myself questions!! What have I taught my students thus far about color? Have they
used paints prior to this lesson?)
2. My evidence: looking at their portfolios
3. Plan instruction and learning experiences: Students will learn about color theory and paint a color
wheel
Curriculum calibration
- correct answer Examining content standards across grade levels. Once the standards are agreed on
teachers and publishers are aligned.
,What is the goal for curriculum calibration?
- correct answer To raise the expectations and increase achievement for all students.
Curriculum mapping
- correct answer An outline teachers use to plan their instructional goals. Like "records" of what teachers
are doing. The map is used through technology to share what teachers are doing, make sure there are
no gaps in what they are teaching, are we aligning the standards?
ELDs assessment is based on the demonstrated ability of the student to do what in English?
- correct answer Read and write
CELDT
- correct answer California English Language Development Test
IFEP
- correct answer Initial Fluent English Proficient
The purpose of the CELDT is what?
- correct answer To identify the English level of students as ELL's or IFEP
Four criteria when considering reclassification of English learners:
- correct answer CELDT
Performance in basic skills
Teachers evaluation
Parents opinion
How often are English learners required to take the CELDT? What if they test below proficiency level on
the CELDT?
- correct answer Every year until they are reclassified. They must receive 30-45 minutes of daily
instruction in academic English, grouped in like-proficiency groups that span no more than two of the
five CELDT levels.
, Language Placement Test
- correct answer Designed to place a student within a specific program/class level. Measure how well
students have met standards in a language.
When is a language placement test used?
- correct answer When a student enters or exits a particular program.
Examples of Language Proficiency tests: OPI, TSE, TOEFL, OA, IPT
- correct answer Oral Proficiency Interview
Test of Spoken English
Test of English as a Foreign Language
Oral Assessment
IDEA Proficiency Test
Language Achievement Test
- correct answer Related directly to a specific curriculum or course of study.
Examples of Language Achievement Tests
- correct answer UNIT EXAMS AND FINAL EXAMS...Subtests of language skills, reading comprehension,
parts of speech, spelling, punctuation, paragraphing
Diagnostic Tests
- correct answer Identify individual students' strengths and weaknesses in languages. Generally given by
speech therapists and psychologists.
Factors that affect assessment of ELLs who are not familiar with assessment in the US:
- correct answer Being unfamiliar with testing standards, not being able to ask questions of the teacher
while testing, time constraints, only allowed to work on certain sections at a time.
A reliable assessment will have these three factors:
- correct answer Validity, reliability and practicality
