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Combined English Language Skills Assessment
(CELSA)
Purpose: To assess high school, college, and adult
non-native speakers of English for program placement.
Target: Non-native speakers of English at levels from
low beginning through advanced.
Method and format: Group administration; multiple choice test, 75 items
with 4 choices per item.
Items include rational, fixed ratio, and multiple
choice forms of cloze. Content: The test has one beginning, one intermediate,
and one advanced passage.
Administration time: 45 minutes
Levels and scoring: Test scores place students into seven levels of proficiency, from low
beginning to advanced. Raw scores are converted to percentages and levels.
Studies
to correlate scores with scores on
other tests are underway.
Reliability/validity: "Researched for reliability (.93),
validity, freedom from bias. Reliabilities for C.E.L.S.A. 1 and C.E.L.S.A.
2 are .93, .94 and the forms
correlate .90" (publisher's statement). |
Number of forms: Two
Materials available: Site license required
to use materials
Association of Classroom Teacher Testers (ACTT)
1187 Coast Village Road, Suite 378
Montecito, CA 93108
805-569-0734
http://www.cappassoc.com/actt/actt.htm |
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Arlington Education & Employment Program
(REEP) Writing Assessment
Purpose: To measure adult English language
learners' educational gains in writing.
Target: Adult English language learners at low
beginning to advanced levels in adult education and
workplace skills programs.
Method and format: Performance-based; group
administration.
The protocol includes a warm-up activity and a 30-minute written response
to a writing task. Warm-up activities may be group brainstorm, group
discussion,
or pair work.
Content: The assessment measures writing facility
across five areas: content and vocabulary, organization
and development, structure, mechanics, and voice.
Administration time: 40-45 minutes.
Levels and scoring: Two scorers score each test; the
final score is the average of the two. Separate scores
on a 0-6 scale are provided for each area.
Reliability/validity: No information available from
publisher. |
Number of forms: Two
Materials available: REEP writing
rubric, guide book, activity sheets, test
forms, scoring sheets
Certification is required for test scorers;
materials are supplied at formal trainings.
REEP
2801 Clarendon Boulevard, Suite 218
Arlington, VA 22201
703-228-4200
http://www.sabes.org/assessment/reep.htm |