'''The California English Language Development Test''', or '''CELDT''', has beenwas administered sincefrom [[2001]] to 2017 as a formal [[Educational assessment|assessment]] of where a student’sstudent's [[Language proficiency|proficiency]] of [[English language|English]] standsstandards.<ref>{{Cite web|title=California English Language Development Test - Programs No Longer Administered by CDE (CA Dept of Education)|url=https://www.cde.ca.gov/re/pr/celdt.asp|access-date=2021-01-11|website=www.cde.ca.gov}}</ref> The test iswas administered to any student from grades kK-12 who have a [[home language]] other than English. The CELDT was developed with three principles[[principle]]s in mind;: Identifyidentify students who are English learners, determine their level of English proficiency, and assesassess their progress toward acquiring English proficiency. The CELDT teststested students who are English learners in the following areas: listening, reading, speaking, reading and writing. The test iswas given towithin 30 days of new enrollment to students 30whose daysHome afterLanguage enrollmentSurvey intoindicated a schoollanguage other than English was spoken in the home, and thenfor iswhom there was no prior record of English language testing. Then it was administered annually to track the progress of the student and determine when they havehad reached proficiency. After the CELDT hashad been taken, the test score yieldsyielded a result which is nowwas classified as the studentsstudent's CELDT or proficiency level. These levels arewere represented either [[numerically]] 1-51–5, or more commonly, symbollicaly[[symbol]]<nowiki/>ically as in the WestEd ELD standards. The five levels of the CELDT arewere: Beginning, Early Intermediate, Intermediate, Early Advanced, and Advanced.
The CELDT has been replaced by the English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC) beginning in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |title=English Language Proficiency Assessments for CA - CalEdFacts (CA Dept of Education) |url=https://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/ep/cefelpac.asp#:~:text=The%20English%20Language%20Proficiency%20Assessments,Language%20Proficiency%20assessment%20in%202018. |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=www.cde.ca.gov}}</ref> The Initial ELPAC became operational on July 1, 2018, and the Summative ELPAC became operational on February 1, 2018.
