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In 2012, a revised version of the CLB was published and an updated theoretical framework. A team of writers and language experts worked on the revision in both English and in French. The CLB/NCLC theory was validated against the Common European Framework for Language, the ACTEFL and the Quebec version of the benchmarks. The validation showed that the CLB and NCLC are valid and reliable for high-stakes use in a variety of contexts including community, academic and workplace.

A set of benchmarks for literacy learners who have English as a Second Language was also first developed in 1996 and revised in 2000 by the Government of Manitoba. A revised version of the literacy benchmarks was done in fiscal 2013-2014 and expected to be released once validation is complete in 2014. See [https://web.archive.org/web/20140619070457/http://www.language.ca/index.cfm?Voir=sections&Id=17357&M=4038&Repertoire_No=2137991327 CLB 2000: ESL for Literacy Learners]

The CLB has also been used to identify the level of curricula, courses and requirements for entry into post-secondary training in some parts of Canada, e.g. in Manitoba, some Ontario community colleges and in British Columbia where it is part of an articulation agreement. See work done by [http://www.arucc.ca/conferences/arucc2008/CIITE%20-%20Systemic%20Change%20in%20Ontario's%20Colleges%20and%20Institutes%20Part%201.pdf CIITE].

Since 2002, the CLB has been used increasingly as a scale to help define the language demands that are used in some occupations and professions. The first benchmarking projects were done at the provincial level by Red River College in Manitoba. In 2002, CCLB did the first national benchmarking project to identify the language demands of the nursing profession.<ref>[{{Cite web |url=http://www.language.ca/documents/FINAL_NURSING_REPORTS_cclb.pdf |title=Benchmarking the English Language Demands of the Nursing Profession Across Canada] |access-date=2014-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130819013457/http://www.language.ca/documents/final_nursing_reports_cclb.pdf |archive-date=2013-08-19 |dead-url=yes |df= }}</ref> This was followed by the development of a national test to verify the language competency of internationally trained nurses, the Canadian English Language Benchmarks Assessment for Nurses (CELBAN). Further research was done by the Centre for occupations in the following industries: Travel and hospitality, Trucking, Trades, Food and Grocery, and professions like Pharmacy, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, Audiology and Speech Language Pathology. Many of these profiles have been captured in documents called "Occupational Language Analyses" (OLAs) which reflect the communication skills extrapolated from occupational competency documents, the Essential Skills and aligned to the CLB/NCLC. Many of these are available on the website, [http://itsessential.ca%20 http://itsessential.ca ]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} or by contacting the CCLB. The CLB has also been correlated to the Essential Skills in a document called the [https://web.archive.org/web/20140616060946/http://www.language.ca/index.cfm?Voir=sections&Id=17367&M=4038&Repertoire_No=2137991327 Relating Canadian Language Benchmarks to the Essential Skills].

== CLB and Assessment ==

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* The Canadian Language Benchmarks Assessment (CLBA)

* The Canadian Language Benchmarks Literacy Assessment (CLBLA)

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140825003223/http://www.language.ca/index.cfm?Voir=sections&Id=17886&M=4032&Repertoire_No=2137991327 The Canadian Language Benchmarks Placement Test] (CLBPT)

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140616060430/http://www.language.ca/index.cfm?Voir=sections&Id=17362&M=4038&Repertoire_No=2137991327 Literacy Placement Tool: Volume I]

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140616060447/http://www.language.ca/index.cfm?Voir=sections&Id=17363&M=4038&Repertoire_No=2137991327 Literacy Placement Tool: Volume II]

* Canadian English Language Benchmarks Assessment for Nurses (CELBAN)

* Milestones (a high-stakes test in development for Citizenship & Immigration Canada)

'''Classroom assessment resources for instructors include:'''

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140616060938/http://www.language.ca/index.cfm?Voir=sections&Id=17364&M=4038&Repertoire_No=2137991327 Summative Assessment Manual] (SAM)

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140616060942/http://www.language.ca/index.cfm?Voir=sections&Id=17366&M=4038&Repertoire_No=2137991327 Exit Tasks for CLB 5 - 10]

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140619070514/http://www.language.ca/index.cfm?Voir=sections&Id=17365&M=4038&Repertoire_No=2137991327 Integrating Assessment into the CLB Classroom]

* Portfolio-based language assessment (PBLA)

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140701144300/http://www.language.ca/index.cfm?Voir=sections&Id=17369&M=4038&Repertoire_No=2137991327 Can Do Statements]

== See also ==