CELA

The Colorado English Language Acquisition Proficiency Assessment (CELA) is designed to provide a picture of students English Language Development. The primary purpose of the assessment program is to determine the level at which Colorado NEP and LEP students meet the Colorado English Language Development Standards in four domains; Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing. Proficiency bands are broken into 5 levels; A- Advanced (5), P- Proficient (4), I- Intermediate (3), EI- Early Intermediate (2), B - Beginner (1).
 * Colorado English Language Acquisition Proficiency Assessment (CELA) **

The CELA exam will be replaced by the WIDA ACCESS exam in the 2012-2013 school year. More information will be forthcoming in July 2012.

Interpreting CELA scores