What is the California ELD Test?
Federal and state laws require a state test of English language proficiency that school districts must give to students who are ELs. The California test is called the CELDT. All students whose primary language is not English must take the test within 30 calendar days after they are enrolled in a California public school for the first time. The CELDT also must be given once each year to ELs until they are reclassified as fluent English proficient. More information on the CELDT is available at http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/el/assistancepkt.asp.
