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Comprehensive English Language
Learning Assessment (CELLA)
Mandatory at all schools
What is CELLA?
  Florida uses the Comprehensive English Language Learning Assessment (CELLA) to measure the growth of students classified as English Language Learners (ELLs) in English language skills they need to succeed in school.
 
What is the purpose of CELLA?
  CELLA is designed to gather information for these purposes:
 
  • To provide parents, students, and teachers with a gauge of how much English a student is learning so they will know when the student is ready to exit the English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) program.
 
  • To provide information about how well schools and districts are meeting the needs of ELLs.
 
  • To provide education agencies and the public with information about the English proficiency of ELLs and their annual progress.
 
 

For more information about CELLA, see the Florida Department of Education's Bureau of Student Achievement through Language Acquisition (opens a new web browser)
 
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