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The following are Minnesota’s current statewide assessments for English language learners.
Test of Emerging Academic English (TEAE)
The TEAE is a reading and writing language proficiency test for English language learners in grades 3-12. It was designed to assess progress in acquiring the academic English language. For K-2 learners, reading and writing is assessed with a teacher observation rating.
Minnesota Student Oral Language Observation Matrix (MN SOLOM)
The MN SOLOM is a teacher observation matrix that assesses the listening and speaking skills of K-12 English language learners.
The Mathematics Test for English Language Learners (MTELL)
The MTELL is a computer-delivered mathematics test in grades 3-8 and 11 with simplified English that reduces the confounding effects of language on mathematics performance. Students may listen to test items as well as read them. Pictures and diagrams help students understand the language in the test items. The MTELL assesses the same grade level academic standards as the MCA-IIs.
The MTELL will be retired at the end of the 2009-2010 school year. The lessons learned from developing the language-accessible MTELL will be applied to the third series of the MCA (MCA-III) which becomes operational in the 2010-2011 school year.
Resources: English language proficiency standards and other ELL-related resources are located in the Learner Support section.
Assessments for English Language Learners - Overview
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| An overview of assessments for English language learners for 2007-2008, including a list of common abbreviations. | |
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Frequently Asked Questions: Mathematics Test for English Language Learners (MTELL)
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Minnesota Student Oral Language Observation Matrix (MN SOLOM): An Overview
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Proficiency Levels on English Language Assessments
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| Commissioner approved proficiency levels developed during school year 2002-03 using a standard setting method | |
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TEAE Reading Descriptors
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| Teacher generated descriptions of students at the four levels in reading based on student data and TEAE reading items | |
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TEAE Writing Descriptors
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| Teacher generated descriptions of students at the five levels in writing based on student data and TEAE student writing samples | |
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TEAE Writing Rubric
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| This rubric is used to score TEAE writing papers | |