State English Test Results*
Some results from this year's California English Language Development Test (CELDT). Students are graded as beginning, early intermediate, intermediate, early advanced and advanced. The last means the student is deemed proficient in English.
At Glendale Unified School District, 2,829 English learners, or 46 percent of 6,198 students tested, were rated early advanced proficiency or better. Of that, 807 received the top ranking of advanced. Last year, 61 percent of the 6,815 English learners GUSD tested earned a passing grade. See complete GUSD results here.
Burbank Unified School District tested 1,828 English learners, of which 43 percent, were deemed early advanced or better. Among them 133 students were rated advanced. About 65 percent of the 2,047 students tested passed the exam last year. See complete BUSD results here.
*Update 3:17 p.m. -- GUSD's Director of Assessment and Evaluation Terry Dutton said doing a year-to-year comparison of the numbers doesn't really show what's happening, since English learners who are deem proficient don't have to take the test anymore. Overall, the English language learner population here is shrinking, as overall enrollment declines and students master the language. Also, district is seeing fewer immigrants who do not speak a word of English -- most have some prior knowledge.