TELL
Benchmark Assessments
This test is a dELD benchmark assessment that helps chart each student's English learning path. Students will take a beginning of year (BOY) and end of year (EOY) test that are approximately 60-75 minutes as well as up to 3 progress monitoring assessments about 45-60 minutes. (See schedule for dates. )
This assessment is used as a benchmark assessment given 4-5 times throughout the year.
Goals for TELL testing are to:
Explore the use of Test of English Language Learners (TELL) as a benchmark assessment in GUHSD Academic Language Development (ALD) courses.
Envision implementing TELL within your ALD courses in order to best meet the needs of your student population.
FOR GUHSD teachers ONLY, instructional videos and written directions below are available as reference. Please rewatch them as needed.
TELL Session Setup & Assessment Calendar
Print Testing Tickets
How to Print Tickets
This is a baseline assessment to give both you and students clear direction for language learning focus.
Please check your rosters and print your testing tickets (see gif).
Login into Pearson with your google credentials.
Select "Sessions"
Find the session you want to verify.
Click the student button.
Verify roster.
Select Reports.
Choose your testing ticket format.
Download your tickets from "My Reports"
If you need to add any students to your roster, email Camila Kcomt with the student name, ID, and ALD period. Note we will only add students not remove them. If you have a testing ticket for a student who is no longer in your course, just dispose of it.
TELL Walkthrough: Video Tutorial Library
Student-Facing Overview
Run Time: 8 minutes
Table of Contents
Pre-Test Preparation (56s)
Starting TELL (1:45m)
Question Types (2:55m)
Ending TELL (1:40m)
REMINDERS:
All test data is stored locally until the test is completed so record iPad# for each student if test over multiple days.
Unfinished tests are stored locally for only 7 days.
Resources
Teacher-Facing Overview
Run Time: 11.5 minutes
Table of Contents
Teacher Dashboard (2:16m)
Session Creation (5:55m)
Test Setup (3:38m)
REMINDERS:
Progress Monitoring has a different process for scheduling the second session (Benchmark 3).
Resources
Troubleshooting
TELL Goal Setting Mini-Unit
This two-day mini-unit has been designed as a repeating mini-unit to be used with the TELL benchmark assessments. The unit will guide students in goal setting and progress tracking along their language acquisition journey throughout the school year.
TELL Score Breakdown
