Colleagues,
 
The following post is from the English Language Discussion List.  I
wonder if anyone here has experience with this test and has any
comments?
 
Marie Cora
Assessment Discussion List Moderator
 
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Dear NIFL ESL List serv:
 
This past summer, the federal government added the COMPASS ESL to the
list of federally-approved "Ability to Benefit" ESL tests, and they
increased the minimum raw score on the one existing ESL "Ability to
Benefit" test which already existed.  (Ability to Benefit addresses
whether or not a student will benefit from financial aid.)
 
The minimum raw score of 90 on the CELSA (ESL Ability to Benefit Test)
was raised to a 97 for Ability to Benefit/financial aid purposes.
 
Do any of you have experience with this new score of 97?  Are any of you
using the CELSA for this purpose?   How did this change in minimum score
affect your program?  How are you dealing with this higher minimum
score?
 
Thank you very much,
 
Tracy vonMaluski
El Paso Community College
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