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.

Achievement Level Descriptors (ADLs) from the Individual Student Reports are provided below.  ALDs are general descriptions of language proficiency at each of the achievement levels on the language proficiency assessments.

Grades K-2 Reading English Spanish
Grades 3-4 TEAE Reading English Spanish
Grades 5-6 TEAE Reading English Spanish
Grades 7-12 TEAE Reading

English

Spanish

 

Grades K-2 TEAE Writing English Spanish
Grades 3-12 TEAE Writing English Spanish

 

Grades K-12 MN SOLOM English Spanish

 

TEAE & MN SOLOM Parent Brochure

English

Spanish