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 |
| Grades K-2 TEAE Writing | English | Spanish |
| Grades 3-12 TEAE Writing | English | Spanish |
| Grades K-12 MN SOLOM | English | Spanish |
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TEAE & MN SOLOM Parent Brochure |