Measurement and progress

Understand EL growth when it matters most.

Supporting multilingual learners requires more than a single assessment or isolated data point. Educators need a clear, continuous view of how students are progressing throughout the school year toward language proficiency – and the tools to act on that insight.

Ellevation helps educators measure student proficiency progress, track growth over time, and ensure programs are supporting multilingual learners effectively.

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Insights that inspire

Track and measure student growth with benchmark assessment data. Empower educators with timely, actionable insights to inform instruction and accelerate language proficiency growth based on evolving student needs.

Features include:

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Meaningful proficiency checkpoints

Administer up to three times per year, giving educators reliable insight between end-of-year summative assessments to monitor growth and support instructional planning.

Assess what matters, when it matters

Choose which domains to assess – across reading, writing, listening, and speaking – so every assessment administered aligns with program priorities and evolving student needs.

Designed to keep testing simple

Short 20 minute assessments reduce testing fatigue and preserve instructional time. Students navigate to benchmark assessments seamlessly through familiar SSO platforms..

Graph of student progress on a dashboard

From results to impact

Results are scored by Ellevation and delivered quickly, appearing on dashboards and student profiles. Proficiency levels match each state’s ELD framework, giving educators clear insights they can trust and act on with confidence.

Measure student growth holistically

To effectively support multilingual learners, EL programs need both quantitative data and qualitative input from teachers and stakeholders to gain a complete picture of student progress. Ellevation lets districts collect assessment results alongside real-world feedback on reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills, giving educators a holistic view of each student’s strengths and growth opportunities.

Features include:

Gather feedback from language specialists, content teachers, and other stakeholders to capture diverse perspectives on student growth.

Keep assessment results and real-world observations in one place, helping educators analyze trends, understand learning challenges, and make informed instructional decisions.

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Track growth against meaningful learning goals

Clear goals help educators focus on the outcomes that matter most for multilingual learners. With unified student insights in Ellevation, educators can set measurable language development goals grounded in a clear understanding of each learner’s progress. By connecting goals to real-time student data, teams can track growth and tailor support throughout the year to help students advance toward language proficiency.

Features include:

Measure student progress toward language development goals alongside assessment results and other program data, helping educators identify additional supports and tailor instruction accordingly.

Ensure teachers, specialists, and program leaders can see and support growth toward student goals within a shared platform.

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proud to work with leading data and assessment organizations

“I often compare Ellevation Benchmark to preventative medical care. Regular check-ins with a doctor allow professionals to identify concerns early – before they become larger issues – and also provide opportunities to celebrate improvement. Ellevation Benchmark offers that same advantage.

Instead of waiting for one high-stakes, once-a-year data point, we can monitor progress throughout the year. The return on investment comes from better instructional targeting, more responsive programming decisions, and ultimately, stronger student outcomes. It supports both early identification and early celebration.”

River Trails, IL

“At the end of the day Ellevation is allowing us to advocate for our ELs more effectively and in a way that is actually helping these kids long term. You can’t put a price tag on that.”

Hillsborough County, FL

“This data will allow in the moment changes to designated ELD instruction based on students’ progress on the specific domains they score low in. Having a beginning, middle, and end of year benchmark will allow us to monitor growth of the student.”

Tracy, CA

"Previously, everyone was running all over the district, following-up with teachers in-person, having to double check whether completed forms were in the Cumulative Folders. Imagine the challenge of looking at just one of our comprehensive high schools, which has 300-400 ELs; going through that many folders was not realistic. We’re now meeting our requirements. We’re focusing on student data. But there’s something about Ellevation that makes people want to be in it. We found a system that works. It’s easy.”

Turlock USD, CA

“The Ellevation Benchmark allows for more instruction time due to shorter assessment time. It provides educators with more detailed scores and feedback than any other benchmark assessment I have tried. This helps improve the quality of instruction for ELs since educators can adjust their lessons to meet the specific needs of students. It also aligns more closely with the content and testing experience of our current summative assessment, ELPA21, which also makes it an excellent test preparation tool!”

Cleveland, TN

“This has been my third vendor I’ve tried in benchmark testing. The process with the other vendors has been tough in many ways: tough in administering (glitchy, students can’t get on), lengthy, reports are hard to find, and the steps to find results are complicated. I would say that Ellevation was easy for the student to get on, easy for the teacher to see the results, and the training in administering was minimal – following a set of directions was all they needed.”

Taunton, MA

“Having instant access to all of the information on your ELLs made everyone’s job easier. And most importantly, Ellevation enabled my team to design individual student plans to support academic learning and English Language acquisition.”

Tulsa Public Schools, OK

See Ellevation in action

Discover how Ellevation can help your district save time, ensure compliance, and improve outcomes for multilingual learners.

“Ellevation brought sanity. It brought clarity in the work. It brought the ability to look at data, know it's there, and to be able to communicate and share as needed.”

Dr. Karen Henery
ESOL Director at Little Rock School District