ELCATE

The English Literacy for Career and Technical Education (ELCATE) course is designed for students who have the goal to enter and complete a career/technical education program. The ELCATE course is designed to prepare students for Academic success in career/technical programs and ultimately in the workforce.

HOW STUDENTS ENTER TO THE PROGRAM

Students entering the ELCATE course apply for admission to an Adult ESOL program sponsored by a community college, school district or other approved agency. Through counseling it is determined that the student has the goal to enter and complete a career/technical education program. The student is administered the Comprohensive Adult Student Assessment Systems (CASAS), Employability Competency Series (ECS), Reading Assessment Level B to determine elegibility for ELCATE. Students with CASAS scale scores of at least 201 on the ECS test are placed in one of the three levels of ELCATE according to the following ranges: