Classroom Language Assessment

Exam Registration

Applicants should submit their applications via the online entry form. Late applications and other means of application submission will not be accepted.

Registration for the Classroom Language Assessment (CLA) (2024/25 school year) is accepted from 1 September 2024 (09:00 AM) to 15 September 2024 (11:59 PM) (tentative). Applicants should go to the online entry form to complete the registration process. Details will be announced on this webpage in due course.

Applicants are required to upload the following documents during registration. Please note that all supporting documents should be in PDF format, each not exceeding 1 MB:

A copy of the Test Report Form of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) (Academic Module) (for applicants of the English Language subject, if applicable)
A copy of the Certificate of the Test of Proficiency in Putonghua conducted by the State Language Commission (PSC) (for applicants of the Putonghua subject, if applicable)
School Calendar
Teaching Timetable
A completed Form of 'Verification of Eligibility for the CLA' (to be released in August 2024)

Entry Requirements

Applicants must have met the Language Proficiency Requirement (LPR) in all the core language skills of the language subject entered:

For English, core language skills refer to—

Level 3 or above in the Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking papers in the Language Proficiency Assessment (LPA) (English Language); OR
an overall band score of 7.5 or above with no individual band scores (i.e. the Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking band scores) below 7.0 as obtained in the same Test Report Form in the Academic Module of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS)^{NOTE 1}.
(^{NOTE 1} The aforesaid IELTS results must be obtained on or after 1 September 2022 and are still valid as at 1 September 2024.)

For Putonghua, core language skills refer to—

Level 3 or above in the Listening and Recognition, Pinyin and Speaking papers in the LPA (Putonghua); OR
Grade A, Level 2 or above in the Test of Proficiency in Putonghua conducted by the State Language Commission (PSC).

Applicants applying to take the CLA must be teachers in public-sector schools, Direct Subsidy Scheme schools, or local private primary / secondary day schools offering a formal curriculum, who

are teaching or co-teaching English Language / Putonghua in the 2024/25 school year; OR

held a regular post and taught English Language / Putonghua in or after the 2000/01 school year but failed to meet the LPR; OR

attempted but failed the CLA.

Entry Notes

Notes for Applicants (to be released in August 2024)

Reference Materials

Handbooks
- Classroom Language Assessment (English Language) Handbook (to be released in August 2024)
- Classroom Language Assessment (Putonghua) Handbook (to be released in August 2024)
Slides from CLA Briefing Sessions
- CLA (English Language) (2024/25 school year) Briefing Session (to be released in November 2024)
- CLA (Putonghua) (2024/25 school year) Briefing Session (to be released in November 2024)

Enquiries

For enquiries concerning Classroom Language Assessment, please contact the Language Teacher Qualifications Team, EDB at 2892 5783.