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) (2026/27 school year) is accepted from 1 September 2026 (09:00 AM) to 16 September 2026 (12:00 noon). Applicants should go to the online entry form below to complete the registration process:

[ Weblink to the online entry form ] Online Form

Applicants are required to upload the following documents during registration. Please note that all documents should be in PDF format and each of them should not exceed 1 MB. Each of the following documents should bear the name of the applicant, the HKID Card number and the name of the school:

The Test Report Form of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) (Academic Module) (for applicants of the English Language subject, if applicable)
The Certificate of the Test of Proficiency in Putonghua conducted by the State Language Commission (PSC) (for applicants of the Putonghua subject, if applicable)
Entire school calendar for the 2026/27 school year
Full teaching timetable officially issued by the school
Form of 'Verification of Eligibility for the CLA' with Section B completed and signed by the Principal of the serving school
PDF
[For the 2026/27 School Year]

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—

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}; OR
Level 3 or above in the Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking papers in the Language Proficiency Assessment (LPA) (English Language).

(^{NOTE 1} The Test Report Form of the aforesaid IELTS results must be issued on or after 1 September 2024, but no later than 16 September 2026, which marks the end of the CLA registration period. Applicants who attempted the CLA (English Language) in the previous school year and are reapplying for the assessment this year need not submit the IELTS Test Report Form again.)

For Putonghua, core language skills refer to—

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

(^{NOTE 2} The aforesaid PSC results must be issued on or before 16 September 2026, which marks the end of the CLA registration period. Applicants who attempted the CLA (Putonghua) in the previous school year and are reapplying for the assessment this year need not submit the PSC certificate again.)

Applicants must be teachers in public-sector schools, Direct Subsidy Scheme schools, or local private primary / secondary day schools offering a local formal curriculum^{NOTE 3}, who

are teaching English Language / Putonghua in the 2026/27 school year; OR

attempted but failed the CLA.

(^{NOTE 3} Local curriculum refers to the curriculum developed by the Curriculum Development Council.)

Entry Notes

Notes for Applicants
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Reference Materials

Handbooks
- Classroom Language Assessment (English Language) Handbook
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  [As at August 2025]
- Classroom Language Assessment (Putonghua) Handbook
  PDF
Slides from CLA Briefing Sessions
- CLA (English Language) (2026/27 school year) Briefing Session
  PDF
  [To be uploaded in early November 2026]
- CLA (Putonghua) (2026/27 school year) Briefing Session
  PDF
  [To be uploaded in early November 2026]

Enquiries

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