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About the Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB):

The Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB) are the national standard used in Canada for describing, measuring and recognizing the English language proficiency of adult immigrants and prospective immigrants for living and working in Canada.

The CLB is a descriptive scale of communicative proficiency in English as a Second Language, expressed as benchmarks or reference points.  Benchmarks provide a framework of reference for learning, teaching, programming and assessing adult English as a Second Language in Canada, and a national standard for planning second language curricula for a variety of contexts and a common “yardstick” for assessing the outcomes. 

The CLB was developed under the sponsorship of Citizenship and Immigration Canada and provincial governments of Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta.

The CLBLA is designed to assess the literacy needs of ESL learners.  The CLBLA is unique among ESL assessments in its use of first-language tasks, essential in determining clients' literacy skills, which are transferable to the acquisition of English as a Second Language.  The CLBLA has been designed as an information-gathering process to be used in conjunction with the Canadian Language Benchmarks Assessment (CLBA) or the Canadian Language Benchmarks Placement Test (CLBPT) for ESL learners.  The aim of the CLBLA is to enhance the client profile information that results from the CLBA/CLBPT.  The CLBLA is a first language assessment tool which assesses reading, writing and numeracy performance and is administered to the client in his/her first language.

CLBLA training provides:

• 1.5 days of trainer-facilitated intensive instruction, skill application and coaching
• instruction in test administration protocol
• review of interview skills, with a focus on literacy clients
• analysis and scoring of case studies
• application of learned skills through practice interviews with literacy clients
• CLBLA certification
• a CLBLA kit for certified candidates
• additional CLBLA material as developed (e.g. test revisions/updates)

Assessor Training Eligibility

Candidates for CLBLA training must have prior CLBA certification. All candidates for training must meet the Criteria for Candidates for Assessor Training. Candidates and their sponsoring organization/centre will be held responsible for ensuring that all terms and conditions of CLBA use are adhered to, as described in the Agreements.