English Language Proficiency Test (CLPT)
Measures:
- Reading comprehension
- Spelling and grammar
- Listening comprehension
- Writing ability
- Image and text interpretation
Recommended for:
- Call centers
- Customer service
- Technical support
- Transportation and logistics
- International business roles
A Fast, Functional English Language Proficiency Test for Employment
The CLPT is an English Language Proficiency Test that provides a fast, customizable way to measure English language proficiency at any level, and for any role. It measures a job candidate’s proficiency with the English language using a range of business-relevant tasks that assess up to three skill areas: reading, listening, and writing skills.
The CLPT comes in two versions:
- CLPT: modular, customizable
- CLPT Express: faster, shorter
Why use the CLPT English Language Proficiency Test?
As a pre-employment test for English language proficiency, the CLPT offers several key advantages when assessing job candidates for employment:
1. Customizable: assess the language skills you need for your roles – no more, no less.
2. Faster: adaptive scoring adjusts the difficulty of the questions as the candidate responds, pinpointing the candidate’s proficiency level faster, and with fewer questions than a non-adaptive assessment.
3. Candidate-friendly: a faster assessment leads to a better experience, and tailoring the question difficulty to the candidate ensures the candidate doesn’t get frustrated by questions that are too easy or too hard.
4. Device-agnostic: candidates can take the test on the device of their choice, including most phones, tablets, laptops, and desktops.
5. Rigorously validated: CLPT was constructed through a rigorous validation process by our team of I/O psychologists.
6. Aligned with CEFR: with the modular CLPT version, you can standardize scores against the CEFR equivalent. (CEFR is the Common European Framework for Reference for languages)
7. Job-related: items and prompts are related to common on-the-job or generic situations, ensuring that the assessment objectively measures the skills needed in the workplace.
8. Culturally Sensitive: items are reviewed by sensitivity experts to ensure they are applicable across cultures and ethnicities.
Two versions for measuring the English language skills you need:
CLPT | CLPT Express | |
| Assesses: | Up to 3 skill areas: Reading, listening, writing, or any combination | All 3 skill areas: Reading, listening and writing |
| Time : | Approx. 7 mins per skill area. 21 mins for all 3 skill areas | Approx. 7 mins total |
| Use when : | You want to choose specific skill areas You want individual scores and proficiency levels for each skill area, and/or CEFR equivalent scores You’re recruiting for roles requiring specific areas of language proficiency | You want a fast, accurate snapshot of overall proficiency You’re conducting high volume recruitment or hiring for roles requiring general English language proficiency |
Sample Questions
The CLPT provides a range of questions designed to assess a candidate’s proficiency with the English language. Reading and listening items are evaluated through multiple-choice questions, while writing items are evaluated through open-text questions that are scored with innovative AI.
Example Reading Question:
Example Writing Question:
Example Listening Question:
1. Candidate listens to the audio clip
2. Candidate listens to response options and selects the correct response
Intuitive Score Reports
Each score report provides information about a candidate’s standardized score and proficiency level. For the full CLPT version, you will also see individual scores for each skill area that is assessed, as well as a CEFR equivalent score for each skill area.
Sample Score Report:
