By Maria M. “Being an ELD student makes me proud of myself because I have seen progress since level 1.” Paola V., cats senior In CATS, a large number of students are known as English Learners, or students who are still developing their English language proficiency. Some are newcomers, meaning they are learning English for the first time, and others have been in the country for longer. Every student who is an English Learner has to reclassify. This means they have to do three things: pass the ELPAC (English Language Proficiency Assessments for California), pass the