2019-2020 World Language Proficiency Testing Student Presentation and Information
WL Assessment Information • Tests students’ ability to read, write, understand, and speak the language • Students can earn up to 4 high school elective credits • The first test for each student is free and paid for by the Foundation for Edmonds School District
Last Year’s Results ● 405 students were tested ● 1,195 credits were earned. ● Average of 2.95 credits earned per student ● 48 different languages were tested ● 116 students earned the Seal of Biliteracy
Available Tests for Multiple Languages • Avant STAMP 4S • Avant World Speak • Washington Association for Language Teaching (WAFLT) • ALTA Language Services Note: Each test is available in a variety of languages. All languages are available.
Avant STAMP Test • Arabic, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, and Spanish • Reading, writing, listening and speaking testing is all done on the computer • While untimed, the testing takes about 2-4 hours
Avant World Speak Test • Amharic, Armenian, Chin (Hakha), Czech, Filipino (Tagalog), Haitian-Creole, Hmong, Ilocano, Marathi, Samoan, Somali Maay Maay, Somali Maxaa, Tamil, Telugu, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese, Yup’ik • Reading, writing, listening and speaking testing is all done on the computer • While untimed, the testing takes about 2-4 hours
WAFLT Test • Ewondo, Fulani, Fijian, Georgian, Icelandic, Krio, Luganda, Mandinka, Marshallese, Mongolian, Pohnpeian (Micronesian), Tongan • Timed Paper and Pencil written Test – 90 minutes • Speaking test on the computer - untimed
ALTA Language Services Test • Albanian, Amharic, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Cambodian (Khmer), Chuukese, Farsi – Dari, Fulani, Fulani with Guinea Dialect, Georgian, Greek (Modern), Hungarian, Indonesian, Korean, Lithuanian, Nepali, Persian Farsi, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Punjabi Eastern, Romanian, Swahili, Tamil, Thai, Tigrinya, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu, Wolof • Timed Paper and Pencil written Test – 60 minutes • Phone interview speaking test scheduled later if student scores well on written test.
Are you Ready? Many of the tests require students to select from answers • that are written in English Students must be proficient in Reading, Writing, Listening, • and Speaking in the target language to be tested in order to be successful on the assessment If either of these requirements will present an issue, • students may want to continue to work on developing their language skills and test the following year
Assessment Dates and Registration School assessment dates, registration closing dates and testing information are on the district’s World Language Testing website at http://bit.ly/WLinfo
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