World Language Assessments
In the 2016-17 school year, Camas School District began offering world language testing to students to provide them with an opportunity to earn high school credit by demonstrating fluency in reading, writing, speaking and listening in a language other than English.
Students may be awarded credit in a World Language by establishing competency in a language other than English. Assessments are aligned with the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) proficiency guidelines to ensure consistency across languages. The district will accept the following assessment instrument(s) to establish proficiency:
Demonstrating Proficiency in a World Language
Standards-based Measurement of Proficiency (STAMP) for middle and high school students in reading, writing, speaking, and listening (if available) for all languages for which it is available.
ACTFL Assessment of Performance toward Proficiency in Languages (AAPL) in reading, writing, speaking, and listening for all languages for which it is available.
ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) or Oral Proficiency Interview Computer-Based (OPIc) and Writing Proficiency Test (WPT) or ALTA Language tests for languages which STAMP, ACTFL, or AAPPL are not available.
For languages that do not currently have a nationally available, proficiency-based assessment, the district will work with local language communities and the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) to develop a collection of evidence process, such as a Proctored Writing Test and Proctored Oral Language Test, aligned with ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines.
Demonstrating Proficiency: Other Assessments
Also, the district will accept the following assessments to establish proficiency:
The Sign Language Proficiency Interview for American Sign Language (SLPI ASL), offered through the North Carolina American Sign Language Teachers Association (ASLTA).
Advanced Placement Language Exam in a language other than English.
The district will provide students with information regarding district assessment opportunities and fees. Students may also make personal and independent arrangements for the above-listed assessments when that option for assessment is available. The assessments must be offered in a proctored setting with appropriate technology. The district must approve the site(s) where the assessments are offered. Sites could include individual schools, district buildings, community colleges, universities, educational service districts, or other community settings.
Earning a Seal of Biliteracy
A student shall be awarded the Washington state seal of biliteracy upon graduation if the student has demonstrated proficiency in English by meeting the statewide minimum graduation requirements in English and by meeting the state standard on the reading and writing or English language arts assessments, and the student has demonstrated proficiency in one or more world languages through any one of the following methods:
Passing a foreign language advanced placement examination with a score of three or higher;
Demonstrating intermediate-mid level proficiency or higher in the world language based on the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) proficiency guidelines, using assessments approved by the office of superintendent of public instruction for competency-based credits;
Qualifying for four competency-based credits by demonstrating proficiency in the world language at an intermediate-mid level or higher based on the ACTFL proficiency guidelines, according to the school district’s policy and procedure for competency-based credits for world languages; or
Demonstrating proficiency in speaking, writing, and reading the world language through other national or international assessments approved by the office of superintendent of public instruction at a level comparable to intermediate-mid level or higher based on the ACTFL proficiency guidelines. (WAC 392-410-350)