Employee Language Testing · 100+ Languages

Language Proficiency Testing for Employers & Organizations

Hire, qualify, and promote bilingual staff with job-specific language testing built for the workplace.

100+ languages

Every test tailored to the role

2 business days

Validated results in your secure client portal

Custom scoring system

A custom scoring system built on 40+ years of expertise

Legally defensible

Built to the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing

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Language testing built around the job

Every assessment is a language proficiency test designed for the workplace: hiring, qualifying bilingual staff, and meeting compliance requirements.

Speaking & Listening Tests

Oral language assessment for patient-facing, customer-facing, and public-safety roles. Verify that candidates and employees can communicate clearly in real workplace scenarios before you put them in the role.

Reading & Writing Assessments

Written and reading proficiency testing, including English fluency tests, for roles that draft documents, handle records, or correspond with clients. Set defensible pass standards tied to the job.

Interpreter & Translator Testing

Qualify bilingual employees before they interpret or translate in medical, legal, or government settings. Test interpretation and translation skills against professional standards, not self-reported ability.

How it works

From first call to validated results in your portal, most programs are up and running within days.
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Tell us your needs

Roles, languages, volume, and any compliance requirements, by phone or the quote form.
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We tailor the test to the job

Job-specific content and cut scores set through formal job analysis, with medical, legal, or government terminology as needed.
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Candidates test remotely

Candidates take the assessment by phone or online, on your schedule, with no test center required.
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Results in 2 business days

Validated, quality-reviewed results delivered to your secure client testing portal.

Testing you can defend — to auditors, regulators, and courts

When a language assessment decides who gets hired, promoted, or qualified for bilingual duties, the test itself has to hold up to scrutiny. ALTA’s testing program is built for exactly that.
Why organizations choose ALTA
Language Breadth

Testing in over 100 languages

From Spanish to Somali, one provider covers your entire workforce: same standards, same 2-business-day results, every language. No patchwork of vendors as your needs grow.
Expertly Scored

A custom scoring system

Every assessment runs through ALTA’s proprietary scales and custom scoring system, developed by psychometricians over 40+ years. Nuance, accent, and real-world intelligibility are judged the way they matter on the job.
Job-Specific

Industry-specific content

Assessments use the terminology your people actually face — medical, legal, and government contexts — so a passing score means readiness for the work, not just general conversation.
Secure

Secure portal & dedicated support

Order tests, track candidates, and retrieve validated results in a secure client testing portal, with a dedicated account team and a testing specialist a phone call away.

Industries we test for

Bilingual proficiency testing programs for the organizations where language skill is a job requirement.

Healthcare

Qualify bilingual clinicians and patient-facing staff for safe, compliant care.

Government

Language assessment for public service, benefits, and emergency response roles.

Legal & Courts

Interpreter qualification and staff testing that stands up in court.

Education

Faculty, staff, and program language testing for schools and universities.

Finance

Verify client-facing bilingual roles in banking and insurance.

HR & Staffing

Pre-hire employee language testing at any volume, nationwide.

Testimonials from Our Testing Clients

Rated 4.6 out of 5
4.6 out of 5
on ★ Trustpilot
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Svetlana
US
Rated 5 out of 5
Aug 12, 2026

“Great communication”

“We have been using their services for a number of years. We are impressed with excellent communication and customer service.”
✓ Verified · Date of experience: August 5, 2026
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Katerina
US
Rated 5 out of 5
Jul 14, 2026

“Easy portal to communicate and prompt…”

“Easy portal to communicate and prompt responses on the test grading and result reporting”
✓ Verified · Date of experience: July 6, 2026
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Michael
US
Rated 5 out of 5
Jul 13, 2026

“Great Job!”

“Great job! Quick and simple process for getting set up and the test administered to our applicant.”
✓ Verified · Date of experience: July 6, 2026
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Leisha Crafton
US
Rated 5 out of 5
Jun 12, 2026

“Really great working with ALTA”

“Really great working with ALTA. Any assistance I need, they are more than happy to help. The test administrators have been great, and the timeliness of the results have been good. Appreciate this option for our students.”
✓ Verified · Date of experience: June 5, 2026

Frequently asked questions

ALTA tests in more than 100 languages, including Spanish, Mandarin, and Vietnamese. Every language proficiency test is developed and scored to the same rigorous professional standards, so coverage isn’t limited to a handful of common languages. If you need a language you don’t see elsewhere, ask; chances are we test it.

Validated results are guaranteed within 2 business days of test completion, delivered to your secure client testing portal. Because results run through ALTA’s custom scoring and quality-review process, you get speed without trading away validity.

Yes. ALTA’s assessments are developed to the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing, and cut scores are set through formal job analysis of the actual role. That documentation trail is what makes results defensible in audits, grievances, and legal challenges, and a key reason healthcare systems, courts, and government agencies choose ALTA.

Yes — job-specific language testing is the core of what we do. Content is matched to the position: medical terminology for clinical staff, legal terminology for court personnel, government and public-service contexts for agencies. A test for a bilingual nurse is not the same test as one for a customer-service representative.

Remotely, on your schedule. Speaking and listening tests are typically conducted by phone; reading and writing assessments are completed online. There’s no test center to book and no software for your IT team to install, so you can test one candidate or a nationwide cohort the same way.

Pricing depends on the skills tested, the languages, and your annual volume. Request a quote and a testing specialist will respond within one business day with pricing for your program. There’s no commitment and no minimum to get started.

Build a multilingual workforce with confidence

Job-specific language testing in 100+ languages, with validated results in 2 business days.

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