Language Testing

The ALTA Seal of Biliteracy

ALTA Language Services provides language proficiency testing to High School students in more than 90 languages, including low-density languages that are often unavailable from other providers. This testing is done in conjunction with school districts throughout the United States to recognize the achievements of students who are fluent in more than one language. The Seal of Biliteracy is a credential awarded to students who demonstrate, through a variety of requirements, including language testing, proficiency in two or more languages by the time of high school graduation. The Seal of Biliteracy may help students obtain college credit in the tested language and may also be used as evidence of a language skill for potential employers after graduation. The credential typically appears as a seal on the diploma or transcript of the graduating student.

Create an Account

Account Creation Form

Please use the form on the right to set up an account for Seal of Biliteracy testing. The information below should answer any questions you may have about these tests. For additional information, feel free to contact us today by calling 1-888-624-6165 or emailing: [email protected].

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Thank you for your inquiry. ALTA does not currently offer testing, interpretation, or translation services for private individuals. If you are interested in learning more about medical interpreter training or accent reduction, please fill out this form.

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ALTA Language Services is committed to providing high-quality language testing for the Seal of Biliteracy. We are actively working with schools and state education boards, including addressing specific feedback from the Illinois State Board of Education, to ensure our tests meet all requirements.

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IVR Seal of Biliteracy testing is $127 per test ($58 for listening and speaking + $69 for writing)

Live Seal of Biliteracy testing is $138 per test ($69 for listening and speaking + $69 for writing)

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ALTA’s Tests

ALTA partners with hundreds of school districts across the country to verify the language skills of students seeking the Seal of Biliteracy.

Results for these tests are provided on the Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) Scale. ALTA provides two types of tests:

Listening & Speaking

This test is conducted over the phone between the student and an evaluator. The evaluator asks a variety of open-ended questions designed to prompt the student to use the language in ways that showcase their listening and speaking skills. The test lasts about 15 – 25 minutes. Practice questions are available to familiarize students with the test format.

Reading & Writing

This test prompts the student to demonstrate the necessary reading and writing skills to process and respond to written questions. Students must answer five questions with answers of at least 100 words each. The test takes up to one hour to complete. This is a paper test, and is typically administered directly by the school. Practice questions are available to familiarize students with the test format.

Languages Offered

Afrikaans
Albanian
Amharic
Arabic (MSA and dialects: Egypt, Iraq, Yemen, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Morocco, Sudan)
Armenian Eastern
Azerbajani (Azeri)
Baluchi (Western)
Bambara
Bangla (Bengali)
Bosnian
Bulgarian
Burmese
Cambodian
Cape Verdean Barlavento
Cape Verdean Sotavento
Chinese Cantonese
Chinese Mandarin
Chuukese
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dari
Dutch
Ewe
Fante (Akan)
Farsi
Finnish
French
French (Canadian)
Fulani
Ga
Georgian
German
Greek
Gujarati
Haitian Creole
Hausa
Hebrew
Hindi
Hmong
Hungarian
Igbo
Ilocano
Indonesian
Italian
Jamaican Patois
Japanese
Kannada
Kazakh
Kinyarwanda
Korean
Kurdish Kurmanji
Kurdish Sorani
Lao
Latvian
Lithuanian
Macedonian
Malay
Malayalam
Mongolian
Nepali
Norwegian
Oromo
Pashto
Polish
Portuguese (Brazil)
Portuguese (Portugal)
Punjabi (Eastern)
Punjabi (Western)
Romanian
Russian
Samoan
Serbian
Serbo-Croatian
Sinhala
Slovak
Somali
Sorani
Spanish
Swahili
Swedish
Tagalog
Taiwanese
Tajik
Tamil (India)
Telugu
Thai
Tibetan
Tigrinya
Turkish
Twi (Akan)
Ukrainian
Urdu
Uzbek
Vietnamese
Wolof
Yoruba