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The Seal of Biliteracy has two sets of language criteria, one for English, and one for your language(s) other than English. In most cases, students use their in-school standardized assessments (Keystone/PASA/ACCESS) for the English criteria, and a Seal of Biliteracy Test for their Language other than English. Click here for all Pathways and Criteria.
Languages other than English
Languages other than English
The criteria for Languages other than English is a score of Intermediate-Mid+ on all tested modes for the District Seal and a score of Intermediate-High+ for the State of PA Seal of Biliteracy.
Starting in 2025-2026, Languages other than English will be assessed with a computerized test offered through Avant testing. The test is entirely online and consists the two productive skills writing and speaking (for STAMP 2 Skill or Superlanguage Tests) or a four-component test of reading, writing, speaking, and listening (for STAMP 4 Skill).
What languages other than English are offered?
What languages other than English are offered?
The there are total of over 140 languages offered for testing through Avant. Languages not on this list may still be assessed by an alternative portfolio.
Abkhazian, Afaan Oromo, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic (Modern Standard), Arabic-Algerian, Arabic-Arab Gulf, Arabic-Egyptian, Arabic-Iraqi, Arabic-Jordanian, Arabic-Lebanese, Arabic-Libyan, Arabic – Moroccan, Arabic – Palestinian, Arabic – Sudanese, Arabic – Syrian, Arabic – Tunisian, Arabic – Yemeni, Armenian, Bambara/Bamanakan, Bengali, Bikol, Bosnian, Burmese, Cabo Verdean, Cantonese, Catalan, Cebuano, Chăm, CHamoru (Chamorro), Chaldean (Speaking only), Chin (Hakha), Chuukese, Czech, Danish, Dari, Dinka, Dutch, Dyula, English, Estonian, Ewe, Fiji Hindi, Fijian, Filipino (Tagalog), French, Fulani, Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Haitian Creole, Hausa, Hawaiian (‘Ōlelo Hawai’i), Hawaiʻi Creole, Hebrew, Herero (Otjiherero), Hindi, Hmong, Hungarian, Icelandic, Igbo, Ilocano, Ilonggo (Hiligaynon), Indonesian, Italian, Jamaican Patwah, Japanese, Jingpho (Kachin), K’iche’, Kannada, Kankanaey, Kapampangan (Pampango), Karen, Khmer, Kikuyu, Kinyarwanda (Kinyamulenge), Kirundi, Korean, Kosraean, Krio, Kunama, Lao, Latin, Latvian, Lingala, Lisan ud-Dawat, Lithuanian, Luganda (Ganda), Malay, Malayalam, Mandarin (Simplified), Mandarin (Traditional), Mandinka (Mandingo), Marathi, Marshallese, Mixtec, Mongolian, Mortlockese, Nepali, Norwegian-Bokmal, Norwegian-Nynorsk, Nuer, Nyanja (Chichewa), Odia (Oriya), Palauan (Palall), Pangasinan, Pashto, Persian-Farsi, Pohnpeian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Punjabi, Q’anjob’al, Romanian, Russian, Saho, Samoan, Sanskrit, Shona, Sinhala (Sinhalese), Somali Maay Maay, Somali Maxaa, Soninke, Spanish, Swahili, Swazi (siSwati), Swedish, Sylheti, Tamil, Tatar, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan (Bod-skad), Tigrinya, Tok Pisin, Tongan, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Visayan (Bisaya), Waray-Waray, Wolof, Yapese, Yoruba, Yup’ik, Zigula, Zomi
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