The Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) was developed in Japan, and has been offered since 1984 in countries all around the world as a means of evaluating the proficiency of non-native learners of Japanese.

The National Japanese Exam (NJE) is an online, proficiency-oriented, standards-based and culture-related assessment tool for students who are studying Japanese as a second language. It can be used to recognize students' achievements in the study of Japanese and to stimulate their further interest in learning the language.

The ACTFL Writing Proficiency Test (WPT) is a web-based, proctored, standardized test of the global assessment of functional writing ability in a language.

The ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) is a valid and reliable means of assessing how well a person speaks a language.

AP Japanese Language and Culture is equivalent to an intermediate-level college course in Japanese.

The ACTFL Assessment of Performance toward Proficiency in Languages (AAPPL) is a web-based proficiency and performance assessment of K-12 standards-based language learning. AAPPL is typically appropriate for grades 3 – 12.

The FCPS Credit Exam for World Languages assesses language proficiency. The exam provides up to three World Language credits. Exam credits may also fulfill the World Languages requirement for the Advanced Studies Diploma.

Arlington Public Schools (APS) allows students with the ability to comprehend and communicate in languages other than English to earn up to four high school credits through selected world language tests.

Credit through Testing is to allow for students to earn high school credits on their transcript without being enrolled in the class.

ACPS students in grades six through 12 with the ability to comprehend and communicate in languages other than English now have the opportunity to earn up to three high school credits for world languages.