ALTA Speaking/Listening and Writing Assessment

 
 
 
 

The ALTA Language Test is comprised of multiple sections, Speaking, Listening and Writing. The ALTA test is one of the Global Seal of Biliteracy’s qualifying tests and depending on the language being tested the ALTA test can be automatically delivered anywhere, anytime or scheduled in advance.

 

New Proctoring Requirements:

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, ALTA is making available a home testing option option for the ALTA test. It is part of Global Seal of Biliteracy’s policy that each and every accepted test is proctored to the standards that protect the integrity of the test to the highest degree. For this reason, we are only able to accept the ALTA 2020 tests that are teacher or 3rd party proctored if using the remote proctoring option to qualify for the Global Seal of Biliteracy.

 

ALTA Test Overview

Speaking/Listening Assessment

  • IVR Testing

    • IVR is an automated delivery system that allows you to test anywhere and is available for select languages. (Arabic MSA, Arabic Iraqi, Arabic Levantine, Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Mandarin), Dari, Dutch, English, Farsi, French, French Canadian, German, Haitian Creole, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Pashto, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Samoan, Sinhala, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil, Turkish, Vietnamese and Yoruba)

  • Live Testing

    • The live assessment must be scheduled in advance, most languages are available to be tested the following business day. An exception is made for Samoan, which is only available via the IVR/Automated Assessment.


Writing Assessment

  • Administrated electronically or as a hard copy (where required) under proctored conditions.

ILR Aligned

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Click here to learn more about the ILR scale

 


Nationally & Internationally Recognized

The one or multiple forms of the ALTA language test are accepted by 18 state Seal of Biliteracy programs.


Accepted by the Global Seal of Biliteracy

Yes, the Global Seal of Biliteracy requires that you take the Speaking/Listening and Writing sections of the ALTA test.

Functional Fluency Requirements: ILR Score of 1+ or higher.

Working Fluency Requirements: ILR Score of 2 or higher.

Professional Fluency Requirements: ILR Score of 2+ or higher


When/Where

Given at schools or testing facility w/proctor or online proctored. Given at any scheduled time. Order in advance.



Cost

Visit the ALTA Language Testing Services website for more information on pricing and ordering.



 

Languages Offered

  • Afrikaans

  • Albanian

  • Amharic

  • Arabic (See ALTA’s site for more info)

  • Armenian

  • Azerbaijani

  • Bambara

  • Bengla (Bengali)

  • Bosnian

  • Bulgarian

  • Burmese

  • Cambodian

  • Cape Verdean

  • Chinese (Cantonese)

  • Chinese (Mandarin)

  • Chuukese

  • Croatian

  • Czech

  • Danish

  • Dari

  • Dutch

  • English

  • Fante (Akan)

  • Filipino/Tagalog

  • Finnish

  • French

  • Fulani (Puula from Senegal)

  • Ga

  • Georgian

  • German

  • Greek

  • Gujarati

  • Haitian Creole

  • Hausa

  • Hebrew

  • Hindi

  • Hmong

  • Hungarian

  • Igbo

  • Ilocano

  • Indonesian

  • Italian

  • Jamaican Patois

  • Japanese

  • Kannada

  • Kazakh

  • Kinyarwanda

  • Korean

  • Kurdish

  • Latvian

  • Laotian

  • Lithuanian

  • Macedonian

  • Malay

  • Malayalam

  • Mongolian

  • Nepali

  • Norwegian

  • Oromo

  • Pashto

  • Persian/Farsi

  • Polish

  • Portuguese (Brazil)

  • Portuguese (Portugal)

  • Punjabi

  • Romanian

  • Russian

  • Samoan

  • Serbian

  • Serbo-Croatian

  • Sinhala

  • Slovak

  • Somali

  • Sorani

  • Spanish

  • Swahili

  • Swedish

  • Tajik

  • Tamil

  • Telugu

  • Thai

  • Tibetan

  • Tigrinya

  • Turkish

  • Turkmen

  • Twi (Akan)

  • Ukrainian

  • Urdu

  • Uzbek

  • Vietnamese

  • Wolof

  • Yoruba

 
 
 
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