Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) Tests

To award the Global Seal of Biliteracy, representative schools or organizations must submit their candidates' qualifying proctored test scores as evidence of their language skills. The chart below outlines the qualifying tests and scores on the CEFR scale that have been approved to credential candidates for the Global Seal. Many of these CEFR tests are commonly used around the world. The Global Seal of Biliteracy certificate will indicate that a candidate qualified using a test based on the CEFR scale. Qualifying test scores must be submitted within 12 months of the test date.

The Global Seal of Biliteracy offers three award levels:

Functional Fluency: This level credentials language learners at the B1 level.
Working Fluency: This level credentials language learners at the B2 level.
Professional Fluency: This level credentials language learners at the C1 level.

SECOND LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT Can be candidate’s first/heritage or second language
APPROVED TESTS & ASSESSMENTS	Language	FUNCTIONAL FLUENCY AWARD	WORKING FLUENCY AWARD	PROFESSIONAL FLUENCY AWARD
Euskararen Gaitasun Agiria	Basque	N/A	N/A	C1
Standardised Test in Bulgarian as a Foreign Language	Bulgarian	B1	B2	N/A
The Czech Language Certificate Exam	Czech	B1	B2	C1
Prove i Dansk	Danish	B1	B2	N/A
Edicatief Startbekwaam (STRT)	Dutch	N/A	B2	N/A
Staatsexamens Nt2	Dutch	B1	B2	N/A
Avant STAMP for CEFR	English	B1	B2	C1
Cambridge English	English	B1	B2	C1
Graded Exams in Spoken English (GESE)	English	B1	B2	C1
IELTS	English	B1	B2	C1
Integrated Skills in English (ISE)	English	B1	B2	C1
Michigan English Test (MET)	English	B1	B2	C1
Pearson Test of English Academic	English	B1	B2	C1
TOEFL iBT	English	B1	B2	C1
Estonian Language Exam	Estonian	B1	B2	C1
National Certificates of Language Proficiency (YKI)	Finnish	B1	B2	C1
Diplome d'etudes en Langue Francaise (DELF)	French	B1	B2	C1
Diplome de Francais Professionnel Affaires	French	B1	B2	C1
Test de connaissance du francais (TCF)	French	B1	B2	C1
Test d'Evaluation de Francais (TEF)	French	B1	B2	C1
TEG	Gaelic	B1	B2	C1
Goethe Zertfikat	German	B1	B2	C1
Österreichisches Sprachdiplom Deutsch (ÖSD)	German	B1	B2	C1
Telc Deutsch	German	B1	B2	C1
TestDaF	German	N/A	B2	C1
ECL Examination in Hungarian	Hungarian	B1	B2	C1
Certificato di Conoscenza della Lingua Italiana (CELI)	Italian	B1	B2	C1
Certificazione di Italiano come Lingua Straniera (CILS)	Italian	B1	B2	C1
Norskproven for voksne	Norwegian	B1	B2	N/A
Romana ca limba straina	Romanian	B1	B2	N/A
izpit iz znanja slovenscine	Slovene	B1	B2	C1
Certificado de español: lengua y uso (CELU)	Spanish	B1	B2	C1
Certificación del español como lengua adicional (CELA)	Spanish	B1	B2	N/A
Diploma de español lengua extranjera (DELE)	Spanish	B1	B2	C1
Servicio International de Evaluación de la Lengua Española (SIELE)	Spanish	B1	B2	C1
TISUS	Swedish	N/A	N/A	C1
Defnyddio'r Gymraeg	Welsh	B1	B2	C1

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