REGISTER ASAP - STAMP/ALTA Language Assessments for Biliteracy - Jan. 31st at Milwaukie HS

NCSD recognizes and values the language(s) students speak and bring to their academic studies and encourages students in the continued study of languages. Teaching, Learning & Professional Development is excited to offer language assessments again FREE this school year to all current NCSD 9th- 12th graders. Our next opportunity is Friday, January 31, at Milwaukie High School.

The STAMP (STAndards-Based Measurement of Proficiency) assessment awards students up to 4 high school elective credits (Applied Arts -AR) for knowledge of a world language. Students are able to use the STAMP to demonstrate literacy in a language(s) and fulfill the requirements to earn the State Seal of Biliteracy at graduation.

Registration for the following language groups is now open. Flyers are attached below. 

• STAMP 4S Assessment : Arabic, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin (simplified and traditional), Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, Spanish

• STAMP 3S Assessment: Swahili, Yoruba

• STAMP 2S Assessment: Amharic, Armenian, Bengali, Cabo Verdean, Chaldean, Chin (Hakha), Chuukese, Czech, Filipino (Tagalog), Greek, Haitian-Creole, Hawaiian ('Ōlelo Hawai'i), Hmong, Ilocano, Kannada, Khmer, Marathi, Marshallese, Nepali, Persian (Farsi), Punjabi, Samoan, Somali Maay Maay, Somali Maxaa, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Yup’ik, Zomi

• STAMP for American Sign Language (ASL)

*highlighted are newly added

Students can find information on language assessments,  practice tests and the State Seal of Biliteracy at these links.

Additionally, NCSD is excited to continue to be able to offer additional language assessments through the ALTA Language Assessment.  The number of languages NCSD can offer through this platform includes:  Cantonese, Cambodian, Burmese, Gujarati, Oromo and Romanian. 

In order to streamline our process of registration, the student or student's parents/guardians must register online with their name, ID number, school, language and school email address. Space is limited, so please encourage students to sign up early.