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Connecting with one’s heritage through language is more than learning words; it’s embracing an identity and opening doors to a multilingual future. Bilingual and multilingual individuals are highly valued in today’s global job market, often enjoying better career opportunities and higher salaries.

Avant offers a clear, accessible pathway for heritage language learners through a selection of assessments that are tailored for different types of situations. Read more about the purpose for each type of assessment.

Our online assessment leads to Selos Estaduais de Biliteracia, the Selo Global de Bilinguismo, Avant Insignias Digitais, and credit-by-exam which showcase proficiency and open opportunities in higher education and beyond.

For teachers in heritage programs, we provide essential resources to enhance teaching, understand assessment results, and enrich curriculums. Join us in nurturing the next generation of bilingual and multilingual leaders, celebrating their unique cultural identities.

Avant Tests for Heritage Programs

STAMP Teste 4S.

STAMP 4S

Avaliação de 4 habilidades para adolescentes e adultos
Leitura Escrita Ouvindo Falando
STAMPe Teste

STAMP 4Se

Avaliação de 4 habilidades para escolas primárias
Leitura Escrita Ouvindo Falando
STAMP WS

STAMP WS

Avaliação de habilidades para adolescentes e adultos
Escrita Falando
STAMP ASL

STAMP para ASL

Avaliação de 2 habilidades em Língua de Sinais Americana
Receptivo Expressivo
Herança Espanhola

SHL

Teste de Língua Herança Espanhola para programas de herança
Leitura Escrita Falando
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STAMP Monolíngue

Avaliação de 4 habilidades com instruções no idioma do teste
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Objectives of the STAMP Language Assessments

Avant STAMP language assessments are most commonly used for:

  • Qualifying students to receive State or Global Seals of Biliteracy and Avant Digital Badge to potentially receive credits or advanced placement at universities.
  • Credit-by-Exam testing to award high school language credit for a learner’s native language ability. Washington state and Texas are examples of states that offer credit-by-exam.
  • Showcasing the effects of language learning.
  • Informing language program curriculum.
  • Providing teachers with valuable insights on the level of learner’s knowledge of the language and progression of skills.
  • Aiding teachers’ ability to improve results throughout the language learning process for well-rounded proficiency.

Niveles de referencia

There are three major proficiency levels assessed: novice, intermediate and advanced. There are three sublevels within the first two levels: low, mid and high, and two (low and mid) for the highest level, corresponding to the one to eight rating. The Avant STAMP ratings are based on the US national proficiency standards.

Writing and Speaking Rating

Writing and speaking skills are assessed by Avant Certified Raters who use the generally accepted scoring rubric procedure, appropriate for individual levels of language competence.

Topics Guide

Novice topics

  • Presentations: name, address, family status, gender, age, date and place of birth, nationality, language, school, education, profession
  • Calendar/ Time
  • Colors/ Shapes
  • Wild animals/ Pets
  • School /Classroom
  • Weather / Seasons
  • Clothing / footwear
  • Food /Beverages /Restaurants / Bars / Dishes
  • Places / Geography, location, towns, public institutions, monuments, tourist attractions
  • Daily life / Everyday routine
  • Shopping / Stores
  • Leisure / Activities
  • Household / House

Intermediate topics

  • Salud
  • Holidays / Celebrations
  • Occupations / Professions
  • Transportation / Travel / Vacations
  • Future plans
  • Cultura
  • Cuestiones contemporáneas
  • Current events
  • Economía
  • Literatura
  • Ciencia
  • Ciencias Sociales
  • Historia
  • Plus, more in-depth aspects of Novice topics

Advanced topics

  • Arts
  • Política
  • Religión
  • Matemáticas
  • Science / Technology
  • Plus, more in-depth aspects of Intermediate topics

Opportunities for Bilingual Credentials

Selos Estaduais de Biliteracia, Global Seals of Biliteracy, and Avant Insignias Digitais were created to honor students’ language proficiency skills and provide a reliable validation mechanism to higher education institutions and employers. 

All Seals of Biliteracy and digital badges are earned by a demonstration of language proficiency in two or more languages through an approved external assessment like the Avant STAMP 4S, WS and ASL. In most traditional schools and districts, students achieving the minimum score required to earn a seal have the results placed on their official transcript. 

Selos Estaduais de Biliteracia

Selos Estaduais de Biliteracia

Selos Estaduais de Biliteracia are awards granted by a school, district, or state to high school seniors in public school environments. 

Avant Insignias Digitais

Avant Insignias Digitais

Avant Insignias Digitais can be earned by any student and submitted to institutions of higher education for advanced placement into higher-level courses. 

Global Seals of Biliteracy

Global Seals of Biliteracy enable recipients to showcase their language skills to any school or employer across state lines and national borders, with a unique serial-numbered document. The Global Seal is awarded at three levels: Functional, Working, and Professional. Students, teachers, community members, and professionals are all eligible for the Global Seal.

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Credit-by-Exam

Credit-by-Exam is also offered in some states to award high school world language credit to learners with native ability. Washington state and Texas are such examples.

Helping Learners Prepare

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Avant STAMP is a real-world communication proficiency assessment. Meaning, it is about what the test taker can do at this point in time. “Cramming” will not help improve scores. Regular practice in writing and speaking the language will help the test taker improve their skills over time. 

Avant has several resources for test takers to help them prepare for the test included in the Test Taker Power-Up Guide

This guide and its related resources include:

  • Strategies for improving language skills.
  • Target “can-do” statements to help them understand what they need to be able to do to get to the next proficiency level.
  • Video tutorials on what to expect on the test.
  • Sample tests.

Resources for Community-Based Teachers

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Our Benchmark and Rubric Guide is your key to understanding your students’ proficiency levels.

Knowing how to help your language learners improve and demonstrate proficiency is key to growing their skills. 

Avant has several resources to help teachers understand the levels of proficiency based on internationally recognized standards and use them to inform their curriculum for improved outcomes. 

Avant’s free resources include: 

Training on the Proficiency Standards

Avant ADVANCEboosts teacher confidence in accurately scoring student writing responses.  

  • A su propio ritmo con feedback inmediato
  • Practicar la calificación de las respuestas de los alumnos
  • Ayuda a fijar objetivos y metas de competencia
  • Online and affordable

Avant STAMP 4S

Avant STAMP 4S is the premier computer-adaptive language proficiency assessment typically administered to second-language learners.

STAMP El 4S evalúa la lectura, la escritura, la comprensión auditiva y la expresión oral, y es nuestra evaluación más completa. Esta prueba dura, por término medio, dos (2) horas y se ofrece en 17 idiomas diferentes. 

Las secciones de lectura y comprensión oral son de opción múltiple y se puntúan por ordenador, con resultados disponibles inmediatamente. Las secciones de expresión escrita y oral son evaluadas por nuestros expertos evaluadores certificados deAvant .

The instructions and questions require an Intermediate-Mid understanding of English. For learners with limited English proficiency, a two-skill Writing and Speaking assessment may be used where the prompts may be heard in the testing language in addition to the English written instructions.

Avant STAMPe

Avant STAMPe es la norma de referencia en cuanto a contenidos de evaluación lingüística adecuados desde el punto de vista lingüístico y del desarrollo para alumnos de 12 años o menos.

STAMPe se ha aprobado su uso a partir de K-1. 

STAMP 4Se evalúa la lectura, la escritura, la comprensión auditiva y la expresión oral, y es nuestra evaluación más completa. Esta prueba dura, por término medio, dos (2) horas y se ofrece en 14 idiomas diferentes. 

STAMP El WSe evalúa la expresión escrita y oral. Por término medio, se tarda una (1) hora en completarlo y está disponible en 2 idiomas.

Las secciones de lectura y comprensión oral son de opción múltiple y se puntúan por ordenador, con resultados disponibles inmediatamente. Las secciones de expresión escrita y oral son evaluadas por nuestros expertos evaluadores certificados deAvant .

Cada sección puede completarse en cualquier orden y de una en una para flexibilizar los tiempos y la duración de las pruebas.

Avant STAMP WS

Avant STAMP WS language proficiency assessment is a semi-adaptive Writing and Speaking test. Test takers will be asked to answer seven (7) self-evaluation questions that best represent their skill/ability level in both the Reading and Listening sections. 

The self-evaluated Reading score is used to determine the level of prompt delivered for the Writing section. The same applies for the Listening self-evaluation related to the Speaking prompts. This allows the language productive sections to be more appropriately leveled for the test taker. 
STAMP WS takes about one (1) hour to complete. The test is fully scored by our expert Avant Certified Raters

The instructions and prompts require an Intermediate-Mid understanding of English. For learners with limited English proficiency, the prompts may be heard in the testing language in addition to the English written instructions.

Teste SuperLanguage Avant

  1. Abecásio* 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  2. Afaan Oromo 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  3. Albanês 1 Teste
    SuperLíngua
  4. Árabe - Argelino 1 Teste
    SuperLinguagem
  5. Árabe - Golfo Árabe 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  6. Árabe - Egípcio 1 Teste
    SuperLíngua
  7. Árabe - Iraquiano 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  8. Árabe - Jordaniano 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  9. Árabe - Libanês 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  10. Árabe - Líbio 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  11. Árabe - Marroquino 1 Teste
    SuperLíngua
  12. Árabe - Palestino 1 Teste
    SuperLíngua
  13. Árabe - Sudanês 1 Teste
    SuperLíngua
  14. Árabe - Sírio 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  15. Árabe - Tunisiano 1 Teste
    SuperLíngua
  16. Árabe - Iemenita 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  17. Bambara/Bamanakan 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  18. Bikol 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  19. Bósnio 1 Teste
    SuperLíngua
  20. Birmanês* 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  21. Cantonês 1 Teste
    SuperLíngua
  22. Catalão 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  23. Cebuano 1 Teste
    SuperLíngua
  24. Chăm 1 Teste
    SuperLinguagem
  25. CHamoru (Chamorro) 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  26. Dinamarquês 1 Teste
    SuperLíngua
  27. Dari 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  28. Dinka 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  29. Holandês 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  30. Dyula 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  31. Estoniano 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  32. Ewe 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  33. Fiyi Hindi 1 Teste
    SuperLíngua
  34. Fijiano 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  35. Fulani 1 Teste
    SuperLíngua
  36. Georgiano 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  37. Gujarati 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  38. Hausa 1 Teste
    SuperLíngua
  39. Havaí Crioulo 1 Teste
    SuperLíngua
  40. Herero (Otjiherero) 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  41. Húngaro 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  42. Islandês 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  43. Igbo 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  44. Ilonggo (Hiligaynon) 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  45. Indonésio 1 Teste
    SuperLíngua
  46. Patwah jamaicano 1 Teste
    SuperLíngua
  47. Jingpho (Kachin)* 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  48. K'iche' 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  49. Kankanaey 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  50. Kapampangan (Pampango) 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  51. Karen* 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  52. Kikuyu 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  53. Kinyarwanda (Kinyamulenge) 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  54. Kirundi 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  55. Kosraean 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  56. Krio 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  57. Kunama 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  58. Lao 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  59. Latvian 1 Teste
    Superlengua
  60. Lingala 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  61. Lisan ud-Dawat 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  62. Lituano 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  63. Luganda (Ganda) 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  64. Malaio 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  65. Malayalam 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  66. Mandinga (Mandingo) 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  67. Mixteca 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  68. Mongoliano 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  69. Mortlockese 1 Teste
    SuperLíngua
  70. Norueguês - Bokmal 1 Teste
    SuperLinguagem
  71. Norueguês - Nynorsk 1 Teste
    SuperLinguagem
  72. Nuer 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  73. Nyanja (chichewa) 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  74. Odia (Oriya) 1 Teste
    SuperLíngua
  75. Palauan (Palall) 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  76. Pangasinan 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  77. Pohnpeian 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  78. Q'anjob'al 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  79. Romeno 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  80. Saho 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  81. Sânscrito 1 Teste
    SuperLíngua
  82. Shona 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  83. Sinhala (Cingalês) 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  84. Soninke 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  85. Suazi (siSwati) 1 Teste
    SuperLíngua
  86. Sueco 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  87. Sylheti 1 Teste
    SuperLíngua
  88. Tártaro 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  89. Tibetano (Bod-skad) 1 Teste
    SuperLinguagem
  90. Tok Pisin 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  91. Tonga 1 Teste
    SuperLíngua
  92. Twi 1 Teste
    Superlengua
  93. Uzbeque 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  94. Visayan (Bisaya) 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  95. Waray-Waray 1 Teste
    SuperLíngua
  96. Wolof 1 Teste
    SuperIdioma
  97. Yapés 1 Teste
    SuperLíngua
  98. Zigula 1 Teste
    SuperLíngua

*Los idiomas abjasio, birmano, karen y jingfo (kachin) no están disponibles temporalmente.

STAMP para ASL

Avant STAMP for ASL is a first-of-its-kind American Sign Language test. It was developed for second-language learners of ASL and Children of Deaf Adults (CODA) in collaboration with Bridges Oregon. This assessment is designed for ages 13-18. 

Los examinandos pueden ser evaluados tanto en la destreza receptiva (la capacidad de comprender ASL) como en la expresiva (la capacidad de crear ASL), incluido el uso de la gramática ASL. Esta prueba de lengua de signos adaptativa por ordenador se realiza íntegramente en línea.

The Receptive skill is computer-adaptive and results are available immediately upon completion of the section. The Expressive skill is scored by members of the ASL linguistics community who have undergone Avant Rater Certification training. Expressive results are available in 20-22 business days.

Lengua del Patrimonio Español (SHL)

Avant's Spanish Heritage Language assessment es una prueba de nivel para los programas de lenguas patrimoniales. Mide el vocabulario, la gramática, el uso de los verbos, la ortografía y la expresión oral y escrita en un español apropiado para el amplio abanico de idiomas que se hablan en Estados Unidos. 

El examen Avant SHL identifica rápidamente a los alumnos menos competentes y les permite salir del examen antes, mientras que los alumnos más competentes realizan el examen completo para reunir los datos necesarios para situarlos con precisión.

Avant STAMP Monolingüe

Avant developed the STAMP Monolíngue as a proficiency test that is designed to include instructions, questions, and prompts all in the target language. Educators may use STAMP Monolingual tests to accurately assess incoming heritage speakers, provide credit for a heritage language, or assess proficiency in a bilingual or multicultural environment.

STAMP El examen monolingüe evalúa las destrezas de lectura, escritura, comprensión auditiva y expresión oral. Esta prueba dura, por término medio, dos (2) horas y se ofrece en 2 idiomas. 

Las secciones de lectura y comprensión oral son de opción múltiple y se puntúan por ordenador, con resultados disponibles inmediatamente. Las secciones de expresión escrita y oral son evaluadas por nuestros expertos evaluadores certificados deAvant .

Contact our team to get a custom quote based on your heritage program’s needs. 

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