ACTFL assessments are used worldwide by academic institutions, government agencies and private corporations for purposes such as: academic placement, student assessment, program evaluation, professional certification, hiring, and promotional qualification.
ACTFL administers over 700,000 tests per year in more than 120 languages in over 60 countries through Language Testing International, the ACTFL test administration office.
ACTFL offers K12 assessment for grades 3-12 across hundreds of school districts in 47 states and the District of Columbia. ACTFL assessments can be used to obtain the Seal of Biliteracy.
Postsecondary Assessments may be used or recognized for academic placement, college credit, teacher licensure, program evaluation, and more.
ACTFL provides testing support for the U.S. Government and conducts testing according to the Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) scale.
Quality Control and Quality Assurance measures are integrated into every step of ACTFL processes.
ACTFL Certified Testers and Raters represent a critical resource to their academic institutions and to the world language profession.
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Credly digital badges are issued for completed ACTFL Assessments that can shared with academic institutions, across social media platforms, in digital signatures, and embedded in a resume to provide evidence of language ability.
Five ACTFL assessments are recommended for credit by the American Council on Education (ACE)
The purpose of this document is to describe the history of the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines, current, official ACTFL tests and the circumstances under which official ACTFL ratings can be assigned to test taker performances.
The findings from the extensive research and linking and validation studies, show that CEFR ratings can be assigned on ACTFL assessments, in all languages.
