Dual Language Immersion | Avant Assessment

Avant Tests for Dual Language Immersion Programs

STAMP 4Se

4-skill assessment for elementary schools

Reading Writing Listening Speaking

STAMP WSe

2-skill assessment for elementary schools

Writing Speaking

STAMP 4S

4-skill assessment for teenagers and adults

Reading Writing Listening Speaking

Lead with Accountability and Revolutionize Language Education

Showcase Proficiency Growth Year After Year

Evaluate Accurately

Benchmark and credential with Avant STAMP for program efficacy.
Results are never deleted, allowing for longitudinal analysis.
Computer-adaptive assessments with real-world content for greater confidence in skill demonstration.

Enhanced Score Reporting

Visual sub-leveled reports with precise proficiency data.
Specific suggestions for “powering up” to the next level of proficiency for each skill.
Review and export large test taker groups for deeper analysis.

Avant MORE Learning & MEDLI

Maximize Data Efficacy with Professional Learning

Avant MORE Learning and their dual language specialist team, MEDLI, is the perfect companion to assessment. Our team of experts comes from educational backgrounds. They are experienced in analyzing assessment data and building data-driven curriculum improvements.

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Dual Language Immersion Program Support

MORE Effective Dual Language Immersion (MEDLI) is a global initiative with a mission to fulfill the promise of DLI– to create a world where every child is multilingual.

The key to building a highly effective dual language immersion program is accountability through language proficiency assessment data and strong instructional practices that build proficiency.

Our experienced team has proven strategies for:

Administrative support and coaching in starting, developing and expanding DLI programs.
Supporting international teachers’ integration into American schools.
Teacher proficiency verification.
Training on analysis and data-informed practices.
Navigating challenges in each year of the program.
Implementing effective instructional practices based on accurate data.
Developing leadership capacity among teams.
Engaging parents, district supervisors, and school boards to build community support.

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Avant ADVANCE

Avant ADVANCE improves classroom outcomes by helping teachers learn to accurately score student writing responses.

Self-paced with immediate feedback.
Practice rating student responses.
Helps set goals and proficiency targets.

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Create Early Pathways to Motivate Student Engagement

Recognize students for the skills they have through competency-based testing.
Improve alignment in teaching year over year.
Provide a tangible reward for early progress.

Keep young language learners inspired to learn with the Global Seal of Biliteracy’s Pathway Ribbon Awards. Starting at the Novice-Mid proficiency level, STAMPe results can be rewarded with these ribbons year after year.

Students and parents will see proficiency growth in a meaningful way.

At the age of 13, learners may graduate to the STAMP 4S which is eligible for the Functional or Working Fluency levels of the Global Seal of Biliteracy.

Easy Setup

Avant is integrated with ClassLink and Clever.
Group Rostering is available if single sign-on is not available for your school.

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Avant STAMPe

Avant STAMPe is the gold standard for linguistically and developmentally appropriate language assessment content for learners ages 12 and under.

STAMPe tests have been approved for use as early as K-1.

STAMP 4Se tests Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking and is our most comprehensive assessment. This test takes, on average, two (2) hours to complete and is offered in 15 different languages.

STAMP WSe tests Writing and Speaking. On average, it takes one (1) hour to complete and is available in 2 languages.

Reading and Listening sections are multiple-choice and computer-scored with results available immediately. The Writing and Speaking sections are scored by our expert Avant Certified Raters.

Each section can be completed in any order and one at a time for more flexible testing times and durations.

Avant STAMP 4S

Originally developed by the Center for Applied Second Language Studies (CASLS) at the University of Oregon more than 20 years ago, Avant continues to deliver STAMP all around the world.

STAMP 4S tests Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking and is our most comprehensive assessment. This test takes, on average, two (2) hours to complete and is offered in 15 different languages.

Reading and Listening sections are multiple-choice and computer-scored with results available immediately. The Writing and Speaking sections are scored by our expert Avant Certified Raters.

Case Studies

Anchorage School District’s Yup’ik immersion program, currently offered in grades K-5 and adding a grade each year until grade 12, utilizes the Avant STAMP 4Se assessment and the Avant STAMP WS in Yup’ik to measure and track student language proficiency growth throughout K-12. This language assessment, which the district helped develop, is designed to help the district address language preservation by providing a tool for evaluating the proficiency of Yup’ik learners with developmentally and linguistically appropriate content.

The Delaware Department of Education announced the adoption of Avant STAMP for all Delaware Dual Language Immersion (DLI) schools starting in the 2023-24 school year. The decision followed a thorough evaluation of proficiency data and assessment platforms, with Avant STAMP emerging as the ideal solution to meet the needs of students, teachers, and program leaders. This is the second state, after New Mexico, to select Avant as the single-choice vendor for language proficiency assessment.

The Hawaiian STAMP WSe language proficiency test was developed in a continuing collaboration with the Hawaii Department of Education and the Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikōlani College of Hawaiian Language at the University of Hawaii at Hilo in an effort to meet the growing need for smaller language communities to have rigorous, professionally rated, and affordable assessments.

After careful vetting from a New Mexico Public Education Department task force, New Mexico selected Avant Assessment as its statewide contractor for language proficiency assessments. This assessment adoption provides immediate feedback for bilingual educators, allows schools and districts to benchmark students at each grade level and inform teaching in real time to improve learning outcomes.