Seal of Biliteracy

Students across the country are being recognized for their multilingualism and multiliteracy skills. Join DRC in celebrating your students’ achievements with the national Seal of Biliteracy and Pathway Awards!

Los estudiantes de todo el país están siendo reconocidos por sus habilidades de multilingüismo y multialfabetización. ¡Unase a DRC para celebrar los logros de sus estudiantes con el Sello Nacional de Alfabetización Bilingüe (Seal of Biliteracy) y los Premios Pathway (Pathway Awards)!

DRC and the Seal of Biliteracy/Pathway Awards Programs
DRC is proud to support the Seal of Biliteracy initiative and national movement for districts and states to recognize and award students who have attained proficiency in two or more languages by high school graduation. DRC also supports states and districts who are instituting a Bilingual/Multilingual Pathway Awards program, as students take significant steps towards developing biliteracy from preschool to high school.

Learn More about the Seal of Biliteracy and Pathway Awards Programs
Click here to learn more about the Seal of Biliteracy and Pathway Awards programs and why you should consider implementing them in your districts and schools.

Oklahoma has joined other states in including a Seal of Biliteracy on high school diploma’s designating a graduate as bilingual. Click here to watch a video to learn more how schools are recognizing high school graduates who have attained a high level of proficiency in one or more languages in addition to English.

Participate in the Seal of Biliteracy and Pathway Awards National Testing Window
We offer a dedicated test window for both the Seal of Biliteracy and Pathway Awards program goals and initiatives, using LAS Links Español to measure student proficiency skills in language and literacy in Spanish. Districts will be able to use LAS Links Online Español B to assess students’ Spanish language proficiency during the testing window.

Districts may sign up at any time prior to the test window opening. Discounted pricing will be offered for districts and states that participate in the window. Pricing includes the LAS Links Español assessment, scoring, and an on-demand student report for each assessed student.

Click here to place your order for the Seal of Biliteracy National Spring 2024 Testing Window.

The Seal of Biliteracy National Testing Window provides districts with key benefits:

  • Provides a valid and reliable research-based assessment of Spanish proficiency in speaking, listening, reading, writing, and comprehension.
  • Assess students entirely online using the DRC INSIGHT platform.
  • Increase efficiency with online format by eliminating one-to-one testing.
  • Electronically capture spoken and written responses.
  • LAS Links Español is aligned to ACTFL Standards.
  • Receive results in time for graduation!
  • Eligibility for student recognition on DRC’s web page.

The Seal of Biliteracy National Testing Window provides districts with key benefits:
DRC’s Commitment to Language Diversity
As a national leader in authentic language proficiency assessment, DRC recognizes the value of language diversity. That is why we proudly support initiatives like the Seal of Biliteracy and Pathway Awards, which honor the multiple cultures and languages within our communities.

DRC works closely with the Seal of Biliteracy Organization and partners with dual language schools as part of our strong and growing network around language diversity. We are committed to providing ample opportunities for students to demonstrate their multilingualism and multiliteracy skills in furtherance of their college and career goals.

Seal of Biliteracy and Pathway Awards Customer Success Stories
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Elbert County School District
Elberton, GA
Elbert County High School’s Emma Grace Jarvis, Keivin Renteria-Saldivar, and Lizzy Landaverde were the first students to receive the new Seal of Biliteracy from the Georgia Department of Education. These Foreign Language Pathway students sat for the LAS Links Español online assessment completely in Spanish to prove their proficiency in the language, as well as maintaining specific grades in their ELA courses throughout high school.

Santa Fe South High School
Oklahoma City, OK
Meeting the goals of the Oklahoma State Seal of Biliteracy program, LAS Links Español provides a standardized language proficiency assessment in the four domains of Speaking, Listening, Reading, and Writing. LAS Links Español provides proficiency scores across all four domains as well as composite scores for Overall, Oral, Literacy, Production, and Comprehension. DRC implemented LAS Links Español at Santa Fe South High School with 29 students from grades 9 to 12. Of those 29 students, 26 students who scored proficient were invited to a special awards ceremony. These students were the first to be awarded both the Seal of Biliteracy and Pathway Awards at Santa Fe South High School.

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Oklahoma Association for Bilingual Education
Taylor Tribble, President of the Oklahoma Association for Bilingual Education has added a bilingual certification on diplomas given to high school graduates who speak more than one language. States across the country now include a Seal of Biliteracy on a student’s diploma or transcript, confirming the graduate is proficient in English and at least one other language.

Click here to watch Taylor Tribble and DRC as they discuss why schools across Oklahoma have selected LAS Links Español, and how they utilize the LAS Links Español data to inform instruction and drive student performance across Dual Language programs.

Santa Fe South High School
Oklahoma City, OK
Meeting the goals of the Oklahoma State Seal of Biliteracy program, LAS Links Español provides a standardized language proficiency assessment in the four domains of Speaking, Listening, Reading, and Writing. LAS Links Español provides proficiency scores across all four domains as well as composite scores for Overall, Oral, Literacy, Production, and Comprehension. DRC implemented LAS Links Español at Santa Fe South High School with 29 students from grades 9 to 12. Of those 29 students, 26 students who scored proficient were invited to a special awards ceremony. These students were the first to be awarded both the Seal of Biliteracy and Pathway Awards at Santa Fe South High School.

LAS Links Alignments
See the ACTFL-Aligned Cut Scores Standard Setting Methodology and Results

Using LAS Links as a Measure of Biliteracy
LAS Links® is a language proficiency assessment approved in many states and districts as a tool for awarding the Seal of Biliteracy and Pathway Awards. Specifically, LAS Links Español is a standardized assessment that provides evidence of Spanish language proficiency for both native and non-native speakers in the four domains of Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing (Escuchando, Hablando, Lectura y Escritura). LAS Links also offers English language proficiency assessments, which can be used to measure whether English learners meet state- or district-specific criteria for earning Pathway Awards and the Seal of Biliteracy.

Attend Our Seal of Biliteracy Webinars

DRC will be holding a series of webinars in 2024 to assist participating districts in the on-boarding process. These webinars will be presented in partnership with the Seal of Biliteracy’s Arthur Chou.

  • Preschool Pathway Award: “Becoming Bilingual”
  • Elementary School Pathway Awards
  • Middle School Awards
  • The State Seal of Biliteracy
  • Recognition on DRC’s Webpage and Pathway Awards Certification

To sign up for our webinars, please contact Genevieve Olvera at golvera@datarecognitioncorp.com.