Standards-based Measurement of Proficiency (STAMP)

Assessments provide a valuable opportunity for teachers to monitor their students' progress toward proficiency. Effective assessments like the Standards-based Measurement of Proficiency (STAMP) can play an even larger role: allowing teachers to easily evaluate their course's curriculum based on how students perform. With easy-to-read reports, STAMP can help teachers make adjustments in their classroom to improve student outcomes.

• Available at an affordable cost through CASLS' partner company, Avant Assessment
• Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish
• Measures proficiency ranging from Novice-low to Intermediate-mid
• Age appropriate for grades 7 through 16
• Available in reading, writing, and speaking
• Web-based
• Tied to ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines
• Textbook independent

• Provides validated, easy-to-use data
• Perfect for checking progress, placement, program and standards review, staff development, and instructional planning
• Access to longitudinal individual speaking and writing samples

• Engage in real-world language situations
• Emphasis on what students can do with the language
• Facilitates goal setting

CASLS works to continually improve STAMP's test design. Future versions of STAMP will include:

• Advanced and Superior levels
• Arabic, Hebrew, Hindi, Persian, Swahili, Turkish, Urdu, and Yoruba
• Listening section

Teachers may try out these enhancements free of charge by participating in our pilot assessments.

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The following grants and partnering institutions sponsor STAMP development: Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), Institute of International Education, The Language Flagship, New York University, University of Chicago, University of Hawaii, University of Maryland, University of Wisconsin, and U.S. Department of Education Title VI.