World Language Credit By Exam (WL-CBE)

• WL-CBE assessment dates below are only PPS students grades 9-12.
• All WL-CBE testing is administered at the Holladay Annex. 
• Testing Site Address: 7100 SE Division St, Portland OR 97206. Enter our building at the corner of 71st and SE.

PPS uses a variety of web-based assessments (WPT-OPI, STAMP WS, STAMP 3S and STAMP4S, APT, ALTA) as an option for high school students to earn academic credits for language proficiency. Currently, the PSU Hebrew test is NOT approved by PPS for earning credit. 

Practice Tests are available for the STAMP only:
Click here for all STAMP languages. 

Available Languages (Updated 3/15/2023):

• Amharic (WS)
• *Arabic (4S)
• Arabic Monolingual (APT)
• Armenian (WS)
• ASL (coming Spring 2023)
• Chin (Hakha) (WS)
• Chuukese (WS)
• Czech (WS)
• Filipino (Tagalog) (WS)
• *French (4S)
• *German (4S)
• Hatian-Creole (WS)
• Hawaiian (WS)
• *Hebrew (4S)
• *Hindi (4S)
• Hmong (WS)
• Ilocano (WS)
• *Italian (4S)
• *Japanese (4S)
• Kannada (WS)
• *Korean (4S)
• *Mandarin Simplified (4S)
• *Mandarin Traditional (4S)
• Marathi (WS)
• Marshallese (WS)
• Norwegian (ALTA, oral interview and requires additional scheduling for writing exam)
• Oromo (ALTA, oral interview and requires additional scheduling for writing exam)
• *Polish (4S)
• *Portuguese (4S)
• *Russian (4S)
• Samoan (WS)
• Somali MaayMaay (WS)
• Somali Maxaa (WS)
• *Spanish (4S)
• Spanish Monolingual
• Swahili (3S)
• Tamil (WS)
• Teluga (WS)
• Thai (WPT-OPI, oral interview and requires additional scheduling for writing exam)
• Tigrinya (ALTA, oral interview and requires additional scheduling for writing exam)
• Turkish (WS)
• Urdu (WS)
• Ukrainian (WS) 
• Vietnamese (WS)
• Yup'ik (WS)

*Students must be at ESL Intermediate or above.

Fees:
In District: $0 for students currently enrolled in a PPS high school 

Schedule and Registration Remaining:

• Thursday, April 27, 2023 at Holladay Annex. Check in at 12:30 PM. Exam begins at 1:00 PM
• Thursday, May 4, 2023 at Holladay Annex. Check in at 12:30 PM. Exam begins at 1:00 PM
• Thursday, May 11, 2023 at Holladay Annex. Check in at 12:30 PM. Exam begins at 1:00 PM
• Thursday, May 18, 2023 at Holladay Annex. Check in at 12:30 PM. Exam begins at 1:00 PM
• Thursday, May 25, 2023 at Holladay Annex. Check in at 12:30 PM. Exam begins at 1:00 PM

Counselors: Click below to register.

STAMP and Other WL-CBE Testing for Grades 9-12 only

NOTE: WL-CBE Testing for 8th Grade PPS students:

• If the student is in an DLI school, contact Ruth Tucker for language testing options.
• If not in a DLI school, but the student is both bilingual and biliterate, they may benefit from taking a WL-CBE when they are in the 9th grade. They can contact their high school counselor to sign up for the WL-CBEs. 

LITERACY REQUIREMENT: WL-CBEs exams are designed to test native speakers who are both bilingual and biliterate in the target language. A WL-CBE is not designed to be a placement test.  Careful selection is important to ensure that students who take the test are both bilingual and biliterate.             

Contacts for WL-CBE Learning & Credit Options/Virtual Scholars:
Lauren Fotenos, Senior Clerk, LCO/VS lfotenos@pps.net
Diane Berthoin-Hernandez,  Principal - LCO/VS, dianepbh@pps.net