State Seal of Biliteracy
TEST DATES: MARCH 27-31; APRIL 10-11, 2023
What is the State Seal of Biliteracy?
- Biliteracy is the ability to comprehend, speak, read and write in two languages at a proficient level.
- The State Seal of Biliteracy is a recognition given to high school seniors who have studied and can exhibit the ability to communicate in two or more languages (including English) by the spring of their senior year of high school.
- The Seal serves as a statement of accomplishment for college admission and future employment.
Who qualifies for the State Seal of Biliteracy?
- The State Seal of Biliteracy is intended for all high school seniors who have mastered standard academic English (through either their SAT or ACCESS scores) and any other language.
What do I get with this recognition?
- State Seal of Biliteracy recipients can receive college credit at any of the state of Illinois 12 public universities.
- A distinction on your final high school transcript, so you can be recognized for life for your bilingual skills whether you utilize the transcript for college admissions or employment.
- The actual State Seal will be placed on your high school diploma.
Languages Eligible for Literacy Demonstration
90 languages to demonstrate your literacy:
Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Iraqi), Arabic (Jordanian), Arabic (Lebanese), Arabic (Moroccan), Arabic (Saudi Arabia), Arabic (Sudanese), Arabic (Syrian), Arabic (Yemeni), Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bambara, Baluchi (Western), Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Cambodian, Cape Verdean (Balavento), Cape Verdean (Sotavento), Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Mandarin), Chuukese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dari, Dutch, Ewe, Fante (Akan), Farsi, Finnish, French, French Canadian, Fulani, Ga, Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Haitian Creole, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Hmong, Hungarian, Igbo, Ilocano, Indonesian, Italian, Jamaican Patois, Japanese, Kannada, Karenni, Kazakh, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Kurdish (Sorani), Latvian, Laotian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Malayalam, Mongolian, Navajo, Nepali, Norwegian, Oromo, Pashto, Pashto (Pakistan), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Punjabi (Eastern), Punjabi (Western), Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Serbian, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Taiwanese, Tajik, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, Tigrinya, Turkish, Turkmen, Twi (Akan), Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Wolof, Yoruba
Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Iraqi), Arabic (Jordanian), Arabic (Lebanese), Arabic (Moroccan), Arabic (Saudi Arabia), Arabic (Sudanese), Arabic (Syrian), Arabic (Yemeni), Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bambara, Baluchi (Western), Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Burmese, Cambodian, Cape Verdean (Balavento), Cape Verdean (Sotavento), Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Mandarin), Chuukese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dari, Dutch, Ewe, Fante (Akan), Farsi, Finnish, French, French Canadian, Fulani, Ga, Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Haitian Creole, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Hmong, Hungarian, Igbo, Ilocano, Indonesian, Italian, Jamaican Patois, Japanese, Kannada, Karenni, Kazakh, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Kurdish (Sorani), Latvian, Laotian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Malayalam, Mongolian, Navajo, Nepali, Norwegian, Oromo, Pashto, Pashto (Pakistan), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Punjabi (Eastern), Punjabi (Western), Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Serbian, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Taiwanese, Tajik, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, Tigrinya, Turkish, Turkmen, Twi (Akan), Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Wolof, Yoruba
For more information about the State Seal of Biliteracy please reach out to:
- Kristy Pinedo-Pimentel, Assessment Coordinator, at [email protected]
- Carolín Weber, AP Spanish Teacher, at [email protected]