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In March 2017 Colorado signed into law SB17-123 that gives school districts authority to grant a  diploma endorsement in biliteracy to a student who demonstrates proficiency in English and at least one other language. The bill established the requirements a graduating high school student must meet to obtain the biliteracy endorsement.

The Colorado Seal of Biliteracy is awarded to graduating high school students who can read, speak, listen and write at a high level in English, as well as another language. In order to earn the Seal, students must demonstrate their high proficiency in both English and another language using the approved criteria below.

1.  Complete all graduation requirements

Students must fulfill all BVSD graduation requirements in order to earn the Seal. Students who are not yet high school seniors may complete all other requirements prior to their senior year.

Green cords will only be given to those who apply by the February 19th, 2021 application deadline and meet English and WL requirements by April 1st.

Students who don't apply by the deadline will not receive a cord. AP and IB test results taken in the senior year are not received until July. Students taking these tests will also not be able to receive a cord at graduation. AVANT and AAPPL results arrive about two weeks after completing the assessment. Seniors who plan accordingly can receive results in time to meet the April 1st deadline. 

522 students earned the Seal of Biliteracy upon graduation in 2020

AVANT Assessment must be paid for through Revtrak. Students may take these WL assessments at any point throughout their high school year, once they feel that they are ready to demonstrate Intermediate Advanced proficiency overall. See link for Avant Assessments: SampleTests 

1.  Log into RevtraK . 

2. Choose assessment option to pay the registration fee:

   1. STAMP4s (Arabic, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai) $18.90

   2. WorldSpeak: (Amharic, Armenian, Chin (Hakha), Czech, Filipino (Tagalog), Haitian-Creole, Hmong, Ilocano, Marathi, Samoan, Somali Maay Maay, Somali Maxaa, Tamil, Telugu, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese, Yup'ik) $49

   3. AAPPL (Thai) $20

3. Student will be sent an email from Yamil.herrera@bvsd.org with next steps. 

BVSD accepts two assessment pathways for students to achieve the Seal of Biliteracy in ASL. The American Sign Language Proficiency Interview (ASLPI) and the Sign Language Proficiency Interview  SLPI are both assessments that are offered through outside vendors. Information for how to access can be found through the links provided. As with AP and IB assessments, these ASL assessments must be scheduled and facilitated at the school level. Students should work with their ASL teacher or counselor for support. Score information will be submitted to the school and the school can then communicate that information to the BVSD Development of Culturally and LInguistically Diverse Education. 

The AVANT and AAPPL Results will be sent to the district within 2 weeks of the exam. Students will receive results from BVSD. This time frame will allow for students who achieve proficiency to receive a cord, certificate, and be recognized at graduation.

For AP and IB tests, if a student takes these exams prior to senior year, the district will receive the results on time. Students taking the IB and AP tests in their senior year will not receive results until July (after graduation) and will therefore not receive a green cord, certificate, or be recognized at graduation. Students can submit results to the district to have the official Seal of Biliteracy printed on their transcript.

Yes, a student can apply for the Seal prior to completing these assessments. Students taking the AVANT and AAPPL will receive results two weeks after the exam is taken. This time frame will allow for students who achieve proficiency to receive a cord, certificate, and be recognized at graduation.

Students taking the IB and AP tests in their senior year will not receive results until July (after graduation) and will therefore not receive a green cord, certificate, or be recognized at graduation. Students can submit results to the district to have the official Seal of Biliteracy printed on their transcript.

Teachers and Counselors have access to review a student’s data in Infinite Campus.  Based on a review of data in IC and comparison with the criteria for the Seal of Biliteracy, a student's teachers and/or counselors can acknowledge that a student is “On track to achieve the Seal” when writing college recommendation letters.

All students who meet the Seal of Biliteracy Criteria by the time that transcripts are finalized will have the achievement noted on their transcript. 

(Note: Cords and Certificates, will only be given at the graduation ceremony to students who fill out the application for the Seal prior to the February 19th, 2021 deadline and complete the WL and English criteria by April 1st, 2021)

The AVANT and AAPPL Results will be sent to the district within 2 weeks of the exam. Student data will be entered into the Seal of Biliteracy tab in IC.  Students will receive results report from their school Counselor shortly after the two-week turnaround. 

Due to COVID-19, students who took modified IB or AP assessments that did NOT assess all 4 language domains (Speaking, Listening, Reading and Writing), may NOT use the results to meet the Seal of Biliteracy requirements.