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Division of Educator Effectiveness
Overview
Educator Licensure
Nonpublic School Approval
Teacher Preparation and Program Approval
Professional Standards & Teacher Education Board
American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
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Applicants seeking certification in a world language may meet the testing requirements by presenting qualifying scores on the Praxis content assessment in the specific language or presenting qualifying scores on both the ACTFL OPI and WPT for that language.
Test Name
Subject Area
Passing Score
OPI
Arabic, French, German, Mandarin, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish & Korean
Intermediate High
OPIc
Computer Delivered
Arabic, French, German, Mandarin, Italian, Russian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish & Korean
Intermediate High
WPT/iWPT
Arabic, French, German, Mandarin, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish & Korean
Intermediate High
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