Credit Through Testing (CTT) Overview
Students may register for the CTT through the Language Assessment Reporting System (LARS). The link is found under the Student Opportunities portal in LCPSGO. A confirmation ticket will be sent to the student and the parent/ guardian email on file.
Loudoun County Public Schools allows students with the ability to comprehend and communicate in languages other than English, to earn high school credits through State-approved world language assessments. The Credit Through Testing (CTT) exam measures students’ language proficiency in order to award one, two, or three high school world language credits.
The Credit Through Testing (CTT) exam is designed to assess students’ first language proficiency and is available for students in grades 9 through 12 only, whose first language is not English. The exam requires a student to read and comprehend exam instructions and writing prompts in the first language. The student must be able to write two well-developed essays in the exam language, each consisting of at least three cohesive paragraphs on two topics.
The Credit Through Testing exam is offered each November. Students may take the exam two times per language while in high school. For SY 2024-2025, the following 27 languages will be available for assessment using the State approved Rubric. These represent where 50 or more students in grades 9-12 speak the language as a first language at home: American Sign Language, Amharic, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese/Mandarin, Farsi, French, German, Gujarati, Hindi, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Pashto, Punjabi, Russian, Sanskrit, Spanish, Tagalog/Filipino, Tamil, Telugu, Turkish, Urdu, and Vietnamese.
*Latin will be offered this SY 2024-25 through ALIRA.
Registration for the exam will vary by school. Students may sign up online or request information on where to sign up for the Credit Through Testing Exam at the Counseling Office or the Department of World Languages and Cultures at the school.
- Registration opens on Thursday, August 22, 2024
- Registration closes on Sunday, October 20, 2024.
Testing Dates and Locations
*CHECK-IN BEGINS AT 4:30 PM
| DATE | LOCATION | ADDRESS | TIME |
| Thursday, November 7, 2024 | Heritage High School | 520 Evergreen Mills Road SE Leesburg, VA 20175 | 5:00 PM – 8:30 PM |
| Thursday, November 7, 2024 | Dominion High School | 21326 Augusta Drive, Sterling, VA 20164 | 5:00 PM – 8:30 PM |
| Tuesday, November 12, 2024 | Independence High School | 23115 Learning Circle, Ashburn, VA 20148 | 5:00 PM – 8:30 PM |
| Thursday, November 14, 2024 | Parkview High School | 400 W. Laurel Avenue, Sterling VA 20164 | 5:00 PM – 8:30 PM |
| Wednesday, December 4, 2024 | Tuscarora High School | 801 N King St, Leesburg, VA 20176 | 5:00 PM – 8:30 PM |
Students who pass the exam will also meet the language proficiency requirement to earn the Seal of Biliteracy at graduation. We will continue to use nationally-normed tests such as STAMP, AAPPL, OPI, OPIc, and the WPT to meet the requirement for the State Seal of Biliteracy.
For more information found on the LCPS World Language website, click HERE.