Language Testing in Elementary School

• ONLY fifth-grade students enrolled in the District’s Dual Language (DL) program can test for language credit.
• The campus Dual Language Coach manages language testing along with the fifth-grade DL teacher. Please contact them for more information.
• Fifth-grade Dual Language students will take the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Assessment Performance toward Proficiency in Languages (AAPPL) to measure the student’s proficiency in Spanish.
• The AAPPL is an online test that requires the student to read, listen, speak, and write in Spanish. A student must know how to type in Spanish, using specific characters if necessary. Elementary students use the test Form A; secondary students use the test Form B.
• Depending on their score(s) in writing, speaking, reading, and listening, students could earn one high school credit in the fifth grade.
• If a student would like the opportunity to earn more credits, he/she will need to wait until they enter the sixth grade to test with AAPPL Form B.
• High school credits awarded in elementary do not factor into Grade Point Average (GPA) or Class Rank. Students do, however, receive this credit towards graduation requirements under the Foundation Plan.
• Elementary students not enrolled in a Dual Language program must wait until they are enrolled as a 6th grader on a RRISD Middle School campus to test with AAPPL. Parents should contact their student’s MS campus counselor about AAPPL testing in August.
• Once a student receives credit(s) through AAPPL, they can only enroll in a language course beyond the course credits they have received. Auditing a high school credit-bearing course for which the student has already earned credit is permitted with the approval of the Grade Placement Committee, although there will be no new grade for the repeated course, only an “NG” (meaning no grade) listed on the transcript. Please note that this request is only considered when there is available space in the class. Students who must earn credit for the course will be the scheduling priority.