World Language
Lane Tech offers the following World Languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish. Students should take the language placement exam if they speak the language they will be taking as a freshman OR if they took the selected language at their elementary school. The language exam will allow students to test out of the level one language and into a higher level.
Students who speak conversational Spanish at home and will be taking Spanish as a freshman should take the Spanish placement exam. Lane offers a Spanish for Heritage Speakers course that many of our students place into. Students who indicate on the Home Language Survey that they or someone that they live with speaks Spanish at home will automatically be placed in Spanish for Heritage Speakers.
Click here for information on the difference between Spanish and Spanish for Heritage Speakers.
Click here to sign up for a language placement exam.
The Avant STAMP test is adaptive and provides more difficult prompts as students show proficiency. Our highest level students have taken up to three hours to complete the test. A typical eighth grader who tests into level 2 or 3 of a language spends 1-1.5 hours on the exam. Students should make sure they have enough time to complete the exam before they start it. Parents, we ask that you make sure your student does not have access to a cell phone or additional device when testing.
Students can familiarize themselves with the test by taking the practice test here: https://www.
Students who are testing for Arabic, Japanese, or Mandarin will need to set up a virtual keyboard for the writing section if they are testing higher than the “novice-high” level. No other tests need this. Avant’s instructions for adding the keyboard are here: https://www.
If a student took the STAMPS test at their elementary school as an 8th grader, they can submit the results to Ms. Johnson at tecarroll@cps.edu and do not need to take the test at Lane Tech. All students should have already taken the exam as the testing window is closed.
If you have any questions, please email Ms. Johnson at tecarroll@cps.edu.