Key Information
- ACTFL has multiple, copyrighted publications for student expectations. ACTFL standards provide:
- performance goals for classroom instruction.
- details on achieving foreign language proficiency.
- guidelines for helping students interact with multilingual local and global communities.
- These states indicate use of ACTFL: Illinois, New Mexico, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
For detailed descriptions of ACTFL publications, please visit ACTFL’s website.
Adoption Pipeline
Documents adopted in 2026:
- NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements Proficiency Benchmarks > All Languages (2026)
Relationships Among Documents
Data relationships exist between the 2017 NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements Proficiency Benchmarks and the states below. Please note that these relationships do not necessarily imply official adoption.
- Arkansas
- California
- Indiana
- Kentucky
- Maine
- New York
- Ohio
- South Carolina
- Wisconsin
- Montana
Data relationships exist between the 2015 ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages and the states below. Please note that these relationships do not necessarily imply official adoption.
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Mississippi
- South Dakota
- Washington
Please visit the state pages for more details.