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Literacy Assessments for Bilingual and Multilingual Children

Meet Vincent, a character in the BLAST App
Meet Chloe, a character in the BLAST App

The BLAST bilingual assessment platform addresses the need for research-based assessment and literacy development materials for the growing population of bilingual and multilingual learners in U.S. schools.

This project has been supported by:

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What is BLAST?

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BLAST is a fully-automated bilingual assessment platform that helps schools and district leaders make data-driven instructional decisions, monitor student progress, and measure program effectiveness.

Why Do Schools Need a New Solution?

Vincent is bilingual, speaking both English and Spanish

25% of school-age children in the U.S. speak Spanish at home.

View student insights on the app dashboard

Lack of detailed bilingual data causes educational inequity for bilingual and multilingual Latinx learners. 

Chloe and her teacher talk about her assessment results

Schools lack bilingual tools: monolingual assessments are used with bilingual and multilingual children.

How It Works

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Children take the BLAST Bilingual Assessment on their own, three times a year.

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Both languages are assessed in one sitting, with one assessment.

Watch Our BLAST Demo

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