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Washington State's World Language Credit Program, led by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, is a finalist in the inaugural Road Map Project Awards Program. The Road Map Project seeks to double the number of students in South King County and South Seattle (Washington) who are on track to graduate from college or earn a career credential by 2020.

As part of that effort, the World Language Credit Program offers the opportunity for students with proficiency in a language other than English to earn world language credits by demonstrating proficiency in that language, regardless of how they learn that language. By emphasizing proficiency rather than seat time, the competency-based credit program recognizes the value of students' home languages. Districts provide opportunities for students to develop and maintain literacy in their native language, as well as English, and to demonstrate that proficiency through nationally available language assessments.

CASLS has helped the World Language Credit Program by offering LinguaFolio Online as a way to track students' proficiency and to ensure students are ready to take standardized assessments. CASLS staff have delivered training workshops to teachers and instructional aides in Washington to help them understand performance assessments, how to develop them, and how to use them in the classroom. Staff also provided training on how to incorporate LinguaFolio Online into the curriculum.

The World Language Credit Program is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. In addition to the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, the project includes seven participating districts in Washington, the Office of Education Ombudsman, School's Out Washington, CASLS, and Education Northwest.