Register for the NSA

Getting Ready

Read the following tips before you begin registration:

Gather your students’ names and email addresses and organize them by Level.
Visit and bookmark the NSA Registration Guide (or download the printable version).
Visit and Bookmark the NSA Administration Guide (or download the printable version).
Visit our Frequently Asked Questions for more information on technical requirements, privacy policies, and troubleshooting.
Get your school’s IT administrators involved, and talk to them about whitelisting lingco.io and aatsp.org.

Register for the NSA

Click on the Register Now button at the top of this page, and use the step-by-step instructions provided to complete your registration.

Registration Tips:

You may be prompted to create an account. Please keep your username (or email address) and password information safe so that you don’t forget it later. Already have an account? Use the login details that you created in the past to access your account again for the new academic year.

Course codes embed automatically on the page. You do not need to enter a code. Please wait or reload the page if it doesn’t appear right away.

Please use accurate information and proper spelling for the teacher’s name, school name, and school address. Note: If you encounter a No School Found error, enter your school’s website address.

Enter the number of seats (or spaces) that you will need for your students. You will be able to invite your students into the platform later.

Select the Levels that you would like to work with. There is no additional charge for selecting all of the Levels at once.

Invite Your Students

Once your registration is complete, it’s time to invite your students to the Lingco platform. Follow the steps below and watch the video for help on how to visualize the process.

Instructions:

Access the Level that you will be inviting your students to.

Click on the Roster section.

Invite your students to your Roster via email.

Select your students’ names on the list and assign them a seat on that Level.

Step-by-step instructions

This is a preview of an empty Roster. No students have been enrolled yet.

Video Overview:

Need more help? Click on the purple question mark icon on the bottom-right hand corner of your screen to start a Live Chat with tech support.

Review Your Plans

We recommend going over the platform to make sure you have everything you need. Take a look at the tips below and watch the video for a quick overview of the National Spanish Assessment dashboard in the Lingco Language Labs platform:

Confirm that you have the NSA Levels that you need:

Click on the National Spanish Assessment icon on the left to view your global NSA options. In this section, you will find:

• Related help guides, such as the NSA Exam Administration Guide
• A link to Order More Seats for your students (you may also download a copy of your invoice(s) in this section)
• A link with more setup help (Review Setup Steps)
• The amount of seats that you have purchased, and the amount of seats that you have assigned.

Check up on each Roster to make sure that your students are assigned correctly:

Seat Assignments

A confirmed Seat Assignment will be required in order for students to access the material. Seat assignments are a way to confirm that your student will be taking the exam pertaining to that Level. To assign a seat, click on the bubble icon next to their email address and select “Assign Seat”.

Moving Students Between Levels

NSA instructors are allowed to “move” a students between Levels. To do this, select the student in question, un-assign their seat and re-invite them to the new Level.

Need help? Click the question mark button at the bottom-right corner of the screen to start a Live Chat with tech support.

Take a look at the material that is available for you:

Each Level has a number of modules of practice work, a practice test, and Assessment exams available for teachers to assign to students.
Give yourself some time to review this material. For more information, click here to view the NSA Exam Administration Guide.

Live Chat

Need help? Click on the purple question mark icon on the bottom-right hand corner of your screen to start a Live Chat with tech support.

To login to Lingco, visit https://class.lingco.io. Tip: Bookmark the page for future reference.

Scoring

Teachers have access to raw scores and percentages once results are available.

Results

Results are available immediately. In order to have a more complete picture of the student’s language capacity, please take each student’s individual background and exposure to the language into account when utilizing the scale below. This scale is intended to provide teachers with a basis for interpretation of their student’s results using the rating guidelines from the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference) and ACTFL (the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages).

* Note: These levels do NOT necessarily correspond to course levels but rather to proficiency levels. (i.e. Level 3 ≠ Spanish III)

Certificate of Completion

Students who take the National Spanish Assessment (NSA) may be given an optional certificate of completion:

Because the NSA is not a competition, students are not eligible for medals or student scholarships. Instructors who administer the NSA may be eligible to apply for a teacher scholarship.