DLPT5 Full Range Test Item Development
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General Information
- Contract Opportunity Type: Presolicitation (Updated)
- Updated Published Date: Sep 26, 2024 08:41 am EDT
- Original Published Date: Sep 17, 2024 01:28 pm EDT
- Updated Response Date: Oct 16, 2024 10:00 am EDT
- Original Response Date: Oct 16, 2024 10:00 am EDT
- Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date
- Updated Inactive Date: Oct 31, 2024
- Original Inactive Date: Oct 31, 2024
- Initiative:
- None
Classification
- Original Set Aside:
- Product Service Code: U008 - EDUCATION/TRAINING- TRAINING/CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
- NAICS Code:
- 611710 - Educational Support Services
- Place of Performance: Monterey , CAUSA
Description
The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC) has a need for the creation of test items. DLIFLC has developed a reading and listening test, the Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT5), to assess the foreign language proficiency of military and Government linguists. DoD's strategic readiness depends on the results of these tests which would determine linguists’ capability. Therefore, continuous development and maintenance of DLPT5 test content is mission critical.
A Test Item is the task for which an examinee provides a response, and the means for evaluating the response. Test Items are comprised of either Reading or Listening passages in a specific foreign language, each assigned an Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) proficiency rating. For a Multiple-Choice test, the Test Item includes one stem question and four response choices, one of which is the most correct. For a Constructed Response Test, the Test Item includes one stem, a list of potential ideas for scoring, and a Credit Scheme for scoring the examinee’s response. In all cases, English renderings accompany each Test Item delivered.
Currently, there are approximately 450 languages and dialects for which DLIFLC may have a demand for Test Items. ILR ratings range from 0 (No proficiency) to 5 (Native proficiency). A designation of 0+, 1+, 2+, 3+, or 4+ is assigned when proficiency substantially exceeds one skill level but does not fully meet the criteria for the next level. Thus, the scale totals 11 possible grades.
DLIFLC anticipates annual demand for 5000 to 7500 DLPT5 test items that conform to DLPT item development specifications and cover multiple Interagency Language Roundtable language proficiency (ILR) levels from amongst approximately 350 foreign languages and dialects.
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Contact Information
Contracting Office Address
- MICC FT EUSTIS 705 WASHINGTON BLVD SUITE 126W
- FORT EUSTIS , VA 23604-5538
- USA
Primary Point of Contact
- Jayson Dillard
- jayson.l.dillard.civ@army.mil
Secondary Point of Contact
- Edward WojtanIII
- edward.w.wojtan2.Civ@army.mil
History
- Oct 31, 2024 11:55 pm EDTPresolicitation (Updated)
- Sep 17, 2024 01:28 pm EDTPresolicitation (Original)