Evaluation and Standardization
The Evaluation and Standards directorate has various duties, which include the following:
Test Development
- Design, develop, validate, implement, and monitor Defense Language Proficiency Tests (DLPTs), used world-wide by the Department of Defense for measuring proficiency in listening and reading comprehension according to the Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) language proficiency scale.
- Design, develop, validate, implement, and monitor performance tests for the resident program.
- Design, developing, and validate final exams for courses in the resident program.
- Currently migrating from traditional test delivery to computer delivery and exploring methods to move to computer adaptive testing.
Tester Training & Education
The Proficiency Standards Division is responsible for training language testers and maintaining Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) tester skills.
- Train and certify Oral Proficiency Interview OPI testers.
- Monitor and provide quality control of the OPI system.
- Provide noncertification workshops for managers and nontesters.
- Provide training and information on the Interagency Language Roundtable language proficiency scale.
- Ensure consistent implementation of proficiency standards across DLIFLC through training in text rating and review of materials.
- Develop and conduct Guided Proficiency Tests in low volume languages.
Test Management
This department carries out the following duties:
- Schedule, administer, score, and report on DLPTs, performance tests, and DLAB for the resident program.
- Schedule, coordinate, and report on OPIs for resident program, certain field linguists, and faculty applicants.
- Schedule interim and end-of-program student opinion questionnaires for the resident program.
- Maintain answer sheets, secure test material, and data bases to provide quality control for world-wide DLPT system.
- Coordinate with PERSCOM to ensure timely reproduction and distribution of new DLPTs.
Research & Evaluation Division
The Research and Evaluation division is in charge of performing the following tasks:
- Design, conduct/coordinate, and report on applied research in foreign language learning.
- Establish guidelines and procedures for language learning-related research at DLIFLC by faculty or members of the academic/military community.
- Serve as a point of contact for activities related to DLIFLC's status as a Federal Lab under the Technology Transfer Act.
- Conduct Language Needs Assessments (LNAs) for the user community.
Evaluation Division
This division is in charge of carrying out the following duties:
- Design, development, and analyze opinion questionnaires for the resident and nonresident programs.
- Prepare trend analysis and reports.
- Manage the Feedforward/Feedback System with Goodfellow Air Force Base.
- Conduct internal and external evaluation visits.
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