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Standard Practice for Assessing Language Proficiency
STANDARD published on 1.5.2011
Designation standards: ASTM F2889-11
Note: WITHDRAWN
Publication date standards: 1.5.2011
SKU: NS-54672
The number of pages: 24
Approximate weight : 72 g (0.16 lbs)
Country: American technical standard
Category: Technical standards ASTM
Keywords:
foreign language, ILR scale, Interagency Language Roundtable scale, proficiency, ICS Number Code 03.180 (Education)
Significance and Use | ||||||
Intended Use: This practice is intended to serve the language test developer, test provider, and language test user communities in their ability to provide useful, timely, reliable, and reproducible tests of language proficiency for general communication purposes. This practice expands the testing capacity of the United States by leveraging commercial and existing government test development and delivery capability through standardization of these processes. This practice is intended to be used by contract officers, program managers, supervisors, managers, and commanders. It is also intended to be used by test developers, those who select and evaluate tests, and users of test scores. Furthermore, the intent of this practice is to encourage the use of expert teams to assist contracting officers, contracting officer representatives, test developers, and contractors/vendors in meeting the testing needs being addressed. Users of this practice are encouraged to focus on meeting testing needs and not to interpret this practice as limiting innovation in any way. Compliance with the Practice: Compliance with this practice requires adherence to all sections of this practice. Exceptions are allowed only in specific cases in which a particular section of this practice does not apply to the type or intended use of a test. Exceptions shall be documented and justified to the satisfaction of the customer. Nothing in this practice should be construed as contradicting existing federal and state laws nor allowing for deviation from established U.S. Government policies on testing. |
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1. Scope | ||||||
1.1 Purpose—This practice describes best practices for the development and use of language tests in the modalities of speaking, listening, reading, and writing for assessing ability according to the Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) scale. This practice focuses on testing language proficiency in use of language for communicative purposes. 1.2 Limitations—This practice is not intended to address testing and test development in the following specialized areas: Translation, Interpretation, Audio Translation, Transcription, other job-specific language performance tests, or Diagnostic Assessment. 1.2.1 Tests developed under this practice should not be used to address any of the above excluded purposes (for example, diagnostics). |
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