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Receiving Formative Feedback through the Online Diagnostic Assessment (ODA) System: A Guide to the Web-based Self Assessment Tool.
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Receiving Formative Feedback through the Online Diagnostic Assessment (ODA) System: A Guide to the Web-based Self Assessment Tool This speech/presentation is authorized by the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center and the Department of Defense. Contents of this presentation are not necessarily the official views of, or endorsed by, the U.S. Government, DoD, Department of the Army, or DLIFLC. Sun-Kwang Bae, Ph.D. Department of Online Diagnostic Assessment Curriculum Development Division DLIFLC
Presentation Agenda • Overview of the Online Diagnostic Assessment (ODA) System • ODA Specifications and Structure • ODA System Live-demonstration • Diagnostic Profile Sample • Q & A
Online Diagnostic Assessment • To provide formative feedback on a learner’s strength and weakness • Web-based, immediate feedback (Diagnostic Profile) • Reading and listening skills • Criterion-referenced (ILR proficiency guidelines) • Adaptive to the learner’s performance • Machine scoring of CRT items
ODA Languages Available Forthcoming: Balochi (LC only), Brazilian Portuguese, Dari, French, Pashto, Somali, and Urdu are also in validation or under development.
ODA Basic Unit of Assessment Testlet • Passage (ILR Level 1 to 3) • Content Items Main Proposition Supporting Proposition 1 Supporting Proposition 2 (ILR Level 2 or higher) • Linguistic Items Lexicon Structure Discourse (ILR Level 1+ or higher)
ODA Procedure • Content Items • Determine comprehension and ILR level • Linguistic Items • Probe reasons for failing comprehension questions
ODA Procedure Higher Set Entry Level Set Login Lower Set • Up/Down criteria: Pass/Fail in a set of three testlets • Test ends when a learner fails two sets
ODA Procedure Diagnostic Data Collection Probe Level 6 Testlets (2 Sets) Diagnostic Profile Successful Level 3 Testlets (1 Set) Testlet Meta Data: ILR level, topics, task types, grammar features (language-specific), speech processing (listening only)
Diagnostic Profile • Milestones (ILR proficiency level): Current & target level estimates • Progress check: Individual history page • Data breakdown by task and topic • Language-specific grammar feature breakdown • Speech processing data in listening
ODA Website & DP Samples • http://oda.lingnet.org • Diagnostic Profile Samples DP 1 (RC – Student A) DP 2 (LC – Student A) DP 3 (LC1 – Student B) DP 4 (LC2 – Student B)