Federal Bid

Last Updated on 12 Nov 2007 at 5 AM
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New york New york

U--Test Development and Scoring in Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, French, German, Persian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish

Solicitation ID W911SD-07-TESTDEV
Posted Date 10 Sep 2007 at 4 AM
Archive Date 12 Nov 2007 at 5 AM
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Agency Department Of Defense
Location New york New york United states 10996
The U.S. Military Academy is seeking sources for a two phase Language Initiative. Award will be made on an all or none basis. The goal of this Language Imitative is to create and deliver pro chievement test and scoring materials in eight languages in which regionalisms and dialects present particular ratings challenges. The contractor shall develop and generate pro chievement to the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines in Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, French, German, Persian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish t o measure student progress at the Intermediate level. Tests must comply with Interagency Language Roundtable standards. Phase one will work to identify rating issues that are specific to testing spoken Arabic and will serve as a model for consensus build ing for the other languages. Phase two will create the pro chievement tests to measure student progress at the Intermediate level in 8 languages. The tests will include reading comprehension items, vocabulary and language structure. Completion will be 12 0 days from date of award. Interested parties may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform this effort in writing to the designated representative. Responses to this notice must be received within 3 calendar days of the date of this notice via email
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