Placement Test & Learning Plan

Table of contents

1. Adaptive Placement Test: Smart assessment that adapts to student performance in real-time. This test does not give a score. It assigns a proficiency level for student placement.

2. Standard Placement Test: Comprehensive assessment with balanced evaluation across all domains. This test does not give a score. It assigns a proficiency level for student placement.
3. Learning Plan: Identify and create a list of lessons to teach your student. 

 

Adaptive Placement Test

The Adaptive Placement Test is customizable, so you can assign only the sections you want to test. For example, if desired, you can assign only a reading test.

Once a section is started, the student must complete it in one sitting. There is no option to save and finish later.

The Adaptive Placement Test currently consists of two sections:

• Grammar
• Reading
• Coming soon:
  • In Private Beta: Listening
    • Only available to beta testers who have been accepted into the beta. Contact us at info@off2class.com to join the beta. 
  • Coming later: Writing and Speaking

The sections:

1. Grammar
   1. Contains multiple-choice questions testing a range of grammar points.
   2. Starts at an intermediate level and adapts the question difficulty until it identifies the appropriate proficiency level. 
   3. Estimated time to complete: 10 minutes
2. Reading
   1. Contains multiple-choice questions testing a range of reading skills.
   2. Starts at an intermediate level and adapts the question difficulty until it identifies the appropriate proficiency level.
   3. Estimated time to complete: 10 minutes
3. Listening (in private beta)
   1. Contains multiple-choice questions testing a range of listening skills.
   2. Starts at an intermediate level and adapts the question difficulty until it identifies the appropriate proficiency level.
   3. Estimated time to complete: 10 minutes

Standard Placement Test

For a brief video overview of the Standard Placement Test and Learning Plan, click here.

The Standard Placement Test consists of five sections:

• 1 compulsory grammar section
• 2 optional skills-based sections to test listening and reading
• 2 optional tasks to provide an example of the candidate’s writing and speaking

The five sections:

1. Grammar (Compulsory)
   1. Contains 100 multiple-choice questions, increasing in difficulty throughout the test
   2. Provides you with an overall proficiency level for the student
   3. Estimated time to complete: 45 minutes. The test can be saved and continued later
2. Listening (Optional)
   1. Contains 12 multiple-choice questions based on an audio recording
   2. Provides you with a result that supports the student’s proficiency level (as determined by the Grammar Section) or alerts you to a discrepancy with it)
   3. Time limit: 20 minutes.
3. Reading (Optional)
   1. Contains between 9 and 12 multiple-choice questions based on a written text
   2. Provides you with a result that supports the student’s proficiency level (as determined by the Grammar Section) or alerts you to a discrepancy with it
   3. Time limit: 20 minutes.
4. Writing (Optional)
   1. Contains 1 question to which the candidate must provide a written response
   2. Provides you with an example of the student’s writing abilities
   3. Time limit: 15 minutes.
5. Speaking (Optional)
   1. Contains 1 question to which the candidate must provide a written response
   2. Provides you with an example of the student’s speaking abilities
   3. Time limit: 5 minutes. 4 minutes to prepare and 1 minute of recording time

 

The Placement Test is dynamic, pulling from a database of 800+ questions, so students are unlikely to receive the same test twice. It can be assigned multiple times if needed. 

If your student is a beginner, we recommend starting them on A0 or beginner-level material directly rather than assigning the Placement Test.

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Learning Plan

Once a student completes the Standard Placement Test, you can generate a Learning Plan. The learning plan helps you pinpoint areas where your student needs extra help by reviewing the errors they made on the test and recommending lessons to address those areas.

After a Learning Plan is generated, you can customize it and use it to help keep track of what you have covered with your student.

You can assign the Placement Test more than once. Each attempt is saved in the student's record, including the date and results. A student's Learning Plan will not change unless you generate a new one. If you choose to generate a new Learning Plan, a confirmation message will appear asking you to confirm before the existing plan is replaced.

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