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Unit 1 • 2.5 Hours Assignment 1 Diagnostic Baseline

Baseline Assessment & Automated Feedback Review

Establish your reading and writing baseline before diving into your 10 course sources. Take a quick diagnostic test, receive instant automated feedback from our scoring engine, and record a short video choosing a literacy focus to target throughout the course.

Diagnostic Workflow

🎯 Guided Diagnostic & Metacognitive Reflection

Step through your baseline test, review what the AI scoring system noticed, and commit to one specific area of growth.

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💡 Why Take a Baseline Test?

This baseline is 100% low-stakes and does not count towards your final grade! Its purpose is to give you and your teacher a starting snapshot of your reading, writing, and grammar before we begin Unit 1.

Required for Intro Unit

Comprehensive Baseline Test (All Categories)

Complete the full practice test so our scoring engine can analyze every part of your reading and writing. This gives you personalized feedback to use across all 10 course sources.

🚀 Launch Comprehensive Baseline Test ➔ Opens in a new tab. When you finish and submit, your score and feedback will link right here!

📋 3 Easy Steps to Complete Step 1:

  1. Click the big orange button above to open the test in a new tab.
  2. Take your time answering the questions and typing your short response and essay.
  3. Click "Submit Test Results" on the test page. Your feedback will be saved automatically!

💡 Haven't taken your test yet? Click Step 1: Take Baseline Test to launch it. If you completed it previously, you can review and adjust your numbers below.

📊 1. Your Baseline Scores

Blueprint: All Categories (Full Mix)

Pulled automatically from your practice attempt. Review and confirm your starting scores:

Multiple-choice & reading comprehension score.
Marked in Codes 10, 20, or 30.
Marked in Codes 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, or 60.
📖 How OSSLT Marking Codes Work (Click to view)
  • Short Writing (Codes 10 – 30): Code 10 = undeveloped / missing evidence; Code 20 = partial answer; Code 30 = fully developed with specific proof from the reading (complete APE).
  • Opinion Essay (Codes 10 – 60): Code 10–30 = limited details or weak structure; Code 40 = sufficient support; Code 50–60 = well-developed, logical organization with convincing proof.

💡 2. What the Scoring System Noticed

Review what the automated evaluation highlighted about your work:

Target: 50 words reflecting on strengths. 0 / 50 words
Target: 50 words on habits or skills to build. 0 / 50 words
🔍 3. View Your Submitted Writing & Full Feedback (Optional) ▼

Your written responses and question prompts from your baseline test will appear here once loaded.

🎙️ 1–2 Minute Video Think-Aloud

Record a short 1–2 minute video reflecting on your baseline test using your phone or computer webcam, then drop your video file below.

What to talk about in your video (3 simple points):
  • 1. Your Score: State your overall score and how you felt doing the test.
  • 2. One Key Strength: Share one thing the automated feedback said you did well.
  • 3. Real-Life Situation: Explain a situation in your life where you feel that reading better would help make things easier for you.
📝 Need a speaking script? (Click here for ideas) ▼

You can read or adapt this simple starter script:

"Hi, I just finished my baseline diagnostic test. My overall score was [Score]%. The AI feedback noticed that my strength was [Strength]. One time, [describe something that happened to you] and really, [explain how you feel or what could be better in your life]"
Drag & drop your 1–2 minute reflection video directly into the box above (.mp4, .mov, or .webm). Videos are automatically routed to the teacher marking queue.