Loretta Roult

  Loretta Roult is the Director of ASL Diagnostic and Evaluation Services at Gallaudet University. As Director, she is thoroughly involved with ASLPI evaluation, including serving as the ASLPI trainer. She is working closely with an external research firm on validity and reliability research studies of the ASLPI. Ms. Roult has also served as a team leader and co-chair for Diagnostic Assessment and Classroom Discourse Observation services that provides positive feedback on language and communicative discourse in various settings and formats to faculty, staff and students. For more than twenty years, she taught ASL and presented on ASL, Deaf culture and Deaf folklore in the greater New York City area and Maryland

ASLPI- Purpose, Protocol, Reliability, Research

The ASLPI is a holistic proficiency evaluation which measures global competence in the target language.  A proficiency test is not limited to any course, curriculum or single skill in the language but tests overall ability.  The ASLPI serves as a “gate-keeper” for an array of purposes. In some states, it is used to determine if an individual has the requisite ASL skills needed for admission into academic programs; readiness for core curriculum, practicum, internship and graduation; professional opportunities, certification and advancements.  The ASLPI is currently being utilized by universities, community colleges, pre-college programs, government, agencies and private business. There is high demand for the ASLPI and its utilization continues to grow!
Dr. Eric Surface, who is the founder and President of SWA, Inc, is the consultant for the ASLPI on Reliability and Validity Research study with the department of ASL Diagnostic and Evaluation Services (ASL-DES) at Gallaudet University.  The presentation will be included the latest cyclical reliability and validity studies as well as provides training and ongoing retraining to preserve the psychometric integrity of the system. We will share the best practices and standards for language assessments; Through these activities, quality assurance of the ASLPI is maintained. The presentation will include video of visual ASLPI markers of the functional levels (0-5), Inter- and intra-rater reliability and Repeatability data, as well as the latest research findings generated from an external research firm which is conducting formal validity and reliability research studies on the ASLPI.