Background: On January 1, 2016, the Certified Deaf Interpreter Performance (CDI-P) Exam was placed under moratorium by the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. The Certified Deaf Interpreter Knowledge (CDI-K) Exam continued to be administered by RID. In July 2016, RID formed the Center for the Assessment of Sign Language Interpretation (CASLI, LLC) for the [...]
On June 9 and 10, 2018, CASLI's Testing Committee convened in Washington, DC for a two-day retreat to review the preliminary results of the Deaf Interpreter Job Task Analysis Survey and to discuss potential examination designs for both the Deaf interpreter and hearing interpreter "knowledge" and "performance" exams. The next step in the test development [...]
Here at CASLI, LLC, we are exceedingly pleased to welcome three new additions to our Testing Committee! Betti Bonni, MA, CDI, ASLTA-Professional Betti hails from the North side of Chicago (go Cubs!) and spent 10 years in the Chicago Public School system, mainstreamed BEFORE that term was coined. The school’s ‘accommodation’ was to place her [...]
The Center for the Assessment of Sign Language Interpretation (CASLI, LLC) is excited to announce the release of the Deaf Interpreter Job Task Analysis Survey. In March, we hosted a focus group of Deaf Interpreter Subject Matter Experts who compiled all the Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs) needed for a Deaf interpreter to successfully work in [...]
Hi there, my name is Star Grieser. I'm the director of testing for the Center for the Assessment of Sign Language Interpretation, or CASLI. We have a few announcements we want to share with you! First, about two or three weeks ago, in the third week of March, we hosted a focus group of Deaf [...]
Hello, my name is Star Grieser and I’m the Director of the Testing here at the Center for the Assessment of Sign Language interpretation, or CASLI. I’m excited to announce that we are calling for additional members of our Test Development Committee (TDC). The TDC has a critical role within CASLI, especially as we [...]
CASLI Winter Update ASL: Transcript: Hello, my name is Star Grieser and I am the Director of Testing for the Center for the Assessment of Sign Language Interpretation, or CASLI. We are wrapping up the year 2017 and gearing up for the new year. I wanted to share some news and updates from the past [...]
