Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, Vol 4, 144-155, Copyright © 1999 by Oxford University Press
B Schick, K Williams and L Bolster
The Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment, or EIPA, is an
evaluation tool designed specifically for educational interpreters. An
evaluation using the EIPA considers the child's grade level, the sign
language or sign system that the interpreter is using as well as any other
child-specific factors. Fifty-nine educational interpreters were evaluated
using the EIPA. They had different backgrounds and training, and used
different types of sign language or sign language or sign systems. The
results show that not all of the educational interpreters were qualified to
provide a child with an adequate interpretation of classroom discourse.
Less than half of the educational interpreters assessed in this study
performed at a level considered minimally acceptable. These data also show
that sign vocabulary skills were significantly better than grammatical
skills. Eighteen interpreters were evaluated twice in order to test-retest
reliability, which showed that scores were not significantly different
between the two evaluations. The picture that emerges from these data is
that many deaf children receive an interpretation of classroom discourse
that may distort and inadequately represent the information being
communicated.
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Skill levels of educational interpreters working in public schools
Boys Town National Research Hospital, USA; Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind, USA; Corresponding author at: Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, CB 409, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0409, USA. E-mail: Brenda.Schick@colorado.edu
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