Determining the Reliability of E–Curriculum-Based Measurement Tasks for Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

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Abstract

Avenue PM (AvePM) is a software-suite designed to help teachers and parents to monitor students’ literacy progress. AvePM is specifically designed to meet the needs of Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) learners. This study examines the inter-rater reliability of four American Sign Language (ASL) measures included in AvePM. Data from these Curriculum Based Measures allow teachers and parents to monitor students’ literacy progress through frequent short assessments. The measures examined in this study target critical literacy skills, including picture naming, word fluency, story retell, and reading comprehension. Strong correlation coefficients were obtained between two scorers’ grading of students’ scores on each of the four measures. Findings lend support for consistency in scoring ASL tasks through AvePM.

Authors

• Hongcui Du, Florida State University

• Rayne A. Sperling, The Pennsylvania State University

• Susan Rose, University of Minnesota

• Simon Richard Hooper, The Pennsylvania State University

• Jian Liao, The Pennsylvania State University