EIPA Testing
The South Carolina Educational Interpreting Center (SCEIC) as part of its partnership between Clemson University and the South Carolina Department of Education administers Educational Interpreter Performance Assessments (EIPA) and Educational Interpreter Knowledge Assessments (EIPA:WT) for educational interpreters working in South Carolina.
You must be registered with the SCEIC as a full-time educational interpreter in South Carolina. The SCEIC will provide you with an EIPA performance test coupon code - you will register directly with the EIPA Diagnostic Center using the coupon code we provide. We cannot receive a refund if the you do not show up for the test date you have selected. After registering, and once given a test time, you are required to attend the test on the date registered for.
The family of Educational Interpreter Performance Assessments (EIPA) have become the national standard for assessing Educational Interpreters. School districts in several states are no longer permitted to hire staff with minimal sign language skills for children who are Deaf.
South Carolina guidance defines an Educational Interpreter, regardless of assigned job title, any individual who provides access to the school curriculum and environment by transferring meaning between languages in a PreK–12 educational setting for Deaf students.
An educational interpreters who score less than an EIPA 3.0 are considered unqualified and are not able to provide access to an Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) (Cates & Delkamiller, 2021). Such signers place the educational rights of deaf children at risk.
The EIPA
The Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment (EIPA) is not a language assessment rather it evaluates the ASL-English interpreting skills of educational interpreters working in elementary through secondary settings and assesses how well an interpreter is able to convey the classroom content in the following domain areas:
ASL to English: Interpreting a series of classroom lectures
English to ASL: Interpreting an interview with a student who is deaf
Vocabulary: Assessment of the vocabulary, fingerspelling, and number production and reception
Overall Factors: Assessment of the overall factors within the interpreted product
The Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment (EIPA) is an important assessment because it provides very helpful and detailed feedback interpreters can use to create an action plan for improved interpreting performance.
For more information regarding the EIPA, visit: https://www.classroominterpreting.org
The EIPA Written Test (EIPA:WT)
The EIPA Written Test and Knowledge Standards (EIPA: WT) evaluates an interpreter's understanding of information that is necessary for working with students in an educational setting and includes the following content areas: Culture, Education, English, Interpreting Linguistics, Literacy and Tutoring, Professional Role and Conduct, Student Cognitive and Language Development, and Technology & Medical Aspects of Deafness.
Register for EIPA Testing
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Upcoming EIPA Test Dates
University Center of Greenville
27 Sept 2023 29 Sept 2023 10 Oct 2023 17 Oct 2023 24 Oct 2023 07 Nov 2023 14 Nov 2023 21 Nov 2023 02 Dec 2023 05 Dec 2023 09 Dec 2023 12 Dec 2023 14 Dec 2023 Sandhills REC Columbia
06 Oct 2023 Clemson Design Center in Charleston
17 Nov 2023 -
EIPA Performance Test Request Form
BEFORE completing this form, ensure you are NEWLY registered with the SCEIC.
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING FORM TO REQUEST AN EIPA ASSESSMENT DATE
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Upcoming EIPA: WT Test Dates
TBA
To Register, email: jplacel@clemson.edu
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EIPA: Written Test
The family of Educational Interpreter Performance Assessments (EIPA) have become the national standard for assessing Educational Interpreters. Interpreting for children with developmental language assets is different than interpreting for adults with fully functioning language - in addition - interpreting in a school setting which promotes learning, literacy, and ultimately high stakes testing is vastly different than community interpreting.
The EIPA Written Test and Knowledge Standards (EIPA: WT) evaluates an interpreter's understanding of information that is necessary for working with students in an educational setting and includes the following content areas:
Culture
Education
English
Interpreting
Linguistics
Literacy and Tutoring
Professional Role and Conduct
Student Cognitive and Language Development
Technology & Medical Aspects of Deafness
The test itself consists of computer generated, 177 multiple-choice questions and can take up to three hours to complete.
https://cdn.aglty.io/classroom-interpreting/resources/WrittenTestandContentKnowledgeStandards.pdf
