ASL Quality Assurance & Compliance 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is the primary purpose of a formative assessment in an ASL classroom?
- To assign final grades at the end of the semester
- To provide ongoing feedback that guides instruction and student learning (Correct answer)
- To rank students against national norms
- To satisfy accreditation reporting requirements
Correct answer: To provide ongoing feedback that guides instruction and student learning
Formative assessments are designed to monitor student learning progress and provide real-time feedback to both instructors and students during instruction.
Question 2: Which of the following best describes Deaf cultural responsiveness as a compliance issue for ASL instructors?
- It is optional and depends on the instructor's background
- It is legally mandated only in states with Deaf education laws
- It is an ethical obligation embedded in professional certification standards (Correct answer)
- It applies only when teaching Deaf students, not hearing students
Correct answer: It is an ethical obligation embedded in professional certification standards
Professional certification bodies such as ASLTA embed Deaf cultural responsiveness as an ethical obligation for all certified ASL instructors regardless of student demographics.
Question 3: An ASL program undergoes a program review and finds that course objectives are not measurable. The best corrective action is to:
- Remove the unmeasurable objectives entirely
- Rewrite objectives using action verbs aligned with Bloom's Taxonomy (Correct answer)
- Replace course objectives with textbook chapter headings
- File a waiver with the accrediting body
Correct answer: Rewrite objectives using action verbs aligned with Bloom's Taxonomy
Measurable course objectives use specific action verbs from frameworks like Bloom's Taxonomy to clearly define what students will be able to demonstrate.
Question 4: Which body provides the most widely recognized certification specifically for ASL instructors in the United States?
- National Association of the Deaf (NAD)
- American Sign Language Teachers Association (ASLTA) (Correct answer)
- Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID)
- Council on Education of the Deaf (CED)
Correct answer: American Sign Language Teachers Association (ASLTA)
ASLTA is the national professional organization that provides certification specifically designed for ASL teachers at all educational levels.
Question 5: When a school district contracts with a private ASL program, which compliance area is most often overlooked?
- Student textbook selection
- Background check and credential verification of instructors (Correct answer)
- Classroom furniture standards
- Parking and facility access for instructors
Correct answer: Background check and credential verification of instructors
Districts remain responsible for ensuring contracted instructors meet all credentialing and background check requirements under state and federal law.
Question 6: In terms of quality assurance, what is the key difference between reliability and validity in ASL assessments?
- Reliability measures content coverage; validity measures consistency
- Reliability means consistent results; validity means the assessment measures what it intends to measure (Correct answer)
- Reliability applies only to written tests; validity applies only to performance tests
- They are interchangeable terms in language assessment
Correct answer: Reliability means consistent results; validity means the assessment measures what it intends to measure
Reliability refers to consistency of measurement across administrations, while validity refers to whether the assessment accurately measures the intended language skill.
Question 7: Which of the following represents a compliance risk when an ASL instructor uses video materials from the internet without permission?
- FERPA violation
- Copyright infringement under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (Correct answer)
- ADA noncompliance
- HIPAA breach
Correct answer: Copyright infringement under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Using copyrighted video content without licensing or fair use justification can constitute copyright infringement under the DMCA, regardless of educational intent.
ASL Quality Assurance & Compliance 3
What is the primary purpose of a formative assessment in an ASL classroom?