Testing and Certification News Library
CASLI Frequently Asked Questions
1. What does CASLI stand for? Center for the Assessment of Sign Language Interpretation, LLC 2. What is CASLI and what is this organization about? The principal activity of the Company shall be the development [...]
CASLI Board of Managers
CASLI Board of Managers Announcement: Keith Cagle, PhD Miako Rankin, PhD, CI and CT Lyle Vold The RID Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of the first three members of [...]
CDI Bridge Plan: Update
ASL: English: In March 2016, the RID Board of Directors appointed a CDI Bridge Plan Committee. This group is tasked with developing a plan for temporarily credentialing Deaf Interpreters until a new and updated CDI [...]
Recent Leadership Decision Points and/or Actions Related to the Moratorium
In 2014, the RID Board began working with an organizational consultant in an effort to identify core systemic issues plaguing RID and to gain guidance and council on how to move the association through mounting [...]
Information Release about CASLI
ASL: English: Information Release About CASLI We are delighted to share with you news of an exciting new development. RID has formed the Center for the Assessment of Sign Language Interpretation, LLC (CASLI) to advance [...]
Update on the SC:L Moratorium – June 28, 2016
ASL: English: Current Situation Recent decisions by the RID Board regarding the future of the SC:L have triggered a lot of social media activity in past few weeks, including recent requests for members to sign [...]
Position Open: Testing Manager (CASLI)
POSITION: Testing Manager CLASSIFICATION: Manager Level, Full‐time, Salaried, Exempt REPORTS TO: CASLI Managing Board JOB DESCRIPTION APPROVED: June 2016 SUMMARY: The Testing Manager manages the exam development, maintenance and administration of the CASLI exams. The [...]
Update on the RID Testing LLC
ASL: English: The purpose of this vlog is provide an update on the testing LLC. With as much information as has been shared, I thought it important to review a few events that led us [...]
Update on Credentials and Testing: SC:L and OTC
ASL: English: In March 2016, the RID Board of Directors made the decision to open the application process for the NIC and CDI as of July 1, 2016. This left the SC:L and OTC [...]
JTA Survey – How did we get here?
ASL: English: RID has been thrilled with the response that we have gotten to the NIC Job Task Analysis (JTA) so far! We appreciate all the time interpreters and consumers have spent time thoughtfully [...]
NIC Job Task Analysis Survey Now Open
RID is pleased to announce that the Job Task Analysis (JTA) survey for the NIC credential is officially open. We are seeking broad participation in this survey, including not only RID members, but individuals [...]
NIC Job Task Analysis Survey Announcement
ASL: English: RID is excited to announce that the Job Task Analysis (JTA) survey for the NIC credential will open THIS week. The goal of this survey is to gather information from the breadth of [...]
RID Certified Members Holding NAD III, NAD IV or NAD V Credentials
ASL: English: Note to RID Certified Members Holding NAD III, NAD IV or NAD V Credentials Starting with the renewal for FY 2017 (July 1, 2016-June 31, 2017) RID will no longer be collecting NAD [...]
RID Performance Testing Moratorium Update
ASL: English: Hello. My name is Anna Witter-Merithew, Interim Executive Director of RID. The purpose of this vlog is to discuss recent RID Board decisions regarding the moratorium on performance exams. March 17, 2016, the [...]
Update from the Board Meeting – Sunday, March 20, 2016
ASL: English: Treasurer Billieanne McLellan Member-at-Large LaVona Andrew Board Meeting Day 4 Hello. This week has included a tremendous amount of focused work that lays the foundation for our future. Taking the culmination of all [...]
Update from the Board Meeting – Saturday, March 19, 2016
ASL: English: Secretary Joshua Pennise Region III Representative Sandra Maloney Board meeting – Day 3 Hello. The Board is working through our agenda for this week, focusing on the path ahead for our organization, our [...]
Update from the Board Meeting – Friday, March 18, 2016
ASL: English: Board Meeting Day 2 Deaf Member-At-Large Ritchie Bryant Region I Representative Lewis Merkin Hello, we are here to provide you an update on Board meeting day two. Having our meeting in the Ole [...]
Update from the Board Meeting – Thursday, March 17, 2016
ASL: English: Vice President Melvin Walker Region V Representative Erica West Oyedele The Board is excited to be on the Gallaudet Campus for our spring face-to-face meeting. We will be meeting through Sunday, March 20th [...]
2007 Conference Motion on Credentialing Guidelines (CM2007.04) Update
ASL: English: 2007 Conference Motion by Sandra Maloney, Region III Representative Motion: CM 2007.04 Develop a set of guidelines for including for membership and/or conferring of certified status, individuals who hold credentials from any entity other [...]
Organizational Documents: Shared with Members
ASL: English: Hello. My name is Anna Witter-Merithew, Interim Executive Director of RID. The purpose of this vlog is to introduce you to the documents that the RID Board is sharing with the membership to [...]
RID Board of Directors Responds to NAD – January 26, 2016
RID Board of Directors Responds to NAD This is a recording of the information-sharing session that was hosted on GoToTraining, regarding the recent RID-NAD situation. < The attached PDF includes the PowerPoint slides and notes [...]
Testing and Certification Update – FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions updated 10.21.2016 RID to Establish a Separate LLC Testing Entity If you have additional questions that are not answered in this document, please send them to communications@rid.org so that we can update [...]
Testing and Certification Update – Part 2
ASL: English: This video is a follow up to the video (Testing and Certification Update- Part 1: https://rid.org/2015/12/testing-and-certification-update-pt-1/) by President Dawn Whitcher and Vice President Melvin Walker about the decision to establish a separate testing [...]
Testing and Certification Update – Part 1
ASL: English: Final Report from the December 2015 Board of Directors Meeting President Dawn Whitcher and Vice President Melvin Walker The RID Board of Directors had the opportunity to meet December 15-20, 2015, on [...]
Board Meeting Update – December 21, 2015
ASL: English: Day 6 Board update Dawn Whitcher and Melvin Walker We have had a long and productive 6 days. We cannot express enough our appreciation as we needed to work through many in-depth discussions [...]