Language Outcomes Competencies Rubrics
BEGINNING
PRESENCE
little evidence of
control
EMERGING
PRESENCE
consistent evidence
of external control
STRONG PRESENCE
consistent pattern
of developing
internalized control
MATURE
PRESENCE
task is
accomplished
effortlessly; selfregulation
Articulation
ASL Lexical level
Lexical production
Novice
The ability to articulate
signs such that the
handshape, movement,
location and palm
orientation are
produced within
acceptable community
variation
Intermediate
Advanced
Superior
Little evidence
emerging patterns
consistent patterns
consistent evidence
consistent
patterns of misarticulations such
that production
falls outside
prevailing
community norms
occasional
patterns of misarticulations such
that production
falls outside
prevailing
community norms
infrequent
instances of misarticulations such
that production
falls outside
prevailing
community norms
signs articulated
appropriately and
effortlessly within
prevailing
community norms
Overall ARTICULATION
 supports the source message
 skews the source message
The IEP Outcomes Project is a cooperative venture of the Interpreter Education Programs at:
Northeastern Univ., Univ. of Southern Maine, Univ. of New Hampshire,
St. Catherine’s Univ., Eastern Kentucky Univ., NTID
Outcomes Project is sponsored in part by NIEC, RSA#H160B050002
Language Outcomes Competencies Rubrics
BEGINNING
PRESENCE
little evidence of
control
EMERGING
PRESENCE
consistent evidence
of external control
Grammatical Structure
ASL non-manual grammatical behaviors
Non-manual
Novice
Intermediate
emerging patterns
grammatical behaviors Little evidence
The ability to produce
little evidence of
emerging evidence
non-manual markers
ASL non-manual
of ASL non-manual
accurately within
grammatical
grammatical
acceptable community behaviors
behaviors
variation
appropriately
produced
ASL sign order and argument structure
little evidence of
emerging evidence
ASL order and
of ASL order and
structure
structure
appropriately
produced
STRONG PRESENCE
consistent pattern
of developing
internalized control
MATURE
PRESENCE
task is
accomplished
effortlessly; selfregulation
Advanced
Superior
consistent patterns
consistent evidence
consistent
evidence of ASL
non-manual
grammatical
behaviors
appropriately
produced
consistent
evidence of ASL
non-manual
grammatical
behaviors
appropriately and
effortlessly
produced
consistent
evidence of ASL
order and
structure
appropriately
produced
consistent
evidence of ASL
order and
structure
conveyed
effortlessly
Overall GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURE
 supports the source message
 skews the source message
The IEP Outcomes Project is a cooperative venture of the Interpreter Education Programs at:
Northeastern Univ., Univ. of Southern Maine, Univ. of New Hampshire,
St. Catherine’s Univ., Eastern Kentucky Univ., NTID
Outcomes Project is sponsored in part by NIEC, RSA#H160B050002
Language Outcomes Competencies Rubrics
BEGINNING
PRESENCE
little evidence of
control
CONSTRUCTED ACTION/DIALOGUE
ASL Direct/Indirect Dialogue
little evidence of
constructed
dialogue
ASL Constructed Action
little evidence of
constructed action
EMERGING
PRESENCE
consistent evidence
of external control
STRONG PRESENCE
consistent pattern
of developing
internalized control
MATURE
PRESENCE
task is
accomplished
effortlessly; selfregulation
emerging evidence
of linguistic and
cultural behaviors
that create
constructed
dialogue
consistent
evidence of
linguistic and
cultural behaviors
that appropriately
create constructed
dialogue
consistent
evidence of
linguistic and
cultural behaviors
that create
constructed
dialogue
appropriately and
effortlessly
emerging evidence
of linguistic and
cultural behaviors
that create
constructed action
consistent
evidence of
linguistic and
cultural behaviors
that appropriately
create constructed
action
consistent
evidence of
linguistic and
cultural behaviors
that create
constructed action
appropriately and
effortlessly
Overall CONSTRUCTED ACTION/DIALOGUE
 supports the source message
 skews the source message
The IEP Outcomes Project is a cooperative venture of the Interpreter Education Programs at:
Northeastern Univ., Univ. of Southern Maine, Univ. of New Hampshire,
St. Catherine’s Univ., Eastern Kentucky Univ., NTID
Outcomes Project is sponsored in part by NIEC, RSA#H160B050002
Language Outcomes Competencies Rubrics
BEGINNING
PRESENCE
little evidence of
control
EMERGING
PRESENCE
consistent evidence
of external control
USE OF SPACE
ASL Use of Space
little evidence of
employing spatial
grammar
emerging evidence
of linguistic and
cultural behaviors
that employ
spatial grammar to
render meaning in
ASL
STRONG PRESENCE
consistent pattern
of developing
internalized control
consistent
evidence of
linguistic and
cultural behaviors
that appropriately
employ spatial
grammar to render
meaning in ASL
MATURE
PRESENCE
task is
accomplished
effortlessly; selfregulation
consistent
evidence of
linguistic and
cultural behaviors
that appropriately
and effortlessly
employ spatial
grammar to render
meaning in ASL
Overall USE OF SPACE
 supports the source message
 skews the source message
discourse level
ASL Prosodic level
Prosody
Novice
The ability to
Intermediate
Advanced
Little evidence
emerging patterns
consistent patterns
Superior
consistent evidence
Little evidence of
appropriate
rhythm and flow of
utterances
emerging evidence
of appropriate
rhythm and flow of
utterances
consistent
evidence of
appropriate
rhythm and flow
of utterances
consistent evidence
of utterances
produced
effortlessly with
appropriate rhythm
and flow
The IEP Outcomes Project is a cooperative venture of the Interpreter Education Programs at:
Northeastern Univ., Univ. of Southern Maine, Univ. of New Hampshire,
St. Catherine’s Univ., Eastern Kentucky Univ., NTID
Outcomes Project is sponsored in part by NIEC, RSA#H160B050002