2015 – 2016 Testing Initiatives May 23, 2016 NATIONAL CENTER FOR STATE COURTS

2 | Page  Revise oral exam scripts, associated audio recordings, and scoring dictionaries for identified languages. Initiative Number One

3 | Page  Cantonese Oral Exam Subject matter experts met in-person in March New version to be completed by September 2016  Arabic Levantine Colloquial Exam script development completed Working with professional recording studio to complete audio Version to be completed by August 2016 Initiative Number One

4 | Page  Implement rater recruitment and in-person rater training and hold bi-annual telephonic meetings with raters. Initiative Number Two

5 | Page  Rater recruitment took place in March 2016  In-person rater training event in April 2016  Languages based on program manager input  Arabic Levantine Colloquial (2 new raters)  Haitian Creole (2 new raters)  Polish (3 new raters)  Portuguese (2 new raters) Initiative Number Two

6 | Page  Collaboration with California for in-person rater training  California supported training of Tagalog (3 new raters)  Updated NCSC Rater Expert List available now  Rater Supervisor conference call - June 2016  Bi-annual conference call with all raters - July and December 2016 Initiative Number Two

7 | Page  Update scoring dictionaries for 2-3 languages. Initiative Number Three

8 | Page  Scoring Dictionary Updates  Spanish (all exam versions) - August 2016  Somali – September 2016  Additional Languages TBD Initiative Number Three

9 | Page  Conduct additional research regarding the development of a language neutral training curriculum. Initiative Number Four

10 | Page  CLAC working group has conducted independent research  Survey to program managers in March 2016  Materials to be posted to Members Only folder on SharePoint  Working group to conduct gap analysis to determine if materials should be developed Initiative Number Four