Cued American English Competency Screening-Receptive

CAECS-R :: About :: Ratings :: Preparing

Purpose: The purpose of the CAECS-R is to evaluate the basic receptive skills of a candidate in regards to cued American English.

Format: The CAECS-E is offered through the mail. A videotape of cued material is mailed to a proctor who oversees the candidates testing. The candidate then views the material and writes the word that was cued.

Test material is divided into four sections. In each section, the candidate is presented with a list of words. In two sections, the candidate attempts to speechread material (without the benefit of cues). In the remaining two sections, the candidate must cueread single word utterances and indicate answers on the provided answer form.

Each word is presented twice with time alotted for the candidate to make a written response.

This test is very basic. Receptive fluency is not measured. This test is intended to assess the candidates basic cuereading skills and to provide diagnostic feedback based on the answers provided.