This informal assessment is intended to gather information about how a Deaf child articulates words in American Sign Language (ASL). It includes data collection sheets, physical stimuli cards, an electronic version of the stimuli cards, and a fillable PDF. Because this is an articulation test and not a language test, the practitioner may prompt the student to elicit the target word, or simply model the target word and ask the student to copy it. The test also contains links to videos of a Deaf model signing the word. The practitioner then marks the production as correct or incorrect and makes any notes about what they observed in the student’s production. For example, the practitioner may write that the production was modeled, or may describe the manner in which the student articulated the sign.

The assessment also contains a summary sheet that is intended to help identify which motor skills the student struggled with. The practitioner takes the data recorded during the assessment and inputs it into the summary sheet. Then, trends or patterns in the student’s errors may become clear. For example, you may notice that the student incorrectly signed all the stimulus words that required elbow flexion.