Principal Investigator and Test Developer. Design Version II for language proficiency and interpreting proficiency tests for interpreters in the health-care sector with a focus in Spanish
Grant amount $ 118,000. Responsibilities included: recruitment of a committee of consulting experts in the fields of cross-cultural communication, language testing and interpreting studies and hiring and training of research associates and assistants; passing the National Institute of Health; IRBs certifications (exam, hearings); data collection of interpreted health-care encounters; transcription and analysis of encounters; test design and piloting; design of test administration materials and scoring guidelines and protocols; training of testers, and report writing.