[Pibe-division] National Certification in Unified English Braille

[Edward Bell]

National Certification in Unified English Braille: Validation Report

By Edward C. Bell, Ph.D.

 

Preferred Citation

 

Bell. E. C. (2016). National Certification in Unified English Braille:
Validation Report. Journal of Blindness Innovation and Research, 6(1).
Retrieved

from 

https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/jbir/jbir16/jbir060105.html.

doi: 

http://dx.doi.org/10.5241/6-103

 

Abstract

 

Unified English Braille (UEB) became the standard for literary braille in
the United States in January 2016. In the process of this transition, myriad

stakeholders have been and continue to be engaged in all aspects of
producing, procuring, preparing professionals, and teaching children and
adults the

UEB code. The National Blindness Professional Certification Board is one
such organization whose mission it is to develop certification standards to
measure

proficiency in UEB for teachers of the code. The National Certification in
Unified English Braille (NCUEB) was created for that purpose. This
manuscript

(a) describes the steps that have been taken to test the efficacy of the
NCUEB exam, (b) presents data which was generated by 83 individuals who took
the

exam between January and July 2015 across eleven different testing venues,
and (c) provides a statistical report on the internal consistency,
generalizability,

content validity, and criterion-referencing for this examination. Results
suggest that the NCUEB is valid and appropriate for its stated purpose.

 

Keywords

 

Unified English Braille, UEB, Proficiency, Certification Standards, National
Certification, NCUEB

 

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DOI: 

http://dx.doi.org/10.5241/6-103

 

The Journal of Blindness Innovation and Research is copyright (c) 2016 to
the 

National Federation of the Blind.

 

Edward C. Bell, Ph.D., CRC, NOMC

Director, Professional Development and Research

Institute on Blindness

Louisiana Tech University

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PO Box 3158

Ruston LA 71272

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