Inā ua aʻo mua ʻoe i ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi ma kou hale, ma ke kula kiʻekiʻe, a i ʻole ma kekahi wahi a mākaukau nō ka ʻōlelo, e aho ka hana ʻana i ka hōʻike ana mākaukau, ʻo ia hoʻi ka Hawaiian Language Placement Exam (HLPE). ʻAʻole koi ʻia kāu hana ʻana i ka hōʻike inā he haumāna ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi ʻoe o kekahi papa o ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi a me kona mau kula kaiāulu (KCC, HCC, WCC a pēlā aku). Paipai ʻia nā haumāna e komo ana i nā papa HAW 300 a ma luna aʻe e hana i kēia hōʻike.