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The Vetting Syndrome

Essential to offering a reliable and valid exam is the task of question vetting. Question vetting involves experts examining and/or...

Certification: Balancing Brand and Standards

The value of certification to an individual is an often-surveyed metric. I'm happy when I see someone’s announcement that they’ve become...

Developing Complex Multiple Choice Questions

During the job task analysis and design phase for a certification exam, an assessment facilitator guides a group of subject matter...

Certification Program: Demystified

I’d wager that a certification program has a place among the misunderstood programs in an organization. I say that as a member of a few...

Integrating Performance-Based into a Multiple Choice Test

In 2006, I transitioned a manually-graded lab-based exam to one that combined hands-on activities with multiple choice questions. Given...

A Bare Minimum to Launch

Over the past few years, former colleagues would intermittently reach out to ask about certification exams. Usually, the situation was...

The Clock is Ticking

Publishing a test is the next phase after exam questions have been vetted and standard setting performed. To publish a test for online...

Using Badges to Keep IT Certifications Current

I like digital badges. I think badges can solve a cyclic problem in IT certification programs--the upgrade exams. Especially with Cloud...

Making the Grade

What process do you use to determine the passing score—the point which differentiates the minimally qualified from the...

Item Writing Best Practices Shared from CedMa Blog

I am sharing a blog post from CedMa (Computer Education Management Association) which is a good quick reference for item writing. "How...

Innovations in Testing

Innovations in Testing ¹ is the annual conference of assessment industry experts, professionals and vendors. I've attended a few times,...