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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...
Josephine
Dec 29, 20171 min read
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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...
Josephine
Feb 13, 20223 min read
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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...
Josephine
Oct 8, 20212 min read
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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...
Josephine
May 21, 20213 min read
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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...
Josephine
Mar 8, 20213 min read
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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...
Josephine
Feb 17, 20214 min read
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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...
Josephine
Nov 19, 20181 min read
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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...
Josephine
Jun 2, 20182 min read
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Making the Grade
What process do you use to determine the passing score—the point which differentiates the minimally qualified from the...
Josephine
Apr 10, 20182 min read
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