Computerize Exams
Computer-based testing (CBT) is taking hold in nearly every professional sector, and healthcare-related fields are no exception. CBT combines all the necessities of paper and pencil-based testing (PBT) into an elec…
Comparability Of Paper-Based And Computer-Based Testing
Prometric has extensive experience in transitioning programs from paper-based delivery to computer-based delivery. The test development department is staffed with psychometricians who have directly participated in the re…
Cheating 2.0
In today's world, it's almost impossible to find an adult who has not taken a test of some kind. From college and graduate school entrance exams and IT certification exams to corporate training and even food handling – t…
Certifying Green
The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program, offered by the U.S Green Building Council (USGBC) is a voluntary credentialing program that defines a structure's "high-performance green building"system.
Candidate Education And Outreach
What certification promotion strategies will help drive a high number of participants, and therefore, lead to a successful program? The keys to mitigating test volume risk and ultimately driving an increase in demand …
Boomer Retirement
For decades, the backbone of America's workforce has been formed from one generation: the Baby Boomers. Born in the years following World War II, "Boomers" are now supposedly on the brink of mass retirement, with e…
Best Practices In Item Development For Online Testing
Whether an exam is computer based or offered on paper, the challenges relating to its development, including security, psychometric editing or review and legal defensibility, remain the same. In addition to these "age ol…
Best Practices For Pretesting Exam Items
Reasons for Pretesting Any testing program has to develop processes for incorporating new content into their examinations. Pretesting items prior to using them as scored items on a live exam is done for two key reason…
Association Executives Compare The Merits Of Computer-Based Tesing Vs. Paper & Pencil
For association executives launching new member certification programs, they should consider how the exam will be administered: via paper and pencil-based testing (PBT) or the more pervasive computer-based testing (CBT) …
Assessing The Future Of Testing, By First Looking Back
While we often think of tests as a relatively recent creation, perhaps the result of the industrial revolution, the notion of testing dates back nearly to the dawn of civilization. Those early tests measured practical sk…