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Virtual Meetings—Good for the Interim But Less Than Ideal? – Part 2

April 26, 2021  | By  | 

Introduction As a result of the COVID 19 pandemic Professional Testing staff needed to quickly adapt to hosting examination development... View Article




Virtual Meetings—Good for the Interim But Less Than Ideal? – Part 1

February 2, 2021  | By  | 

By Christine Niero, Ph.D., Vice President, Professional Certification and Cynthia D. Woodley, Ed.D., Chief Operations Officer & Psychometrician Introduction As... View Article




Nudges and the work-from-home world – How to inspire your team from a distance

May 20, 2020  | By  | 

Just a few short weeks ago, the work world underwent a rapid, unplanned, sea change. Those of us in the... View Article




Expectations When Developing a New Certification Examination—Be Aware So You Can Manage Your Expectations and Those of Subject-Matter-Experts

September 27, 2019  | By  | 

Co-authored by Reed Castle, PhD and Christine D. Niero, PhD If you are new to developing a certification program, this post... View Article




The Revision of ISO/IEC 17000

July 15, 2019  | By  | 

Generally, speaking, the ISO 17000 series of standards and documents (any document starting with 17xxx) are meant to be used... View Article




Conducting a Revalidation Job Analysis: How the Delphi Method May Prove Useful

January 30, 2019  | By  | 

Let us begin by defining the Delphi Method for collecting data.  The Delphi Method involves creating a questionnaire, administering it... View Article




Happy Holidays from Professional Testing

December 13, 2018  | By  | 




Pain Points – Addressing Your Big Problems the Behavioral Design Way

November 27, 2018  | By  | 

By Cynthia G. Parshall and David Cox What are the biggest pain points that you have to deal with, at... View Article




Continuous, On-Demand Testing vs. Testing Windows

October 10, 2018  | By  | 

One of the first questions an organization must answer when establishing a computer-based examination program is whether they want to... View Article




Developing Nudges for Your Exam Program

September 19, 2018  | By  | 

By Cynthia G. Parshall and Brittany Johnson Introduction Behavioral design is the process of identifying points in a user process... View Article