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Stump the Psychometrician Returns!

Monday November 18 | 1pm 

Enjoy the opportunity to ask the tough psychometric questions to which you haven’t been able to get an answer. All psychometric topics are fair game in this game: program design, job analyses, item development, form development, standard setting, equating, fairness, AI and ML, security, accreditation, etc. In addition to getting your tough questions answered, if you stump our panel of psychometricians with a question that none of them can answer, you’ll win a prize!

Come prepared to ask your tough questions because this panel of psychometricians who come from a variety of backgrounds and organizations are ready to be challenged in this game and don’t want to be stumped!

Learning Objectives:

• discuss new strategies for solving current psychometric challenges
• use the answers to the questions to improve their program
• think about and potentially take action on psychometric topics that they had not previously considered

Speakers:

Amanda Wolkowitz, PhD
Data Recognition Corporation

Brett P. Foley
National Board of Examiners in Optometry

Amin Saiar, PhD
Board of Pharmacy Specialties

Adrienne W. Cadle, PhD
Professional Testing

Program Design: Too Customized or Too Broad – That is the Question

Tuesday November 19 | 3.45pm 

With standardized one-size-fits-all assessments for initial certifications and licenses, the exam content that all examinees encounter measures core knowledge based on a single exam blueprint. While multiple forms may be used and examinees may see different items, fairness is typically maintained through equating, content similarity, and having a similar testing experience. However, most industries do not have one-size-fits-all professionals; individuals have different opportunities available to them as they prepare to enter their career or specialize throughout their career.

In this session, attendees will consider situations in which a one-size-fits-all approach to both the content and assessment method aligns well for some programs, while also considering situations in which the content is squeezing into an assessment method mold that does not fit quite right.

Some questions attendees will discuss include:

• Where, when, how, and to what extent do different assessment methods and content customization make sense for both initial certification/licensure and credential maintenance?
• How does a program address score comparability and the meaning of the certificate/license when customized content or different assessment methods are used to earn/maintain the same credential?
• Do the benefits of customizing assessment methods outweigh the potential issues for your industry/program?
• Is customization of the assessment method more appropriate for initial certification/licensure or maintenance of certification/licensure? What about customizing content?

This interactive roundtable discussion aims to explore these and other similar questions. This session invites testing professionals to engage in thought-provoking dialogue about the balancing act of assessing necessary core knowledge through different assessment methods and customized content for both initial certification and maintenance of certification.

Speakers:

Jared N. Zurn, AIA, NCARB, CAE
National Council of Architectural Registration Boards

Sarah Schnabel, PhD
American Board of Ophthalmology

Hally Crump, M.A.
Data Recognition Corporation