EQUITY AND EQUALITY, FAIRNESS AND BIAS: MAKING CONNECTIONS IN CREDENTIALING

The topics of Equality and Equity relate to concepts of Fairness and Bias in credential program development and evaluation in ways that are not always clear, especially considering for the most part the former two are commonly considered societal issues, and the latter are more technical concepts that live in the credentialing world. I aim[…..]

WHY DO WE CONDUCT JOB ANALYSES FOR CERTIFICATION EXAM DEVELOPMENT?

In one word: Validity.   When working with my clients from professional accountants to bankers to IT specialists, whenever we are building new certification or updated certification exams, early on in the project execution we conduct a job analysis. Now, our focus is a little different than those in the Human Resources world who conduct job analyses, but our methods are[…..]

BIRTH OF A CERTIFICATION EXAM

As a consultant, I work on various projects and when the work is completed, I move on to the next ones, often not being able to see the fruits of my labour, such as improved programs, new program growth and the like. But recently I had the tremendous pleasure of seeing the culminating product of a project I[…..]

DO YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ACCREDITATION AND CERTIFICATION?

As I sit with clients and they speak to me about their “accreditation” needs, I listen intently, because the next part of the conversation tells me a great deal. The vast majority of the time, my clients have “certification” needs, not “accreditation” needs. I now then know I must do some capacity-building with them, sometimes[…..]