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5 Misconceptions about Psychometricians 

September 24, 2024  | By  | 

If you’ve ever taken a standardized test or pursued a professional certification or license, there’s a good chance a psychometrician... View Article




Current Workforce Trends: Worker Shortages and Skills-Based Hiring 

July 24, 2024  | By  | 

A Brief History of US Workforce Trends in the 21st Century  In 1987, the Hudson Institute released Workforce 2000, a... View Article




Should Certification Applications “Ban the Box”? 

May 30, 2024  | By  | 

Employers looking to hire are increasingly concerned about “ban the box” laws. These laws prevent employers from asking job applicants certain types of criminal history background questions during the job application stage.




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




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




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