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Peer reviewedO'Brien, Thomas L. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1986
Credentialing examinations have been relatively immune from legal attack based on allegations that the examinations lack validity. The extent of the present legal obligation to demonstrate the validity of credentialing examinations is analyzed in three areas: (1) the Civil Rights Act of 1964; (2) the Constitution; and (3) antitrust laws.…
Descriptors: Certification, Civil Rights Legislation, Constitutional Law, Credentials
Peer reviewedLinn, Robert L. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1986
Three professional associations, the American Educational Research Association, the American Psychological Association, and the National Council on Measurement in Education, jointly adopted the new "Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing" in 1985. The relationship of these to earlier standards is reviewed, and implications…
Descriptors: Certification, Credentials, Equated Scores, Health Occupations
Peer reviewedD'Costa, Ayres G. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1986
Job relevance and adverse impact are major validity concerns relative to credentializing examinations. This article recommends that examination blueprints utilize a competency model based on: (1) job functions assigned; (2) level of expertise expected given the content and resources available; and (3) specific context and situation in which the…
Descriptors: Adults, Certification, Competence, Credentials
Peer reviewedMeskauskas, John A. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1986
Two new indices of stability of content-referenced standard-setting results are presented, relating variability of judges' decisions to the variability of candidate scores and to the reliability of the test. These indices are used to indicate whether scores resulting from a standard-setting study are of sufficient precision. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Certification, Credentials, Error of Measurement, Generalizability Theory
Download full textFalk, Dennis S.; And Others – 1979
An important and widely noticed trend among health professions and occupations in the 1970s has been the increasingly widespread use of credentialing mechanisms. These mechanisms are intended to ensure that health services are provided adequately and with at least a minimum degree of competence. This report is intended to enhance and broaden…
Descriptors: Certification, Credentials, Health Occupations, Health Personnel
Raymond, Mark R. – 1995
This paper reviews and evaluates methods for conducting job analysis. The paper begins with a discussion of the purpose of licensure and certification and the dimensions of job analysis. The following four dimensions along which job analysis methods vary are discussed: types of job descriptors; sources of information; data collection methods; and…
Descriptors: Certification, Credentials, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Peer reviewedHambleton, Ronald K.; Slater, Sharon C. – Applied Measurement in Education, 1997
A brief history of developments in the assessment of the reliability of credentialing examinations is presented, and some new results are outlined that highlight the interactions among scoring, standard setting, and the reliability and validity of pass-fail decisions. Decision consistency is an important concept in evaluating credentialing…
Descriptors: Certification, Credentials, Decision Making, Interaction
Peer reviewedFidler, James R. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1993
Criterion-related validities of 2 laboratory practitioner certification examinations for medical technologists (MTs) and medical laboratory technicians (MLTs) were assessed for 81 MT and 70 MLT examinees. Validity coefficients are presented for both measures. Overall, summative ratings yielded stronger validity coefficients than ratings based on…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Certification, Comparative Testing, Credentials
Peer reviewedHambleton, Ronald K; Rogers, H. Jane – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1986
Technical advances of the last 15 years in measurement theory and practice are described, notably criterion-referenced testing, item response theory, and computers and testing. Several remaining problems concerning the development and validation of credentialing examinations are also considered. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Certification, Computer Assisted Testing, Credentials, Criterion Referenced Tests
2001
The first of the papers in this poster session, "Developing the Employment Brand: Targeting MBA Campus Hires" (Diane M. Bergeron), posits that employment branding benefits both individuals and organizations. It functions as a campus recruiting tool in a competitive labor market and communicates the organization's values and work…
Descriptors: Action Research, Certification, Cooperative Learning, Credentials
