Assessment-based certificate programs have emerged to fulfill an important need in workforce development. They bring together principles of instructional design, test development, and psychometrics to offer practitioners targeted and meaningful professional...
What is an Employer Voucher Program? Employer voucher programs are a collaboration with employers, one of your profession's major stakeholders. Certification fees provide the revenue to power a certification program. In the pursuit of certification, an individual...
Does anything ever really stay the same? Most professions are constantly changing, new tools and technology, new approaches and best practices, and of course, new regulations. Certified and licensed professions are no different. Certification boards capture the...
So, your organization has decided it is time for a new certification management system. But, how to select the best one? Through the years, we have gained a lot of experience in different certification management systems. The most effective system selections happen...
When certification organizations decide to upgrade their technology, one of the common options to consider is an association management system (AMS) for certification. And, in the market, there are several AMS’s that have “certification” modules. A certification...
Certification programs have a couple of technology options to choose from to manage their program—a certification management software or a standalone candidate management system for certification management. Both types of systems facilitate the typical certification...
The Certification Dashboard No matter how hard we try, our applicants will at some point struggle to make decisions and know what do next. It’s our job, whether as system designers or credentialing professionals, to make it easy for applicants to know what to do. Some...
Isn’t one test enough? Not always! Credentialing organizations may opt to break up their exams into multiple tests for a variety of reasons, including: Eligibility pathways - Newer entrants into the profession may need to demonstrate prerequisite proficiencies, so an...
As members of the certification, licensing, and professional qualifications industry, you have probably heard the terms candidate management system, certification management system, and test registration/scheduling system. Understanding the similarities between a...
Certification boards face many questions about their programs. Among these is the question: “Is a shorter recertification cycle better?” As with most questions about certification program “best practices,” the answer is always—it depends. In this case, we don’t have...