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Credentialing Notes
June 2006
The credentialing industry is growing and changing everyday and it is important for you to stay up-to-date with news and developments. SeaCrest Company compiles Credentialing Notes from news articles, press releases, blogs, and legislative monitoring. We review hundreds of articles on certification, credentialing and accreditation to bring the most relevant and interesting news to you each month. This issue features the results of a survey on the value of certification to the nursing industry, the NBPHE’s new credentialing program for master’s and doctoral graduates, ATP’s launch of a new online job center, and KY passage its first law regulating acupuncture professionals. Also be sure to review the legislative updates for the Workforce Investment Act and the Veterans Certification and Licensure Act of 2006.
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In the News
Study: Students Learn Moore From Teachers Who Can Pass ABCTE Certification Exams
(PRNewswire) Teachers who have the knowledge to pass national certification exams produce higher student learning gains than teachers who fail those same exams.
ABNS Issues Findings from the Value of Specialty Nursing Certification Study
(ABNS) In response to the ABNS mission and priority research goals, the member organizations opted to undertake a study that would validate nurses' perceptions, values, and behaviors related to certification. In order to gather the information necessary on these issues, a survey was developed and disseminated to over 94,000 nurses, including certified and non-certified nurses and a subset of nurse managers.
Certification Evolution: Job-Role Certifications for Your Future
(Certification Magazine) II is moving steadily away from notions of "vendor" certification or "vendor-independent" certification to certifications that focus on customer impacts and key IT service-delivery capabilities that align more precisely to job functions organizations need to fill.
National Board of Public Health Examiners Launched with Selection of Inaugural Board and Officers
(ASPH Friday Letter) The NBPHE will develop a voluntary credentialing exam for graduates who earn masters or doctoral degrees from the 37 public health schools and 65 programs, accredited by the Council on Education of Public Health (CEPH).
Scott Goudeseune Named President of the American Council on Exercise
(PRNewswire) The American Council on Exercise (ACE), America's nonprofit fitness advocate, is pleased to announce that Scott Goudeseune has been named president of the American Council on Exercise.
Association of Test Publishers Launches New Online Job Service
(Certification Magazine) With its focus on test publishing, the ATP Career Center offers its members-and the industry at large-an easy-to-use and highly targeted resource for online employment connections.
Commerce Signs Up for Security Training
(GCN) The Commerce Department has awarded a task order to the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, or (ISC)2, to provide an expanded information security education program for the department's information security employees.
KY Passes First Acupuncture Law; NCCAOM to Become the Regulatory Standard for the State
(Business Wire) Governor Ernie Fletcher signed HB17, the state's first law regulating acupuncture, on April 26, 2006, making Kentucky the 44th state to implement laws regulating the practice of acupuncture.
ABUCM
to Deliver Certification Exams Via Secure, Online Testing Solution Hosted by
KRYTERION
(ArriveNet) -- American Board of Urgent Care Medicine (ABUCM), announced the deployment of its certification examinations through KRYTERION's secure, online testing system - Webassessor.
Legislative Activity
Visit http://thomas.loc.gov for the full text of the bills listed below.
WING Act (S 833) To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Labor to provide for 5-year pilot projects to establish a system of industry-validated national certifications of skills in high-technology industries and a cross-disciplinary national certification of skills in homeland security technology.
The Veterans Certification and Licensure Act of 2006 (HR 5220) To establish the Veterans Advisory Committee on Certification, Credentialing, and Licensure.
HR 463 To amend title 10, United States Code, to permit the use of education benefits under the Reserve Montgomery GI Bill for licensing or certification tests.
HR 784 To clarify that service marks, collective marks, and certification marks are entitled to the same protections, rights, and privileges of trademarks.
Consumer Assurance of Radiologic Excellence Act of 2006 (S 2322) To amend the Public Health Service Act to make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly.
National Board-Certified Teachers in Low-Performing Schools Act of 2005 (HR 3155) To establish a pilot program to encourage certification of teachers in low-income, low-performing public elementary and secondary schools by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, and for other purposes.
Blog Watch
Kernal Equating and then some...
(Memoirs of a Psychometrician) As you can imagine my day always starts off in a way that chaos theory would deem unpredictable.
The National-Certification Effect
(edweek.org Teacher Talkback) National Board Certification has virtually no correlation to student achievement, according to arecent study examining student and teacher records in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg and Wake County school districts in North Carolina.
National Certification: Money for Nothing
(Intercepts) Education Week headline: "National Board Teachers No Better Than Other Educators, Long-Awaited Study Finds."
eWeek: The Downside of Certification
(Knowledge Work) Sounds like employers are getting fed up with the performance of "paper MCSEs"-people who took cram courses to pass a Microsoft certification exam, but when faced with an actual server with actual problems in the real world, have no real idea of how to proceed.
Government and industry officials warn that the shortage of experts could undermine the testing process and lead to errors, with consequences like children's being wrongly denied promotion and schools being mistakenly labeled as failing.
Events
June 21 - Washington DC Certification Networking Group
July 6-8 - International Test Commission
July 26 - NCCA Strategies for Success
August 15-18 - NCSL 2006: Strong States - Strong Nations
August 19-22 - 2006 ASAE Annual Meeting: Connecting Great Ideas & Great People
August 22-25 - International Congress for Personnel Certification
September 14-16 - CLEAR 2006: Expect the Unexpected: Are We Clearly Prepared?
September 20 - Washington DC Certification Networking Group
September 27 - Ways to Enhance Your Testing Program
October 6-7 - American Board of Nursing Specialties Assembly Meeting
October 17-20 - Citizen Advocacy Center 2006 Annual Meeting
November 15-18 - NOCA 2006: Emerging Concepts in Credentialing
December 13 - Washington DC Certification Networking Group
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