Detailed Conference Schedule
Monday, November 9 Sessions
12:00 - 1:00 pm - General Session
1:15 - 2:15 pm Sessions
- 10 Top Legal Risks for Credentialing Organizations
- Exploring New Frontiers: The Use of SJTs in High-Stakes, High-Volume Certification Testing Programs
- Innovative Methods for Assessing Military Training and Experience Towards Credential Eligibility
- Practice Analysis Surveys: Does the Method Make a Difference?
- Quality Management 101: Developing a System You Can Manage
- Security Challenges and Opportunities in Post-COVID 19 Era
2:30 - 3:30 pm Sessions
- A Validity Model for Certification Exams: Four facets to increase validity and defensibility
- Debunking Myths about Linear-On-the-Fly Testing: What to Prepare When Moving into a “LOFT”
- The Rubric Design standard setting approach: Defining the passing standard during exam development
- Trials and Tribulations of a Small Certification Program during the Early Years
- You Have a Competency Model, Now What?
5:00 - 6:00 pm Sessions
- Building a Microcredential Framework from the Ground Up
- Practical Ways to Improve your Program Reach Through Digital Marketing
- Reload, Don’t Rebuild! – How championship caliber Boards keep their leadership benches full
- Top Chef All Stars: Mastering the ingredients to keep your credentialing exams spoiler-free
- Development of the ICE Certification Program for Credentialing Professionals
Tuesday, November 10 Sessions
12:00 - 1:00 pm: R&D Summit
2:30 - 3:30 pm Sessions
- Converting 4-Option Multiple Choice Questions to 3-Option and Integrating Both into Your Exam
- Crisis Communication: Hindsight is 20/20
- The Intersection of Preparation and Eligibility: Key considerations in planning
- Update on Legislation Affecting Certification and Certification Renewal
- Using Innovative Assessment Technology to Measure Clinical Skills
- Who should yield at the intersection of IP and PII?
3:45 - 4:45 pm Sessions
- Assessing and Managing the Inherent Risks to Your Certification Program
- Be COOL- Serve the Military Through Certification, Credentialing, and Credit By Exam
- Job Analysis Survey Instruction Length and Response Rate – A Case Study
- Leveraging Standard Setting with Empirical Data from Rasch Modeling
- New Types of Item Information on the Credential Maintenance Assessment Frontier
5:00 - 6:00 pm Sessions
- Dig: Market Research on Social Media through the Lens of Amateur Archaeologist
- Five Game-Changing Trends That Should Be on Your Radar Screen
- Maintaining Exam Delivery in a Crisis
- Online Proctoring: Operational and Psychometric Results Across Multiple Programs
- Re-accreditation: Is your organization truly ready?
- Testing Accommodations: Where To Draw the Line?
Wednesday, November 11 Sessions
12:00 - 1:00 pm General Session, NCCA Updates: Standards Revision and Live Remote Proctoring
1:15 - 2:15 pm Concurrent Sessions
- Building a Learning and Assessment Ecosystem
- Ensuring the Quality of Credentials in a Competitive Global Economy
- Legal Considerations of the COVID-19 Pandemic
- NCCA Report on Live Remote Proctoring Pilot Assessment Results
- Standard Setting: Don’t Forget The Fundamentals
- Telling Our Story: How to Communicate to the Public About Certification and Recertification
3:45 - 4:45 pm Sessions
- Connecting certification and education attainment data to understand successful career pathways
- Givin' the People What they Want: Public Exam Statistics Reporting for Your Stakeholders<
- Lessons Learned and Key Considerations from the NCCA Live Remote Proctoring Assessment Project
- Lessons Learned: Copyright Office Requirements for Group Registration of Secure Test Items.
- Low-and High-Stakes Testing: Will AIG Work for Both?
