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Test administration requires that many activities be planned out and executed well in advance of the test administration date. Some of these activities include:
- Location and advance booking of adequate test centres
- Preparation of candidate information booklets
- Invigilator recruitment, selection, training and assignment
- Candidate registration
- Candidate screening
- Preparation of attendance rosters
- Candidate identity cards and barcode labels for test books
- Candidate contact information
- Formatting and printing of test books
- Scannable answer sheets with barcodes
- Shipping procedures with return labels and instructions
- Contingency plans for emergencies on or before the test date and
- Review of candidate accommodation requests.
Following the administration, the answer sheets must be scanned and scored and the results reported. The test results analysis may include, for example:
- Reliability of the final items
- Overall percentage scores for each candidate
- Percentage scores on the identified subscales for each candidate
- Percentage scores on the blueprint sections for each candidate
- Comparison of performance of different subgroups of candidates based on demographics screening and
- Provincial/territorial and national comparison.
The degree of reporting to the candidate is a balance between providing proper guidance to individuals, particularly those who fail, while not inviting doubt or challenges to the program.
Since licensure tests are criterion-based, usually only the pass/fail status is reported. However, given the implications for the candidate who does not pass, a detailed score report identifying the deficiencies is common for those candidates. Both passes and failures must be legally defensible.
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