For any organization, selecting and implementing a new system can be a daunting task. For professional certification organizations and occupational licensing boards, choosing the right credentialing management system can be especially challenging because the software...
Certification programs rely on portfolio-based assessment certifications when the traditional exam-based evaluation method will not measure the qualification in a reliable and valid manner. The strength of a portfolio assessment certification program is that it can...
How do you know your certificants are as capable today as they were when they passed the exam? If you don’t have a good answer to this question yet, be prepared to have one. At some point, one of your certificants may just fall into this category, and people will be...
If you were to imagine the perfect certification process, what would it look like? Qualitatively, it would likely come down to two things. Make it easy to collect applicant information. Automatically approve qualified candidates and reject unqualified candidates. That...
Whether you are in healthcare, safety, or another high-stakes profession, at some point, your Board of Directors is going to come knocking and ask the question: “what are we doing about continuing competence?” Your first inclination will be to look around at other...
Recertification: Using a Certification Management System to Maintain Compliance If you are like most certification programs, your recertification process is likely one of the most complex and yet least understood of your programs. Recertification rates and attrition...
The certification industry is offering remote proctored testing options, enabling candidates taking exams “anywhere and everywhere.” Are your candidates ready? At a testing center, taking a high stakes exam may not be easy, but it is a known, predictable situation....
At ATP's 2020 Global Conference, Heuristics' principal Christopher Butcher gave a short innovations demonstration on Longitudinal Assessments in LearningBuilder. Check out the recorded session content here!
Let’s assert a principle that software performs best when it performs the tasks it was designed to do. That’s not a stretch, is it? You don’t want to do calculations in PowerPoint and you don’t want to keep track of invoices in Word. So how does that principle apply...
By Christopher Butcher & Ali Neal, Principals, Heuristic Solutions This article was originally published in the 2020 ASAE Technology Toolkit, a publication that showcases companies who understand the unique needs of associations and can provide and implement...