Job Analysis for Licensure and Certification Examinations: Science or Politics?.

Nelson, David S.

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ERIC Number: EJ598327

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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ISSN: ISSN-0731-1745

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Job Analysis for Licensure and Certification Examinations: Science or Politics?

Nelson, David S.

Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, v13 n3 p29-35 Fall 1994

Explores certification and license testing and questions the extent to which scientific standards are actually governing policies and practices. Compares the practices of two states that have developed licensure programs for the same field and points out differences in these examinations. (SLD)

Descriptors: Certification, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Licensing Examinations (Professions), Occupational Tests, Sciences, Standards, State Licensing Boards

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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