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Just how much does it cost to create a legally defensible, high-stakes certification exam in accordance with best practices? Industry experts tell us that the price tag can total hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Not for the first time, the psychometrician mentioned p-value. P-value? 

I was supposed to know what it meant. But I didn’t. Maybe I had known and forgotten. Maybe not. Either way, I was lost. 

In Micro-credentials Part 1: Meet the Snackable, Stackable Micro-credential, we shared a definition of micro-credential adapted from The Business of Certification: Creating and Sustaining a Succ

Just what type of digital credential is a micro-credential? Right now, it depends on whom you ask.

I.C.E. Exchange 2021 – a premier conference  for credentialing industry professionals in the United States – opens November 15th, 2021 and runs through November 18th. 

2021 started making history right out of the gate.

But in the wash of world-changing events, some topics earned more press than others. And among the stories you might have missed comes one that is near and dear to us.

Your certification delivers value when it delivers an outcome.

Exams are an essential part of life for the student, job candidate, practitioner, professional, employee and manager. By definition, a certification includes an assessment, a test that measures the minimum requirements for a specific job role.