Kelly Morris, CHRL

kmorris@hrpa.ca

416-923-2324 x342

Exams Manager

Human Resources Professionals Association

John Wickett, PhD

john@wickettmeasure.ca

514-794-1396

Principal

Wickett Measurement Systems Inc.

Office of the Registrar2017 Fall How-To webinar series

Wednesday,September 13, 2017

Validation of Experience Requirement Explained

Tuesday,September 19, 2017

Information for Internationally Educated Professionals (IEPs)

Thursday,September 28, 2017

Maintaining your designation through CPD

Thursday,October 12, 2017

Exam Scoring Explained

On-demand webinars

• Our previously aired regulatory and how-to webinar series can be found on the Regulatory Webinars page of our website.• Listen to recording

• Download the power point slides

• View the Questions & Answers

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Housekeeping

•Webinar will be recorded and posted online

•Will post answers to questions that we could not answer in the webinar

Questions involving specific individual circumstances

• This webinar is not the appropriate place and time to address specific individual circumstances

• Sometimes the correct answer depends on some details that are not provided with the question

• Please contact the Office of the Registrar with questions involving specific individual circumstances

Exam Scoring Explained October 12, 2017

Today’s Webinar

• Who does what with respect to exams Exam Validation Committees and their roleWhy does HRPA delegate the development and scoring of the exams

• Overview of CKE1, CKE2 and CHRP/CHRL Employment Law Exams• Exam Development process

HRPA’s Competency FrameworkTest specifications and blueprint

• Post exam analysisKey validationAngoff and EquatingCompensatory and non-compensatory scoringApproval of pass mark process

Who does what with respect to examsOffice of the Registrar Staff

• Office of the Registrar staffI. Claude Balthazard, CHRL – VP Regulatory Affairs & Registrar

II. Kelly Morris, CHRL – Exams Manager

III. Thomas Callitsis – Exams Coordinator

• Manage the exam registration & administration process

• Release of exam results

Examination Vendor – Computer Based Testing

• Prometric – www.prometric.com

• Exam delivery via computer based testing

• Scheduling system – www.prometric.com/hrpa

• Management of test centres and exam invigilation

• Exam accommodations

Delegation of exam development and scoring

• In Ontario, the exams are prescribed pursuant to statutory authorities delegated to HRPA

• HRPA delegates to Wickett Measurement Systems the task of developing and scoring exams

• Delegation is not a transfer of authority or an abdication of responsibility, HRPA remains fully responsible and accountable for the exams that are developed and scored by Wickett Measurement Systems

• The delegation is done to manage possible conflicts of interest and relies on the psychometric expertise of Wickett Measurement Systems

Exam Committees

• CHRP Exam Validation Committee – (CKE1 and ELE1)Exam item validation

Key validation and approval of the pass mark

Approval of exam blueprint

CHRL Exam Validation Committee – (CKE2 and ELE2)Exam item validation

Key validation and approval of pass mark

Approval of examination blueprint

** Adhoc activities – item writing, item review

Overview of Exams Comprehensive Knowledge Exam

• Comprehensive Knowledge Exam (CKE1)Valid for the CHRP designation only 3 1/2 hours in length 175 questions, 150 scored items 25 experimental items 4 option multiple choice format Delivered via computer based testing

• Comprehensive Knowledge Exam (CKE2)Valid for CHRP and CHRL designation(s) 5 hours in length 250 questions, 225 score items 25 experimental items 4 option multiple choice format Delivered via computer based testing** coursework requirement is the same to write CKE 1 vs. CKE 2

CHRP and CHRL Employment Law Exams

• 110 questions: 100 scored items, 10 experimental items

• The time limit is 3 hours (moving to 3 ½ hours in 2018)

• Items will be a mix of case and independent 3 option multiple choice questions

• Delivered via a computer

• Offered 3 times a year

• Candidates have access to relevant legislation

https://www.hrpa.ca/hrdesignations_/Pages/CHRP-CHRL-Employment-Law-Exam.aspx

Exam Development Cycle

Item Writing

Editorial

Item Review

Validation

Admin #1

Admin #2

Admin #3

Annual Report

HRPA Competency Framework

• The HRPA’s Competency framework is the body of knowledge for which the CKE 1 and CKE 2 is based upon

• The competency framework is used to develop exam questions• 9 functional domains

StrategyProfessional PracticeOrganizational EffectivenessWorkforce planning and Talent ManagementLabour& Employee RelationsTotal RewardsLearning and DevelopmentHealth Wellness and Safe WorkplaceHR Metrics Reporting &Financial Management

Test Specifications

• Blueprint for the CKE 1 and CKE2

https://www.hrpa.ca/hrdesignations_/Pages/CKE1-CKE2-Comprehensive-Knowledge-Exam.aspx

• Blueprint for the CHRP/CHRL Employment Law Exam

https://www.hrpa.ca/hrdesignations_/Pages/CHRP-CHRL-Employment-Law-Exam.aspx

Exam Administration Flow

Post Exam Analysis – Key Validation

• Scoring of the exams is a multi step process

• Data extraction• Data is sent to a secure ftp site.

• Each candidate has an XML file that contains all their test information.• Form taken

• Responses

• Comments on each question (if applicable)

• Post-Exam Survey question responses

Post Exam Analysis – Key Validation

• Data cleaning• Remove outliers

• Need homogeneous population to avoid skewed metrics.

• Candidate comments.

• Post-Exam Survey.

Post Exam Analysis – Key Validation

• Key Validation• Difficulty and discrimination.

• Exam Validation Committee reviews items to determine which will not be used for scoring.• Too easy

• Too difficult

• Poorly discriminating

• Candidate comments

• The EVC decisions are considered final and the remaining items (150 for CKE 1, 225 for CKE 2, and 100 for ELE) will be used to score candidates.

Angoff and Equating

• Periodically, standard setting is conducted using the Modified Angofftechnique.• EVC plus others.

• Establish the minimum expected performance.

• Assess every test item as to how well that ‘borderline’ candidate will perform.

• Equating is used otherwise.• Fairness is paramount.

• No matter when an exam is taken, equal chance of passing if same ability.

• Adjusts for differences in exam difficulty.

Angoff and Equating

• Using some common items across test forms, can evaluate if a group of candidates is of the same, lower, or higher ability.• If higher ability, more should pass.

• If lower ability, fewer should pass.

• Using performance of all items relative to the common items, can evaluate if exam form is of the same difficulty, easier, or harder.• If the exam form is easier, the pass mark should go up.

• If the exam form is harder, the pass mark should go down.

• Using established statistical techniques, a precise adjustment to the pass mark is calculated.

Compensatory and Non-Compensatory Scoring

• Pass/fail decisions can be based just on one total score, or based on performance across several domains.

• When based on one total score, this is called compensatory scoring because a candidate can make up for poorer performance in one domain with better performance in another.

• When candidates must show sufficient performance on several domains, this is called non-compensatory scoring because doing well in one domain will not make up for poorer performance in another domain.

Compensatory and Non-Compensatory Scoring

• The CKE 1, ELE 1, and ELE 2 are scored using a compensatory system.• Pass/fail decisions are made based on a total score only.

• The CKE 2 is scored using a non-compensatory system.• Candidates must pass based on a total score and based on their score in each

of the 9 functional areas.

• This is done to reflect the greater emphasis placed on sufficient competence in every functional area for CHRL candidates.

• Regardless of method, scoring is done based on items approved by the Exam Validation Committee and using equating to establish thresholds.

Approval of pass mark process

• Whether equating or Angoffing is used to establish the pass mark, the Exam Validation Committee reviews it.

• If they are comfortable that the process used to establish it was sound, they will recommend it to HRPA for final approval.

• Once approved, all candidates are scored against the pass mark (and against the individual functional area thresholds for CKE 2 candidates), and pass / fail decisions are made.

• Several confirmatory checks are made to verify the accuracy of the computed scores and they are then provided to HRPA.

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