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What is Happening to the National Board Dental Examination? Kari Cunningham ASDA Representative to the JCNDE Western Regional ASDA Meeting October 30, 2009

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  • What is Happening to the National Board Dental Examination?

    Kari CunninghamASDA Representative to the JCNDE

    Western Regional ASDA MeetingOctober 30, 2009

  • What is the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations?Joint CommissionJCNDEThose people who keep making changes to the board examThe reason we are here today!

  • What is the JCNDE?The Joint Commission is the semi-autonomous agency established by the Bylaws of the ADA to assist state boards in evaluating candidates for licensure by overseeing policies and procedures for its written licensure examinations:NBDE Parts I and IINBDHE

  • The JCNDE does this by establishing testing policies and procedures in accord with the

    Standards for Education and Psychological Testing

  • The Department of Testing Services(the people you reach when you have questions about the NBDE)

    Is the administrative unit of the ADA

  • Joint Commission has 15 members6 AADE (American Association of Dental Examiners)3 ADA (American Dental Association)3 ADEA (American Dental Education Association)1 ADHA (American Dental Hygienists Association)1 ASDA (American Student Dental Association) + 1 Observer1 Public

  • Meets once a year Various standing and ad hoc committees At the 2009 meeting, the JCNDE established a Committee on Communications (more on this later)

  • What about the NBDE I and II?Historical Prospective1928 National Board of Dental Examiners Charged to provide and conduct written exams First editions of exams were essay-based (talk about a true written exam!)

  • Early 1950s - the exam was changed to multiple choiceLed to adoption of norm-referenced scoring procedures1960s Council on National Board Examinations employs computer scoring

  • Early 1980s equating examination by using common anchor items Ensures a consistent standard for minimally acceptable performance Ended era of norm-referencing: exams became criterion-referenced

  • Early 1990s Part I and II are criterion-referenced examinations1990 All U.S. licensing jurisdictions accepted the NBDE as fulfillment of the written requirement for licensure1992 a comprehensive, case-based Part II examination 2007 a comprehensive Part I exam

  • Why all of these changes?Changes in content to reflect growth in knowledge of the basic biomedical and clinical dental sciences have been gradual and frequentWant to keep the content tested reflective of the current practice of dentistryProtect the purpose, content and validity of the exams

  • What is the purpose of the NBDE?

  • ScoringThe NBDE scoring process possesses minimal error at the pass/fail score of 75Standard scores are highly reliable only at the pass/fail point

  • The NBDE scores are designed for use by state dental boards in making valid licensing decisionsThe use of these scores for any other purpose (student ranking, school ranking, faculty evaluation, admission, etc.) must be validated by the user

  • Overexposure of exam contentAchieving a better score on this pass/fail exam has become motivation to obtain and share unreleased exam contentSince 2003, the number of candidates who retested after passing Parts I and II is 2046

  • January 1, 2010Passing candidates will not be allowed to retest unless required or requested by a licensing jurisdictionInitial date on which the NBDE Part I and II scores will be reported as pass/fail

  • Resolution 70Submitted by AAOMP, AAPD, AAP, AAOMS, AAO, AAPHD, ACPResolved, that the ADA House of Delegates request that the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations (JCNDE) reconsider pass/fail on National Board Exams and reinstitute the dental student rankings and standard scores, and that reporting of results to both students and dental schools retain its quantitative nature.

  • January 1, 2012The Joint Commission approved of a delay in the transition from a reporting of numerical scores to a pass/fail reporting system from 01/01/2010 to 01/01/2012

  • Why the delay?Affords stakeholders more time to prepareState boards may need to amend their dental practice actsADEA is researching and developing an instrument that may assist post-doctoral programs in evaluating candidates

  • What is ASDA doing?Two students representing the Association (one observer and one commissioner) ASDA is represented on the ad hoc Committee on Communications

  • Committee on CommunicationsCharged withClearly communicating significant policy initiatives to appropriate stakeholder groups andSeeking input and feedback from various stakeholder groups as the Joint Commission considers and implements new policy initiatives as part of the strategic plan

  • Joint Commission NewsletterDebuted in spring of 2008Sent to stakeholder groups such as dental school deans and assoc. deans, advanced education program directors, clinical testing agencies, dental hygiene program directors, state dental boards, JCNDE members, select associations (ADEA, AADE, ASDA, ADHA, NDBE) and others as requested

  • Individual ASDA members do not receive the JCNDE Newsletter Word of Mouth ASDA e-publicationPossibly utilize social networks (facebook, myspace, etc.) to enhance communicationUpdate the JCNDE website

  • Contrary to popular belief

    The JCNDE is not out to get you!!

  • THANK YOU!!!

  • ReferencesTechnical Report: The National Board Dental Examinations (Copyright 2008)JCNDE Newsletter (Spring and Summer)Dr. Mark ChristensenTrends in Candidate Performance, Tsung-hsun Tsai (ADA)www.altalang.com