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Weinstein, PhD, C. Psych. The Brondesbury Group Toronto, Canada  \nBefore items can be written or exams created, a guiding connection is needed between the real world in which the credential will be used and test content. That critical link is the practice analysis study, also known as a competency profile, job analysis or role delineation.  \nACT® Professional Services has deep expertise in practice analysis studies, applying recognized procedures that have been developed and refined over seven decades across a range of professions, industries and institutions. All with the objective of building a trusted and legally defensible credentialing program that is tied to real-world requirements.  \nDescription  \nWe start by analyzing your professional, occupational or educational space in detail. ACT® Professional Services works with content experts who are recognized authorities in the field, carefully chosen to represent  \nthe diversity of practice and key stakeholder perspectives. Together, we build a detailed content-or process-based description of practice that includes:  \n• Major performance domains;  \n• Key competencies, tasks and activities within the performance domains;  \n• Knowledge and skills underlying demonstration  \nof competencies and performance of tasks and activities.  \nWe gather information using a wide range of proven techniques, such as interviews with thought leaders, daily logs, critical incidents interviews with supervisors or recruiters, independent reviews and focus groups. We scrutinize the common threads in, and distinctive aspects of, job descriptions, curricular materials and other relevant literature within the profession or industry.  \nPractice Analysis  \nValidation  \nThis description of practice is only the first step. The initial description is validated, following ACT® Professional Services’s established – and atthe same time, uniquely tailored – process.  \n1. We work closely with you to identify a representative sample of current practitioners– locally, nationally or internationally–to take part in a web-based survey;  \n2. Survey participants review domain, competencytask-activity and knowledge-skill statements, rating them with validation scales that are designed specifically for your program, and that address frequency and criticality of task performance along with cognitive complexity and acquisition of knowledge and skills;  \n3. We analyze the survey ratings to refine the detailed description of practice and validate profiles of your profession, highlighting similarities and differences related to professional or demographic variables such as years of experience, geographic location, industry sector and work setting.  \nACT® Professional Services Credentialing Services Strategic & Policy Planning  \n-Analyzing Strategic Fit  \n-Evaluating Program Feasibility and Business Impact  \n-Expanding Your Organization’s Credentialing Portfolio  \nEnsuring Validity & Defensibility  \n-Conducting Practice Analysis  \n-Test Specifications Development  \n-Standard Setting  \nImproving & Enhancing Established Programs  \n-Value Proposition  \n-Credentialing Mobility  \n-Innovative Assessment  \nAccreditation Guidance  \nACT® Professional Services prepares reports that document the results of the practice analysis study, providing a robust description of practice. And, at your request, we can present those results at a national conference or prepare articles for a professional journal.  \nResults  \nPractice, competency or role are now accurately described. ACT® Professional Services uses the ratings from the validation survey to establish weightings for the specific components of the profile of practice. Working with subject-matter experts, we review and augment the study results. 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