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ASWB’s upstream, solutionfocused approach to collaborating across the profession on addressing disparate outcomes  \nLicensure requirements  \nSocial Work as a Profession  \nA Profession is a type of job that requires special training or skill, especially one that needs a high level  \nof applied competence in practice.  \nA Professional is one engaged in and qualified for a particular profession with compensation commensurate with their specialized training, education and practice competence.  \nProfessional Regulation protects the public by verifying minimum competency, investigating complaints, and upholding professional compliance with state laws and regulations.  \nWhy measure competency using an exam?  \nEssential to the regulatory duty to“verify minimum competency”  \nObjective component of licensing decisions  \nContinuously vetted threshold of entry-to-practice level competence  \nThe ASWB exam is  \nDEFENSIBLE  \nThe exams meet testing industry standards and can be defended if challenged.  \nRELIABLE  \nSimilarly situated test-takers achieve similar scores.  \nVALID  \nThe exam measures what was intended, as defined by the practice analysis.  \nASWB meets and exceeds testing industry standards for creating high-stakes licensing exams  \nPsychometric measurement  \n+  \nSocial work subject matter expertise  \nHow are the exams developed?","cbCaigd3TxEMQNrb","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigd3TxEMQNrb","pdf",3307720,"English","# Licensing Exams Overview\n## Professional Regulation and Competency\n## Exam Development Standards\n## Program Personnel and Resources","[{\"question\":\"What is the primary mission of the Association of Social Work Boards?\",\"answer\":\"The ASWB's mission is to provide support and services to the social work regulatory community to advance safe, competent, and ethical practices, ultimately strengthening public protection.\"},{\"question\":\"What are the three core quality standards of an ASWB licensing exam?\",\"answer\":\"The ASWB exams are designed to be defensible by meeting testing industry standards, reliable by ensuring similarly situated test-takers achieve similar scores, and valid by accurately measuring intended competencies.\"},{\"question\":\"Who is involved in the ASWB exam development program?\",\"answer\":\"The program involves a collaborative team of nearly 200 people, including 20 staff members, 4 vendors, 7 item development consultants, 65 volunteers, and 90 item writers.\"}]","The Association of Social Work Boards - Licensing Exams Overview | PDF",1789980537,76]