Developing Exams in the “Other” Washington A process in flux Margaret Tucker WA State Department of Agriculture

Developing Exams n Envisioned process n Actual process n Next process

Developing Exams n Envisioned process –Based on EPA training –Four meetings beginning to end

Developing Exams n Actual process –Five meetings in three years –Two meetings to go –Product to date:  Excellent blueprint  Draft exam items from experts  Quality from excellent to poor

Developing Exams n Next process –Three meetings (we’ll see !) –Develop draft job description and analysis prior to first meeting –Develop draft exam items based on finalized blueprint prior to third meeting

Developing Exams n Lessons/Barriers –Difficult to use expert committee to develop job analysis from scratch –Have same people work on exam who finalized the blueprint –Hard to stay on track without dedicated exam development staff