QUESTION
Which types of exams see a trend towards protests, and what plans are in place for education and experience exams?
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Katrina Porter explains that uniform exams, especially those with a large number of test takers, tend to see more protests, and details plans to expand the use of education and experience exams.
- Uniform exams with a large number of test takers are more likely to have protests.
- The Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) plans to expand the use of education and experience exams, which are fully automated and can be taken online without visiting testing centers.
- Education and experience exams have been successfully administered in under 100 days, and there are plans to identify more titles that could fit this exam type.
- This expansion may require conversations with union partners, but does not require state approval.
Carmen De La Rosa
0:40:51
In your list of the types of exams where you see a trend towards those protests?
Katrina Porter
0:40:59
Uniform exams or any large anywhere anytime we're seeing, you know, a large number of test takers, they're usually, you know, a large number of protests submitted.
0:41:10
What we are what we are planning to do is to continue to expand our use of education and experience exams.
0:41:19
So these exams are fully automated.
0:41:22
They are candidates can take them online.
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They do not need to visit our computerized testing sensors.
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They receive tens of their results, and we've had great success with administering education and experience exams in under 100 days.
0:41:36
So we wanna, you know, look at our title portfolio to identify additional titles that may be a good fit for education and experience.
0:41:47
This will require input from our union partners Mhmm.
0:41:52
Which, you know, will be a conversation, but we're we're open, you know, to having the conversation that we're up for the challenge.
Carmen De La Rosa
0:41:58
And does that require that does that type of change or require stay approval?
Katrina Porter
0:42:02
It does not.
Carmen De La Rosa
0:42:03
Okay.
0:42:04
Great.
0:42:05
So I want to switch over a little bit to talk about selective certification process.
