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chose item replacements from the compiled question bank. Each exam was carefully scrutinized
by our psychometrician as he determined the level of difficulty for each replacement question. It
is the goal of the ARRT to create all exams with the same level of difficulty to be fair to the
examinees. This entire process took approximately two and a half days to complete and much
care is taken to design the best exam form possible. The final afternoon of the meeting was
spent analyzing submitted board exam questions from item writers. As a group, we determined
which questions could be added to the compiled bank of questions for future piloting and made
necessary revisions to those that required a modification.
This committee has been a huge time commitment over the past four years but it has been
one of my most rewarding and interesting professional activities to date. I have been able to
meet and develop great relationships with my fellow committee members from all over the
United States and look forward to catching up with them each year. In addition, it is such an
incredible experience to be able to help design a certification exam where we have specific input
on choosing important test concepts for future therapists. Through serving on this committee, I
have learned so much about how to correctly format test questions, how to analyze questions for
answer clueing, and how to evaluate a question for accuracy and purpose. Next year will be my
last participating year. I am sad to leave the group but excited to serve my profession through
other service opportunities and perhaps continue to use these newly learned skills through future
teaching opportunities.