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For Credentialing Programs: 11 Questions to Ask when Considering Online Proctoring

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Categories: Reports & Guides

Finding the right online proctoring partner can be difficult and time consuming. If you knew the right questions to ask, wouldn’t it be easier to make an informed decision? We think so too! That’s why we’ve outlined some questions that can help guide you in your search. In this white paper, you’ll find: 11 important questions you should be asking every company you’re considering, why the questions matter, and our responses to the questions.

Facilitation in the Age of COVID-19: Making the Most of your Online Client Sessions

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Categories: Blog Articles

COVID-19 has forced many licensure and certification organizations to re-examine the ways in which they approach exam development and consider swapping in-person exercises for online meetings. If current projections around the curve of the virus hold, online sessions may become the norm in organizational life for some time to come. In some ways, this move […]

Yardstick to match donations to the Canadian Nurses Foundation

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Categories: Press Releases

We’re helping donors double their impact by matching donations on December 3rd.   OTTAWA, ON, November 29th –  “Nurses help us during the most amazing and difficult points in our lives, and Canadians are grateful for it.” This Giving Tuesday on December 3rd, donations to the Canadian Nurses Foundation (CNF) will be matched by Ottawa-based […]

The Balancing Act in High-Stakes Exam Delivery: Exam Security and Candidate Experience

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What is high-stakes testing? Why are there rules and processes for administering high-stakes exams? What are the key considerations when administering these exams in test centres across multiple locations? These are all excellent questions that need clear answers for credentialing organizations, regulators, proctors, and candidates. It is especially important that exam administration information and security […]

Case Study: FP Canada

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Categories: Success Stories

Project Overview FP Canada, incorporated in 1995, is a professional standards-setting and certification body for the financial planning industry in Canada. FP Canada ensures the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) professionals and FPSC Level 1 certification for Financial Planning meet appropriate high standards of competence and professionalism through rigorous requirements of education, examination, experience, and ethics. […]

Case Study: National Dental Hygiene Certification Board

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Categories: Success Stories

Project Overview The National Dental Hygiene Certification Board (NDHCB) acts in the public interest to ensure high-quality standards for Dental Hygienists in Canada by providing a valid and reliable testing mechanism for dental hygiene competencies to support Canadian regulatory bodies. On behalf of all Canadian provincial and territorial Dental Hygiene regulators (except QC), the NDHCB […]

Case Study: Canadian Organization of Paramedic Regulators

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Categories: Success Stories

Project Overview The Canadian Organization of Paramedic Regulators (COPR) is a National organization whose mandate is to represent the collective interests of Canada’s 10 provincial regulators. Key among those interests in the provision of safe and ethical care from licensed, competent, and qualified paramedics. In support of this goal, COPR published a request for proposals […]

Case Study: The Canadian Nurses Association

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The Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) is the national professional voice of registered nurses (RNs) in Canada. CNA’s members include provincial and territorial nursing associations and colleges, independent registered nurses from Ontario and Quebec, retired nurses, the Canadian Nursing Students’ Association, and the Canadian Network of Nursing Specialties. Meazure Learning’s (previously Yardstick’s) newly redefined partnership with […]

Dr. Isabelle Gonthier weighs in on the recent college admissions scandal

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Categories: Blog Articles

This week North American news outlets are buzzing with a breaking scandal revealing billions of dollars in in college admission fraud. More than 50 individuals have been charged (to date) for paying consulting firms to falsify information, bribe entrance and exam officials, or otherwise “cheat” the system to gain entrance to a top tier college. […]

YAS Earns Honorable Mention at CLEAR 2018 Annual Educational Conference

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We are very excited to announce that we received an honorable mention as an acknowledgement of the effort and expertise contributed to CLEAR conference sessions! The honorable mention recognizes the session: “Postcards from the Edge: Experiences of an Early Adopter of Automated Item Generation” as the highest rated session for the Testing and Examinations track […]