CIP status update - POST-BETA

The CIP beta has come to a close. THANK YOU for everyone who participated - you play a key role in the CIP revision including perhaps the most important step: setting the passing score.

Many people who participated in the beta test have asked me about their scores, when they would receive them, when they would know whether they passed, etc. To them I say - soon. Sometime in June, most likely the week of June 20, but I still don't have an exact date. Let me explain.

Now that the beta is over, the next step is for Kryterion to do some statistical analysis of the questions on the beta to determine how they performed. Without getting into too much detail, we want there to be a correlation between what a CIP candidate answers on a given question and how that CIP candidate does overall. So if someone gets a particular question wrong, but gets 95% of the remaining questions right, that raises an issue. And if someone gets the same question right, but gets 90% of the remaining questions wrong, that also raises an issue. That's what we're looking for this week.

We have a call scheduled for next week with a small group of subject matter experts (SMEs) who will review any and all problematic questions and make recommendations as to whether/how to fix them or even to remove them entirely.

Once that's done, we have a larger group of SMEs who will participate an an exercise called modified Angoff scoring. Again, without getting into too much detail, the SMEs will make a determination as to how hard each question is. Once we have that done for each item, we put together the final exam and those scores will lead us to the final passing score.

At that time we will apply that to all of the beta candidates' scores and notify everyone. Those who passed will be CIPs just as if they'd taken the original exam or the updated final exam. Those who did not pass will be able to take the final CIP again at the regular exam price of $285 for Professional members and $349 for non-members. As with the previous CIP exam, candidates who take the final exam will get their score and pass/fail immediately upon completion of the exam.

So keep watching this space - we will announce the final passing score here as well as the general availability of the revised CIP study guide and training course. And as always feel free to direct any questions to me directly at jwilkins@aiim.org.