In his recent article entitled NCARB Looks at Exam Security, Stephen Nutt, AIA reports NCARB’s claim that ARE Candidates are increasingly disseminating exam content, thereby risking any agency’s ability to “fairly gauge a candidate’s knowledge . . . [that] will prove to be detrimental to the profession and the public.” NCARB has reported observing five categories of suspect behavior that provide ARE candidates the means to circumvent exam integrity including:
1. Unauthorized access to materials
2. Presence of unauthorized devices in the testing room
3. Unauthorized written materials
4. Use of unauthorized devices or materials
5. Dissemination of exam content
The article acknowledges that some ARE candidates are critical of the need for examination for licensing, since they already hold an architecture degree and have completed internship.
Stephen Nutt, AIA is NCARB's Director of Professional Development who oversees all aspects of the ARE. In the article he justifies the claim of the significant threat to the public and the profession by noting that state boards of architecture were the first to identify the need to examine candidates for licensing "backed by the US Constitution, which empowers states to protect public health, safety, and welfare."
NCARB and its member boards standardized the exam in 1997 by using electronic examination technology; perhaps, making it at once more convenient for candidates to take and, apparently, more tempting to cheat.
posted by Eric Todd Inglert, AIA @ 1:59 PM
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