December 20, 2010
WASHINGTON, DC—The National Council for Interior Design Qualification, Inc. (NCIDQ) just released the pass rates for the fall 2010 examination. Since the examination format and content has changed, NCIDQ is reporting scores in a new way. Historically, NCIDQ has provided pass rates on its total population of examinees. Beginning with the fall 2010 administration, NCIDQ will report the pass rates for first-time test takers only.
Jeff Kenney, NCIDQ’s Executive Director explains: “Most professional licensure and credentialing exams use the data about first-time test takers because this group represents the entire spectrum of candidate abilities, which provides a better snapshot of the candidate population. NCIDQ started out as a small program, and we didn’t have the luxury of developing meaningful data in the beginning; therefore we always reported data on the total candidate group. However, now that we have substantially more candidates who take the test each year, we can follow more typical protocol for this type of examination. The first-time taker data more clearly reflects the level of ability of all NCIDQ Exam candidates.”
| For the fall 2010 test administration the pass rates for first-time test takers are: |
| Section 1: Codes, Building Systems, Construction Standards and Contract Administration |
80% |
| Section 2: Design Application, Project Coordination and Professional Practice |
71% |
| Section 3: Interior Design Practicum |
59% |
NCIDQ® is an organization of regulatory boards and provincial associations in the United States and Canada whose core purpose is to protect the health, life safety and welfare of the public by establishing standards of competence in the practice of interior design. More information about the organization may be found at www.ncidq.org.
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