In 2022, ASWB released exam data that they had long denied even possessing. That data showed significant disparities in exam performance on the basis of race and ethnicity, leading to calls that their exams should be suspended or abolished. Some states have done so, at least at some licensure levels.
Since those 2022 revelations, ASWB has made two significant promises about how they would move forward with greater transparency around their exams: 1, They would continue to provide data broken down by demographic factors like race, and 2, They would release all of their psychometric validation studies.
So far, they haven’t fulfilled either promise.
New evidence shows that the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) misinformed examinees about recent exam format changes. They then quietly updated their exam handbook two weeks after the changes had taken effect. Even if examinees had been correctly informed, the format changes appear to violate testing industry standards.
Last week, the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB) 
Some problems can have large impacts, and still go unnoticed by the public and policymakers. 
Regular readers here know that when it comes to clinical exams for mental health licensure,