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Hands-on or Performance testing is a no-brainer for organizations that seek to differentiate by increasing fidelity of their certification program.

The message is loud and clear that “certification matters.”  As reported by Global Knowledge in their 2021 IT Skills and Salary report, 76% of IT decision-makers experience critical skills gaps on their teams, a 145% increase since 2016. On the flip side, 80% reported benefits of certification including faster performance, higher engagement, and better work outcomes. Today, more hiring managers are seeking applicants with certifications to fill in-demand roles.

Not only are certifications important, but so is the type of certification. At TrueAbility we often tout the fact that not all certifications are created equal. We base this on how many educational objectives an exam captures, if the exam is prone to test breach (cheating) and if the test-taker can demonstrate real skills.

“Show what you know by doing”

When offering a certification, designing it to include test items that prove not only what an individual “knows”, but what they can “do”, provides the highest value by allowing the candidate to show proficiency in the subject matter. Additionally, a typical performance-based exam can capture all six educational objectives in Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives. As an added bonus, the opportunity to cheat is eliminated when a test candidate must prove their skills in a real environment.

The IT and Software industry has moved to embrace implementing high-fidelity, hands-on performance-based certifications and TrueAbility has developed technology in a platform that provides obvious benefits, including:

Scaling – exams that don’t take advantage of technology and automation will struggle to grow.

Remote Delivery + Global Reach – exam candidates are everywhere, and not always within reach of a physical testing center. Offering an online exam with remote proctoring means your candidate can securely take an exam from anywhere that’s convenient for them.

Emulation – Using a live virtual environment, with the real software and tools an exam candidate might use on the job, the exam is as real as it gets.

Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) – Software changes often. Technology is constantly improved. When it does, a certification can not suddenly become obsolete.  TrueAbility’s CI/CD features ensure that your exam is updated and as current as you want it to be.

Some examples of companies that have adapted their certifications to performance-based are:

Amazon AWS
Ping Identity
Cloudera
Linux Foundation
Google
VMWare
Microsoft
Alteryx
Financial Modeling Institute
Red Hat
Cisco
IBM
National Instruments
Intuit QuickBooks
SalesForce
KONG
Tetrate
Society of Actuaries
Node.JS Foundation

Exams built with TrueAbility can leverage performance-based scenarios and traditional test items to provide a comprehensive measure of a candidate’s genuine knowledge, skills and abilities. If you’d like to learn more about TrueAbility’s platform, please contact us at info@trueability.com.

Strategic program allows partners to bundle existing certification and talent assessment programs with TrueAbility’s performance-based assessment solutions to help enterprise organizations better verify knowledge and skills through real-world emulated testing

TrueAbility, the hub for validating employability for the future workforce, today announced the worldwide availability of its partner program. The new program is designed to help partners expand their footprint by packaging existing products with TrueAbility’s solutions to deliver performance-based assessments to enhance skill verification through unbiased real-world testing environments. Armed with a comprehensive offering, partners can help enterprise organizations remove the skills gap and empower employability to retain a strong digital workforce.

“Our partners are an integral part of the TrueAbility community, and we strive to help them innovate their offerings to better service their clients,” said Frederick Mendler, CEO, TrueAbility. “With skills as the currency for hiring the best talent, TrueAbility is aiming to help bridge the skills gap by giving access to performance-based testing for customers worldwide regardless of location or structure. Working together with our partners moves us one step closer in this mission.”

Large certification, training and talent assessment partners are able to white label or refer the TrueAbility platform within their customized products to create scalable, high fidelity live environments for demonstrating and measuring hands-on skill. The program offers partners access to an array of resources for success including collaborative demos, sales collateral, and training. At completion of training, partners have the opportunity to take an exam to become a TrueAbility Certified Sales Partner.

Current partners include PSI, Prometric, PearsonVue, Examity, Credly, Alpine Testing Solutions, Hale Associates, and others.

“With events over the past 12 months having instigated a major shift for companies to adapt to a remote workforce, they are also now faced with the challenge of how to securely and accurately evaluate candidates and employees. Online proctoring has emerged as the primary technology employers are turning to for these assessment needs,” stated SVP of Certification, Rory McCorkle, PSI. “Partnering with TrueAbility allows us to further improve the security and reliability of high stakes assessment and certification programs for our customers and their candidates. Our long-established integration with TrueAbility for performance-based testing means we can develop more customized solutions for our clients that are fair and balanced.”

TrueAbility recently announced its integrated partnership with Prometric to provide performance-based exams to leading credentialing and licensure organizations, academic institutions, and government agencies around the world.

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About TrueAbility
TrueAbility is validating employability for the 21st century workforce. The company aims to be the de facto platform for IT certification and digital skill assessment, proving an individual can do the job, in the most sought-after fields. Founded in 2012, TrueAbility is privately held and based in San Antonio, Texas. For more information, please visit www.trueability.com.

Collaboration between industry leaders expands access to testing programs incorporating live, emulated environments to verify professional skills and abilities

San Antonio, Texas (December 7, 2020) – TrueAbility®, the hub for validating employability for the future workforce, and Prometric®, a global leader providing end-to-end assessment services, have formed an integration partnership to provide performance-based exams to leading credentialing and licensure organizations, academic institutions and government agencies around the world. The partnership leverages unparalleled technological capabilities to create enhanced value for current and prospective customers worldwide.

“Prometric recognizes the significant value that the TrueAbility solution offers the performance-based assessment market,” said Prometric Chief Client Officer, Sean Burke. “Integration of the TrueAbility platform into the Prometric Assessment System enables IT certification and other test sponsors to greatly expand secure, reliable access to their testing programs through in-center and remote assessment delivery.”

TrueAbility’s performance-based platform gives customers a high-fidelity means to verify and measure a person’s proficiency level in digital skills through demonstration in a real work environment as proof and validation of knowledge and ability. The integration with Prometric gives test sponsors the added flexibility to create exams in multiple assessment formats including performance-based with multiple-choice questions (MCQ), furthering the enhancement of the testing experience.

“Accelerated by recent events, companies are embracing a ‘remote first’ workforce,” said Frederick Mendler, CEO, TrueAbility. “Without traditional in-person interviews to confirm employability skills, companies must rely on objective assessments such as certifications. With Prometric, we are able to expand our global footprint to reach enterprise organizations who need an accurate and cost-effective way to verify software and technology skills like they’ve never been able to do before. This partnership validates the value of hands-on assessments, and together we look forward to continuing to increase the value of certification.”

About Prometric
Prometric, a global leader in test development, test delivery, and candidate services, enables test sponsors worldwide to advance their credentialing programs through test development and delivery solutions that set the standard in quality and service excellence. Prometric offers a comprehensive and reliable approach to advising, developing, managing and delivering programs in an integrated, technology-enabled environment across the world’s most secure testing network, including 14,000 locations in more than 180 countries or through the conveniences of online assessment services. For more information, visit www.prometric.com or follow us on Twitter at @PrometricGlobal and www.linkedin.com/company/prometric/.

About TrueAbility
TrueAbility is validating employability for the 21st century workforce. The company aims to be the de facto platform for IT certification and digital skill assessment, proving an individual can do the job, in the most sought-after fields. Founded in 2012, TrueAbility is privately held and based in San Antonio, Texas. For more information, please visit www.trueability.com.