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(NAR) VOL. IV NO. 4 / OCTOBER-DECEMBER 1993
[ PRC RESOLUTION NO. 15, s. 1993, October 26, 1993 ]
BOARD OF RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY
FULL COMPUTERIZATION OF X-RAY TECHNOLOGY AND RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY LICENSURE EXAMINATIONS
WHEREAS, the Board of Radiologic Technology is empowered by Sec. 9(f) of R.A. 7431: "The Radiologic Technology Act of 1992" and Sec. 6(a) of P.D. 223, as amended, to adopt measures and policies that will preserve and improve the technical, ethical, and moral standards of the Radiologic Technology and X-Ray Technology professions;
WHEREAS, to guarantee the credibility, integrity, confidentiality, and quality of the X-Ray Technology and Radiologic Technology licensure examinations, it is imperative that the mechanics and administration thereof be fully computerized, i.e., the computerization shall be utilized in the inputting into, and the selection from, the question bank of test questions submitted by the Board, the correction of such test questions, and the rating of test papers, etc.;
WHEREAS, the use of different sets of questions from the same randomized set of questions chosen by the computer will achieve the goal of preventing, if not significantly minimizing, the copying of answers from among seatmates;
WHEREAS, the Board recognizes the computerization of the licensure examination as a dynamic and progressive process leading to the upgrading of licensure examinations as a commitment of the Board to the Professional Regulation Commission in preserving and upholding its integrity;
WHEREAS, the system or process does not divest the Board of the functions to determine and prepare the contents of the licensure examination as well as to decide on the type of examination to be given;
WHEREAS under Res. No. 265, Series of 1993, the Commission directed that the examinations of all the professions under the jurisdiction and supervision thereof "shall be fully computerized in 1993 except those professions with examinees below 1000 which shall be programmed in 1994;
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the quasi-legislative power thereof under Sec. 9(g) and Sec. 13 of R.A. No. 7431, the Board hereby RESOLVED, as it so RESOLVES, to fully computerize the X-Ray Technology and Radiologic Technology Licensure Examinations starting this December 27 and 28, 1993 schedule under these guidelines and procedures, viz.;
1. The Board Member shall input into the test bank at least five hundred (500) questions for each cluster of subjects as the starting point which must be built up by a minimum of three hundred (300) every examination to reach the ideal optimum three thousand (3000) questions or more. The questions deposited in the test bank shall be withdrawable and replenishable with new ones so as to keep abreast with the latest technological trend of the profession.
2. The inputted questions may come from those which the Board Member had personally prescribed or formulated or from those which he/she had adopted from the questions supplied by the academe.
3. No question shall be fed into the test bank unless it has been appraised as of its objectivity, validity, materiality, reliability, and efficaciousness. An expert on test construction may be consulted to assist the Board Member fine-tune every question to discern if the foregoing constraints or parameters have been met to determine if every question is un-ambiguous and to find out if it is definite and only answerable with one definite correct answer -and not with the "best answer".
4. The question to be fed in the test bank shall be classified as to their degree of comprehensibility: easy, average/moderate, and difficult; as to their level of knowledge (sound, adequate, and fair) and proficiency (competent, adequate, and fair); and shall be objective (multiple choice). Questions for each category must be equitably comprehensive and presentative of the mass.
5. Security measures shall be implemented to ensure that the computer programs and files are tamper-free. Multiple password shall be adopted so that no one has complete control of, or access to, the computer programs and files. Three (3) responsible key officials shall be designated for this purpose.
6. The number of questions to be given in the examination for each subject shall be extracted from the test bank and randomized so as to produce at least two (2) sets, e.g. "A" and "B" containing the same number of questions but having different chronological arrangement of questions for printing and distribution to the examinees, accordingly precluding the examinees from copying the answers of their seatmates.
7. The correction and rating of testpapers as well as the other stages/process involved shall be computerized.
FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the herein resolution, upon its approval by the Commission, shall be effective after fifteen (15) days following its publication in the Official Gazette or newspaper of general circulation.
FINALLY, RESOLVED, that this resolution shall be circularized to all schools/colleges offering the courses X-Ray Technology and Radiologic Technology.
Adopted: 26 Oct. 1993
WHEREAS, to guarantee the credibility, integrity, confidentiality, and quality of the X-Ray Technology and Radiologic Technology licensure examinations, it is imperative that the mechanics and administration thereof be fully computerized, i.e., the computerization shall be utilized in the inputting into, and the selection from, the question bank of test questions submitted by the Board, the correction of such test questions, and the rating of test papers, etc.;
WHEREAS, the use of different sets of questions from the same randomized set of questions chosen by the computer will achieve the goal of preventing, if not significantly minimizing, the copying of answers from among seatmates;
WHEREAS, the Board recognizes the computerization of the licensure examination as a dynamic and progressive process leading to the upgrading of licensure examinations as a commitment of the Board to the Professional Regulation Commission in preserving and upholding its integrity;
WHEREAS, the system or process does not divest the Board of the functions to determine and prepare the contents of the licensure examination as well as to decide on the type of examination to be given;
WHEREAS under Res. No. 265, Series of 1993, the Commission directed that the examinations of all the professions under the jurisdiction and supervision thereof "shall be fully computerized in 1993 except those professions with examinees below 1000 which shall be programmed in 1994;
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the quasi-legislative power thereof under Sec. 9(g) and Sec. 13 of R.A. No. 7431, the Board hereby RESOLVED, as it so RESOLVES, to fully computerize the X-Ray Technology and Radiologic Technology Licensure Examinations starting this December 27 and 28, 1993 schedule under these guidelines and procedures, viz.;
1. The Board Member shall input into the test bank at least five hundred (500) questions for each cluster of subjects as the starting point which must be built up by a minimum of three hundred (300) every examination to reach the ideal optimum three thousand (3000) questions or more. The questions deposited in the test bank shall be withdrawable and replenishable with new ones so as to keep abreast with the latest technological trend of the profession.
2. The inputted questions may come from those which the Board Member had personally prescribed or formulated or from those which he/she had adopted from the questions supplied by the academe.
3. No question shall be fed into the test bank unless it has been appraised as of its objectivity, validity, materiality, reliability, and efficaciousness. An expert on test construction may be consulted to assist the Board Member fine-tune every question to discern if the foregoing constraints or parameters have been met to determine if every question is un-ambiguous and to find out if it is definite and only answerable with one definite correct answer -and not with the "best answer".
4. The question to be fed in the test bank shall be classified as to their degree of comprehensibility: easy, average/moderate, and difficult; as to their level of knowledge (sound, adequate, and fair) and proficiency (competent, adequate, and fair); and shall be objective (multiple choice). Questions for each category must be equitably comprehensive and presentative of the mass.
5. Security measures shall be implemented to ensure that the computer programs and files are tamper-free. Multiple password shall be adopted so that no one has complete control of, or access to, the computer programs and files. Three (3) responsible key officials shall be designated for this purpose.
6. The number of questions to be given in the examination for each subject shall be extracted from the test bank and randomized so as to produce at least two (2) sets, e.g. "A" and "B" containing the same number of questions but having different chronological arrangement of questions for printing and distribution to the examinees, accordingly precluding the examinees from copying the answers of their seatmates.
7. The correction and rating of testpapers as well as the other stages/process involved shall be computerized.
FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the herein resolution, upon its approval by the Commission, shall be effective after fifteen (15) days following its publication in the Official Gazette or newspaper of general circulation.
FINALLY, RESOLVED, that this resolution shall be circularized to all schools/colleges offering the courses X-Ray Technology and Radiologic Technology.
Adopted: 26 Oct. 1993
(Sgd.) FORTUNATO C. GABON, JR. Chairman | ||
(Sgd.) DEXTER R. RODELAS | (Sgd.) EDITHA C. MORA Member | |
(Sgd.) JOSE T. CAFFUD, M.D., FPCR | (Sgd.) EULINIA M. VALDEZCO | |
Member | Member | |
APPROVED: | ||
(Sgd.) HERMOGENES P. POBRE | ||
Commissioner | ||
(Sgd.) MARIANO A. MENDIETA | (Sgd.) ARMANDO C. PASCUAL | |
Associate Commissioner | Associate Commissioner | |