Linking Social Work Licensing Exam Content to Educational Competencies
Poor Reliability Challenges the Path to Licensure
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12385341 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dawn Apgar (0000-0002-5474-1811, Seton Hall University, corresponding author), Wade Luquet (0000-0003-2887-5389, Gwynedd Mercy University) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 66-75 |
| Publication date | 2022-08-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Research on Social Work Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1049-7315 • E-ISSN: 1552-7581 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/10497315221116123 |
| OpenAlex | W4289711422 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 24 |
Purpose: There has been increasing interest in the academy to assist social work graduates to become licensed which is likely to grow as the Council of Social Work Education (CSWE) cites licensure pass rates as a post-graduation outcome required for accreditation by newly adopted standards. This study determines the ability of academics to reliably link Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities statements that are the bases of licensure tests with the CSWE competencies in the Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS). Methods: Four full-time faculty members at two institutions conducted an interrater reliability analysis on practice tests to determine the extent to which licensure questions could be consistently linked to EPAS competencies. Results: Study findings indicate weak reliability between social work licensure examination questions and CSWE EPAS competencies. Conclusion: Lack of consistency threatens the path to licensure and may explain why graduates of accredited programs lack the requisite knowledge to become licensed
Accreditation · Coursework · Licensure · Medical education · Political science · Evaluation and Performance Assessment · Innovations in Medical Education · Medicine · Nursing Roles and Practices · Psychology · Social Work
Statistical Methods for Rates and Proportions
Bias, prevalence and kappa
Interrater reliability
“I Know What I Know… Unless I Don’t”
Setting appropriate competency benchmarks to support successful social work program assessment
A Coefficient of Agreement for Nominal Scales
A Test of the Validity of the LCSW Examination
Preparing MSW Students for Social Work Licensure
Microaggressions and racial privilege within the social work profession
Evaluating the Reliability of Oral Examinations for Licensure of Clinical Social Workers in Virginia
The Association of Social Work Boards’ Licensure Examinations
Knowledge, Professional and Practice Integration in Social Work Education
Contemporary Social Work Licensure
Where Have All the Organizers Gone
Measuring nominal scale agreement among many raters
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |