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Evansville licensing board agrees temporary paper testing as online exam upload is delayed
Summary
Board members discussed repeated delays in uploading a new computer-based licensing test; the board agreed to accept paper tests and manual grading as a temporary measure and asked Les to provide question packets and an update.
Board members discussed persistent delays in getting a new computer-based licensing exam uploaded and implemented and agreed to a temporary paper-and-pencil testing arrangement to avoid further delays for apprentices scheduled to take the exam.
Board members said Les, the person responsible for uploading the exam to the testing platform, has not completed the upload; members discussed that his wife had undergone surgery and that Les had been delayed. Les said he could provide printed tests and grade them by hand and offered to deliver question packets and produce multiple test versions to prevent copying. In the record Les said, “I could do that in a day or 2,” and later said he would send approved question packets and multiple versions of the paper test so the board could approve them.
Board members discussed options for administering a paper exam and grading it while staff pursues the online upload. One board member suggested the board could grade hard-copy tests to speed processing; another said paper tests had been used previously with Ivy Tech and that procedures exist to maintain test security. The board discussed candidate preparation and reference materials for the exam, including the National Electrical Code and the American Electrician's Handbook; members emphasized that candidates must bring properly bound reference materials and keyed indexes that are attached to the code book.
The board agreed to ask Les for a progress update within about a week and directed him to provide a packet of approximately 75–100 approved questions so staff could assemble two or three alternate paper versions. Board members said if the computer upload is not completed within roughly two weeks they will proceed with paper testing to avoid delaying approximately 63–70 apprentices who are scheduled for testing.
No formal roll-call vote on the testing approach appears in the transcript; the record shows the board reached an operational agreement and assigned follow-up tasks to Les and licensing staff.
