Does ARELLO require assessment or question banks for CBT or Internet based courses?
No, assessment banks are highly recommended but not required. Assessment banks allow incremental quizzes or final exams to be presented from an appropriately sized “pool” of potential questions. For example, for a 10 question quiz, there may be 30 potential questions within the bank. Implementation of an assessment bank within a course provides an excellent instructional strategy to ensure students do not simply memorize questions and answers. When using an assessment bank, no incremental quiz or final exam is identical to one a student previously completed. Courses utilizing assessment banks typically have increased credibility with regulatory agencies and therefore ARELLO as well. For the purposes of ARELLO-IDECC review, all questions within the assessment banks with answers must be submitted to ARELLO for the review process.
