New Testing Process

[jemiller]

In South Dakota they had an early multiple choice test that did nothing to advance training in my opinion. After the uproar ended, and the testing outfit that was used went belly up, we went back to the regular paper and pencil 100 T F open book and closed book test.

Now we do the same test, but on-line. Same for mechanics. We get the test down loaded so that we can review as a group, and this we had always done. Last year was our first year under that system, and despite a couple of glitches with the mechanics test, and instructions over how to do things the first time, I think it was great.

We have reduced the costs to the association and members. Not sure why our annual fees went up given all of these cost savings measures, but they were probably due to increase regardless. Now if we could only get a central assigning software solution to fly so that officiating crews don't have to pass each other going to do games in each others backyard we would be set.

30+ years of handling FB contracts is wearing thin...Jim