{"id":10903,"date":"2024-08-01T18:33:38","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T22:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coachingfederation.org\/?p=10903"},"modified":"2025-02-07T10:01:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T15:01:26","slug":"forthcoming-updates-to-icf-credentialing-exam-for-enhanced-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coachingfederation.org\/blog\/forthcoming-updates-to-icf-credentialing-exam-for-enhanced-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Forthcoming Updates to ICF Credentialing Exam for Enhanced Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>August 1, 2024<\/strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW72125494 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW72125494 BCX0\">\u2013<\/span><\/span>Candidate feedback and industry changes have inspired upcoming updates to the ICF Credentialing Exam. These changes aim to improve the exam experience while maintaining our rigorous standards for assessment.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">These updates will go into effect on August 20, 2024<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">. Crafted and reviewed by coach practitioners worldwide, the ICF Credentialing Exam is truly<\/span>\u00a0<span data-contrast=\"none\">an exam<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">by coaches, for coaches.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What Are the Changes?\u202f<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The updated exam will feature the following enhancements:<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"9\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Fewer total items.<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0The updated ICF Credentialing Exam will have 78 scenario-based items, a decrease from the current 81 items on the exam.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"9\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">A longer scheduled break<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">. Candidates will enjoy an optional 10-minute break midway through the exam to rest and recharge.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"9\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Enhanced screen presentation<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">of exam items for easier reading and processing of exam content.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"9\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Translated forms of the exam will\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">present translated exam items first<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">with optional English language aids as a supplement, improving accessibility and user experience.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"9\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Expanded score reports<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0will offer feedback on a candidate\u2019s relative performance across each exam domain for candidates who require an exam retake, empowering candidates with information to guide additional study and preparation.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Included with the enhancements to the exam experience, ICF is pleased to announce a new\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">ICF Credentialing Exam online tutorial<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">. The tutorial is an interactive simulation of the Pearson VUE testing platform. Use this tutorial to become familiar with the exam platform features, practice the exam navigation functionality, and review and answer sample ICF Credentialing Exam questions in the testing platform environment at your own pace.\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">This online tutorial will be\u00a0<\/span><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pearsonvue.com\/us\/en\/icf.html\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">available\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">beginning August 20, 2024<\/span><\/b><\/a><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">,\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">at no cost.<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 1, 2024\u2013Candidate feedback and industry changes have inspired upcoming updates to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":2947,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"audience-type":[],"display-option":[],"post-type":[126],"topic":[1328],"_person-tax":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10903","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"post-type-news","8":"topic-credentialing-updates","9":"not-partnership-post","12":"has-featured-image"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachingfederation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachingfederation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachingfederation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachingfederation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachingfederation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10903"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coachingfederation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10906,"href":"https:\/\/coachingfederation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10903\/revisions\/10906"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachingfederation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachingfederation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"audience-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachingfederation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audience-type?post=10903"},{"taxonomy":"display-option","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachingfederation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/display-option?post=10903"},{"taxonomy":"post-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachingfederation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post-type?post=10903"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachingfederation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=10903"},{"taxonomy":"_person-tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachingfederation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/_person-tax?post=10903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}