Ascend Advanced
Designing Assessments and Certifications
Design assessments that measure what a course teaches and stand up to scrutiny: question pools, objectives, item quality, versions, certificates and the privacy of the people taking them.
About this certification
Design assessments that measure what a course teaches and stand up to scrutiny: question pools, objectives, item quality, versions, certificates and the privacy of the people taking them.
The certification is earned by passing an assessment at the end of each module. Each assessment draws its questions fresh from a larger pool, so the certification reflects what you can do rather than what you remember from a previous attempt.
Who it is for
- Experienced Ascend users who set it up for others
- Administrators and leads
- Agencies running Ascend for clients
Skills measured
5 modules · 15 topics
1Question pools3 topics
- Questions per attempt and the pool target
- Objectives and the per-lesson count
- Retiring a question and possible leaks
2Item quality3 topics
- One defensible answer
- Distractors that discriminate
- Short answers that accept every right spelling
3Certification3 topics
- What certification locks, and why
- Attempts in a rolling window
- Versions and keeping old certificates valid
4Placement and refreshers3 topics
- Placement checks
- Refreshers after a pass
- Role-play practice
5Learners’ data3 topics
- Who sees results
- Retention, Reset progress and Forget
- Verification and revocation
The exam
The exam is published with the certification in 2027. Like every VeraGen certification, each attempt draws fresh questions from a larger pool, and the certificate is kept for good.