Writers are provided details on the best practices in question development. Each draft question is reviewed by at least one other writer before entry into the database. Questions are then reviewed during an on-line international workshop for form, consistency, accuracy and appropriateness to domain, and modified as needed. Questions accepted by the workshop panel are then beta-tested alongside scored questions during an actual exam.  The questions that perform well (according to psychometric best practice evaluation) can then be used in future exams. The selection of specific questions for each exam is done by Exam Form Reviewers.

Exam Question Writers

  • Anne Alix, Corteva Agrisciences, United Kingdom

  • Bin-Le Lin, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan

  • Bruce Duncan, US EPA retired (University of Washington & Bruce Duncan Environmental Consulting, LLC), United States

  • Carla Ng, Pittsburgh University, United States

  • Caroline Moermond, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment – RIVM, Netherlands

  • Emily Garman, NiPERA (Nickel Health and Environmental Sciences), United States

  • James Meador, NOAA Fisheries, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, United States

  • Jannicke Moe, Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), Norway

  • Kevin Russell, Anchor QEA, United States

  • Lorraine Brown, TerraStat, United States

  • Mark Johnson, US Department of Defense, United States

  • Nico van den Brink, Wageningen University & Research Centre, Netherlands

  • Patricia Fai, University of Dschang / University of Bamenda, Cameroon

  • Sabine Navis, Arche consulting, Belgium

  • Samuel Maynard, AstraZeneca, United Kingdom

  • Tim Verslycke, Gradient Corp, United States

  • Todd Gouin, Environ research, United Kingdom

  • Vanessa Mazerolles, ANSES, France

Exam Form Reviewers

  • Adam Ryan, International Zinc Association, United States

  • Bradley Sample, Ecological Risk Inc, United States

  • Bruce Duncan, US EPA retired (University of Washington & Bruce Duncan Environmental Consulting, LLC), United States

  • Mark Johnson, US Department of Defense, United States

  • Udo Hommen, Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME, Germany

  • Lawrence Tannenbaum, US Department of Defense retired, United States

Questions or Comments?