{"id":2479,"date":"2008-06-10T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-10T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2008\/06\/10\/spsm-exam-sets-new-integrity-standard\/"},"modified":"2022-07-07T07:53:15","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T11:53:15","slug":"spsm-exam-sets-new-integrity-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/spsm-exam-sets-new-integrity-standard\/","title":{"rendered":"SPSM Exam Sets New Integrity Standard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here at Next Level Purchasing today, we launched a new approach to administering the SPSM<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Exam that will serve to further strengthen the SPSM<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Certification\u2019s already strong reputation as a challenging measurement of purchasing proficiency.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/businesses\/membership\/\">Become a member of one of the world\u2019s largest procurement associations today!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Internationally, a standard practice for certification providers is to have multiple versions of certification exams in order to maintain the integrity of the testing process. Since Day 1 of the SPSM<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Exam, we had that.<\/p>\n<p>But today we implemented some new programming that randomizes the order of the questions on each version of the SPSM<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Exam. Therefore, no two exams will realistically ever have the same combination of questions in the same order.<\/p>\n<p>This is consistent with our founding philosophy with the SPSM<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Certification: to give employers the assurance that those who have earned the SPSM<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> are truly the \u201ccream of the crop\u201d \u2013 professionals who have truly earned their certification without taking any shortcuts or receiving any special accommodations. 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