Being a psychometrician, I love numbers, so what better way to talk about all that ACE accomplished with your help in 2010 than by sharing some numbers with you?! Before I get into the numbers, though, I know that I'll be asked "how many people were certified in 2010?" Alas, that is one number that I cannot share with you, but I hope you'll enjoy the fun facts that I have provided below.
Without further ado (drum roll please)... 2010: A Year in Numbers
English Exams Published:
- 4 Microsoft Office exams
- 7 Microsoft Technical Associate exams
- 14 Microsoft Technical Specialist exams
- 6 Microsoft PRO exams
- 3 Upgrade exams
- 8 Microsoft Certified Masters exams
- 8 Microsoft Dyanmics exams
- 21 beta exams (includes TS, PRO, and MOS betas; how many did you participate in?)
- Total of 67 exams published in 2010 in English
Exams Published by Language:
- Chinese: 38
- Danish: 7
- Dutch: 4
- French: 22
- German: 31
- Italian: 1
- Japanese: 33
- Korean: 8
- Polish: 1
- Portuguese: 34
- Russian: 14
- Spanish: 13
- Turkish: 1
Total publications across all lanugages: 278 (Wow! We've been busy! (includes beta publications))
Exam Development:
- 157 SMEs participated in an objective domain session for an exam released in 2010
- 652 SMEs participated in the blueprinting process for an exam released in 2010
- 7270 SMEs participated in beta
- 1508 meal cards used by SMEs participating in exam development sessions in Redmond
- Average spend per meal card: $7.57 (breakfast burritos!)
SME Database (are you a member yet?):
- 1029 SMEs joined the database
- 3690 beta invitations were sent to those SMEs
Questions Created through Community Development Initiative:
- Item ideas created for 6 technologies (.NET, SharePoint Server, SQL Server, Exchange Server, Windows 7, and Windows Server) and 19 exams
- 400 items were generated by 150 SMEs
What were people being certified on in 2010?
- Across all MS certifications: Microsoft Certified Application Specialist on Office Word 2007
- Within our technical certifications: MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Configuration
- By technology: Office 2003, Office 2007, and Windows Server 2008
Well, I hope you found this as interesting as I did when I pulling together these numbers! Thanks to all the SMEs who helped us make 2010 a great year in the world of exam development!
Source: Blog to Learn
Posts
0 comments:
Post a Comment