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After a thorough and objective selection process, reviewing proposals from several test development companies, ACAMS chose Applied Measurement Professionals, Inc. (AMP), a corporation in Kansas, United States, to help us develop the exam. AMP provided job analysis, examination development, administration, scoring and reporting services for ACAMS.

AMP has extensive research, testing, measurement, management, publishing and technology experience. It has conducted more than 100 job analysis studies over the past 15 years and annually assesses more than 200,000 candidates (in the U.S. and abroad) for the 60+ credentialing organizations it serves. It has the resources to control all aspects of design, production and distribution, while being responsive, flexible, cost-effective, time-efficient and providing absolute security of all data and records. AMP was incorporated in 1982. For more information, see their website www.goAMP.com.

AMP and ACAMS' "Job Analysis Committee," a select group of industry professionals and experts, developed a survey which was sent out to hundreds of practitioners in the field for the purpose of preparing job analyses. This committee defined job or knowledge areas to build the test specifications, which are important in terms of the validity of the exam content. Later, AMP's psychometric staff monitored item development workshops. The items, which became questions on the exam, were directly linked to the initial job-related test specifications.

AMP then guided subject matter experts in the question-writing process, and brought them in for test development workshops. The result was a psychometrically sound and legally defensible exam that assures the quality and soundness of the CAMS certification program.

AMP's staff guided a panel of experts as they considered the final examination form during a passing point study. The panel defined the characteristics of a "minimally competent practitioner" during this study and evaluated items that would present difficulties for such candidates. The examination is a criterion-referenced exam intended to only pass those competent to do the job.