{"id":6311,"date":"2023-08-11T05:00:18","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T09:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humrro.org\/corpsite\/?p=6311"},"modified":"2025-05-02T12:57:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T16:57:08","slug":"trends-in-personnel-assessment-reflections-on-the-2023-ipac-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.humrro.org\/corpsite\/blog\/trends-in-personnel-assessment-reflections-on-the-2023-ipac-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Trends in Personnel Assessment: Reflections on the 2023 IPAC Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: -20px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-blend-mode: overlay;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h3 data-fontsize=\"18\" style=\"--fontSize: 18; line-height: 1.5;\" data-lineheight=\"27px\" class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\">Nearly 180 testing professionals, including several from HumRRO, gathered at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipacweb.org\/conference-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 International Personnel Assessment Council (IPAC) Conference<\/a> in Washington, D.C., to share best practices and trends in various aspects of personnel assessment, talent management, and workforce development.<\/h3>\n<p>Two personnel assessment themes emerged from the formal presentations and informal conversations among other testing professionals at the conference: the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) and increased use of skill-based assessments. At HumRRO, we\u2019ve conducted a great deal of research relevant to these themes that help guide our assessment decisions and solutions for clients: <\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" 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.fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-box-hover .heading .icon > span {\n\t\t\t\t\t\tborder-color: #a0ce4e !important;\n\t\t\t\t\t}<\/style><div style=\"border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-1 col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-last-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper link-area-link-icon icon-hover-animation-fade\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"heading heading-with-icon icon-left\"><div class=\"icon\"><i style=\"border-color:var(--awb-color5);border-width:1px;background-color:var(--awb-color5);box-sizing:content-box;height:68px;width:68px;line-height:68px;border-radius:50%;color:#ffffff;font-size:34px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fontawesome-icon fa-head-side-virus fas circle-yes\"><\/i><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\" style=\"padding-left:90px;color:#747474;\">\n<p><strong>Artificial intelligence (AI)<\/strong> will continue to have an important impact on assessment development and use. While generative AI appears to be effective at developing test items, concerns about legal and ethical issues associated with its use persist. At HumRRO, we\u2019ve been conducting foundational research for several years on ways to leverage AI to improve efficiency for clients while navigating relevant legal and ethical issues. Some workplace examples include using AI methods to <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s10869-022-09824-0\">streamline job <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s10869-022-09824-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">analyses <\/a>and to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onetcenter.org\/reports\/Related_2022.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">develop a more intuitive way to identify related occupations<\/a>, and in educational assessment, exploring how AI presents new <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/jedm.12331\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">challenges to building validity arguments<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div style=\"border-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-2 col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-last content-box-column-last-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper link-area-link-icon icon-hover-animation-fade\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"heading heading-with-icon icon-left\"><div class=\"icon\"><i style=\"border-color:var(--awb-color5);border-width:1px;background-color:var(--awb-color5);box-sizing:content-box;height:68px;width:68px;line-height:68px;border-radius:50%;color:#ffffff;font-size:34px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fontawesome-icon fa-book fas circle-yes\"><\/i><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\" style=\"padding-left:90px;color:#747474;\">\n<p>Like the private sector, federal government agencies are developing and using more <strong>skills-based assessments<\/strong>. This is largely in response to the Trump Era Executive Order <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2020\/07\/01\/2020-14337\/modernizing-and-reforming-the-assessment-and-hiring-of-federal-job-candidates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Modernizing and Reforming the Assessment and Hiring of Federal Job Candidates<\/a>, which requires agencies to \u201cassess candidates in a manner that does not rely solely on educational attainment to determine the extent to which candidates possess relevant knowledge, skills, competencies, and abilities.\u201d HumRRO has played a leading role in conducting research and developing applications of skill-based assessments, from our industry leading work on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humrro.org\/corpsite\/article\/rich-media-simulations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rich media assessments<\/a> to our ongoing research on ways to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humrro.org\/corpsite\/blog\/evidence-and-experience-based-best-practices-situational-judgment-tests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">improve situational judgment tests (SJTs)<\/a> in high-stakes assessment contexts.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .heading-link:hover .icon i.circle-yes,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-box:hover .heading-link .icon i.circle-yes,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-link-icon-hover .heading .icon i.circle-yes,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t.fusion-content-boxes-1 .fusion-content-box-hover .link-area-box-hover .heading .icon i.circle-yes {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tbackground-color: #a0ce4e !important;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tborder-color: #a0ce4e !important;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>As always, testing professionals are highly engaged in tactical methods to improve the conduct of job analyses, test development efforts, and test administration, with several panels and presentations on these topics at IPAC 2023. Much of the conversation at the conference focused on new technologies to facilitate these efforts, including in such areas as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humrro.org\/corpsite\/blog\/humrros-top-10-tips-for-engaging-smes-virtually\/\">virtual meeting and workshop platforms<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humrro.org\/corpsite\/blog\/look-before-leaping-10-issues-when-considering-remote-proctoring\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">online and remote testing<\/a>, and the development of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humrro.org\/corpsite\/news\/humrro-awarded-five-year-personnel-testing-and-career-exploration-contract-with-the-office-of-people-analytics-opa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">computer adaptive tests<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the IPAC Conference provided valuable insights, best practices, and discussions on the latest trends and challenges in the field of personnel assessment and talent management, including several by HumRRO experts on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7086699640779149312\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">career pathing, multiple-choice simulations, developing and scoring SJTs, and tools and techniques for selection officials<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-2{width:100% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-2 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 1.92%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 1.92%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-2{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-2 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-2{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-2 > .fusion-column-wrapper 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fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-dropshadow imageframe-1 hover-type-none\" style=\"border-radius:50%;-webkit-box-shadow: 3px 3px 7px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);box-shadow: 3px 3px 7px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);max-width:170px;\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humrro.org\/corpsite\/profile\/lance-anderson\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Lance Anderson, Ph.D. Director, Federal Talent Management at HumRRO\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"351\" alt=\"Lance Anderson, Ph.D. Director, Federal Talent Management at HumRRO\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humrro.org\/corpsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Lance.jpg\" 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