ASPPB EPPP (Part 2-Skills) Update
The ASPPB Board of Directors has announced an update to the integration of the EPPP (Part 2-Skills).
In The Know: EPPP (Part 2-Skills)
The ASPPB Board of Directors (Board) recently met for its June (2024) Board meeting. During this meeting, the Board spent a majority of its time discussing the comments and questions that were raised during the April Mid-Year Meeting in Boston and the remote town hall listening session in May. We greatly value the feedback received during these sessions. As an organization comprised of 66 member jurisdictions across North America, we recognize the importance of harmonizing diverse voices to establish a unified regulatory stance for Psychology. Our mission remains focused on supporting member jurisdictions in fulfilling their responsibility of public protection.
Nearly fifteen years ago, with the support and through the collective efforts of its member jurisdictions, ASPPB began to study and develop an update to the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP)that would include a skills-based assessment, so as to even more effectively measure entry-level competence. More recently, however, a few member jurisdictions have raised questions and concerns about the value of including this skills-related component in the examination. At the June meeting, the Board carefully considered the input of these members, as well as the numerous factors and considerations that led ASPPB to its decision to embark upon this path toward the much-needed evolution of the EPPP so many years ago. Following these deliberations, the Board reaffirmed its previous position that:
Effective no later than January 1, 2026, the EPPP is one examination with two parts: EPPP (Part 1-Knowledge) and EPPP (Part 2-Skills).
Additionally, in order to address some members’ stated concerns about the practical roll-out of the updated examination, the Board passed a motion to set the stage for new policy related to the implementation of the two-part EPPP in 2026:
Pending feasibility, ASPPB intends to offer an additional option for a single-fee, two-day administration of the EPPP, effective January 1, 2026. Under this option, the two days must occur within a thirty-day period.
Although many details remain to be finalized regarding this delivery option the Board will be dedicating the summer to developing processes for jurisdictions who wish to administer the examination in this way. We understand the need for jurisdictions to have this information soon and have set a goal to provide detailed guidance by September’s end. In addition to providing the above information, below we have addressed the questions raised by some of the member jurisdictions during recent listening sessions. The Board’s goal in providing this document is to ensure that ASPPB’s membership has a better understanding of the work ASPPB membership and leadership have devoted to the development of the EPPP (Part 2-Skills) over the last fifteen years and the importance of skills-based assessment to ensuring minimum competence, as well as to clear up some misinformation that has been circulating.