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The computerized CPA exam: its a whole new ballgame: This past April, aspiring CPAs were presented with a seminal change in the accounting professions licensing process when the computer-based uniform CPA examination was launched. Author: Babuin, Diane Geographic Code: 1U9CA Date: Sep 1, 2004 Words: 2100 Publication: California CPA ISSN: 1530-4035 The introduction of this new test marked the biggest change to the examination in its 100-year history. The result of a strong collaborative effort by the AICPA, the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy, the technology-based testing service Thomson Prometric and the state boards of accountancy, the computer- based test is the product of more than five years of hard work by volunteers and these organizations professional staffs. ********** THE EXAMS CHANGES were developed carefully and based on evidence of practice necessities, psychometric standards and the contributions of regulators, educators and accounting professionals. These alterations have resulted in a state- of-the-art examination that provides a platform from which the licensing process can continuously be improved. Most importantly, the examination was revised to achieve a better alignment with professional practice requirements. In that fashion, protecting public interest remains paramount and those who rely on the work of CPAs can have confidence that the licensing process adequately protects their interests. /_/print/PrintArticle.aspx?id=123123997 Now that the first testing window (April 5-May 29) has been completed, the question that is on everyones mind is, How did it go? The answer: Very well. Compared to other known computer-based test conversion projects, the CPA examination has gone remarkably well. During April and May, some 23,000 test sections were delivered. A