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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 38, 795-799, Copyright © 1983 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc

REPORT OF A MEETING

An innovation in nutrition education: development of a national nutrition test-item bank

RL Weinsier, CM Brooks, JR Boker, DC Heimburger and EA Young

A NNTIB prototype has been developed and implemented at the University of Alabama in Birmingham School of Medicine. The further development of the Bank as a shared national resource was considered at a workshop carried out in conjunction with the 1983 ASCN meeting. Through this forum it was confirmed that the concept of a NNTIB is both valid and viable, receiving the support of a variety of nutrition educators and the endorsement of the ASCN Committee on Nutrition Education. The general recommendations of the workshop participants were that a modification of the test-item bank prototype be used as the model for the development of a national bank. A key recommendation was the development of a committee to oversee the acceptance and review of test items included in the NNTIB. Recognizing that the major constraints in the development of a national bank are likely to be logistical, mechanical, and fiscal, it is our belief that each of the limitations could be overcome if the Bank were adopted by a parent society with a long-term commitment to its continued support and development. After such support has been identified and pilot trials have been carried out, the implications of the NNTIB for advances in the field of nutrition go well beyond improved quality of testing materials and extend into the critical area of the establishment of standards of nutrition education and certification of competency. The development of the NNTIB offers a challenge to nutrition educators, national nutrition organizations, and interested governmental agencies for their involvement and support.


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