NDAEB Annual Report 2019

The National Dental Assisting Examining Board The NDAEB is an independent Board with representatives from the Canadian Dental Assisting Regulatory Authorities, the Canadian Dental Assistants’ Association, the Canadian Dental Association, the Commission on Dental Accreditation of Canada, dental assisting educators from accredited and non-accredited educational institutes, and the public. The Board also includes a non-voting position for a Student Representative. The NDAEB provides this Annual Report to stakeholders as an overview of activities in 2019. The report includes Written Examination and Clinical Practice Evaluation statistics, Board and Committee members information, and the 2019 audited financial statements. Mission The NDAEB's mission is to assure individuals have met the current national baseline standard in the knowledge and skills required by Canadian provincial or territorial regulatory authorities for recognition as an intra-oral dental assistant . Vision The NDAEB will strive for excellence in the provision of valid and reliable national dental assisting examinations. Values The NDAEB is committed to fairness, transparency and excellence in the services it provides to candidates, stakeholders and the public . Testing Agency Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry School of Dentistry University of Alberta, Edmonton Psychometric Consultant: Dr. Dwight Harley, Ph.D., Director of Assessment and Evaluation Written Examination The NDAEB administers a 200-item multiple choice written examination four times per year at sites across Canada and is available in both official languages. All provinces, except Quebec, require intra-oral Level II dental assistants entering the profession to hold the NDAEB certificate. The Written Exam Committee develops and maintains the exam items and is comprised of 11 volunteers representing practicing dental assistants and educators from across Canada. Standard Setting for the Written Examination The National Dental Assisting Examining Board uses the modified Angoff standard setting method to set passing scores for the written examination .