Child Development Associate (CDA) Assessment
Credential Source Contact Information
- Source Company Name:
- The Council for Professional Recognition
- Contact:
- Chris Barnes, Vice President, Impact Expansion and Partnership Development
- Phone:
- 800.424.4310
- Email:
- chrisb@cdacouncil.org
- Website:
- https://www.cdacouncil.org/en
Credential Contractor
- Credential Contractor:
- Same as source
- Contact:
- Same as source
- Phone:
- Same as source
- Email:
- Same as source
Test Administration
- Test Site:
-
- Testing facility
- Paper & Pencil
- No
- Can the instructor take this test?:
- No
- Number of Test Items:
- 60 (No response from source about accommodations or test information for 2022-23, 2023-24, or 2024-25.)
- Time Allowed (minutes):
120
(No response from source about accommodations or test information for 2022-23, 2023-24, or 2024-25.)
- Passing Score (percent):
70
(No response from source about accommodations or test information for 2022-23, 2023-24, or 2024-25.)
- Cost Per Test:
$425 online; $500 paper
(No response from source about accommodations or test information for 2022-23, 2023-24, or 2024-25.)
- Test Specifics:
https://home.pearsonvue.com/cdaexam
(No response from source about accommodations or test information for 2022-23, 2023-24, or 2024-25.)
- Additional information:
- https://www.cdacouncil.org/en/
- No response from source about accommodations or test information for 2022-23, 2023-24, or 2024-25.
Timing
- Multiple test sessions:
- Yes
- Time of day
- Yes
- Order of tasks
- Yes
- Planned breaks during test
- Yes
- Is extended time an option for the test-taker?
- No
Setting
- Test location
- Yes
- Adaptive or special furniture
- Yes
- Special lighting
- Yes
Presentation
- Written directions accompanying oral directions
- Yes
- Specific verbal prompts
- Yes
- Visual aids
- No
- Amplification equipment
- Yes
- Headphones, earmuffs, or earplugs
- Yes
- Large-print test
- Yes
- Braille test
- Yes
- Read-aloud test
- Yes
- Audio test
- Yes
- Interpreting/transliterating testing directions
- Yes
- Interpreting/Transliterating the test
- Yes
Response
- Enlarged copy of the answer document
- Yes
- Communication board or choice cards
- Yes
- Examiner records responses
- Yes
- Brailler
- Yes
- Word processor or word processor with speech-to-text
- Yes
- Augmentative communication device
- Yes
- Word prediction software
- No
- Spelling aids
- No
- English dictionary
- No
- Dictation using a recording device
- No
- Dictation to a scribe
- Yes
- Read back student response
- Yes
- Calculator and arithmetic tools
- No
- Calculator with additional functions
- No
- Math aids
- No
- Dry erase board
- No
- Additional writing implements
- No
- Audio test
- Yes
- Bilingual dictionary
- Yes
- Dictation to a scribe
- Yes
- English dictionary
- No
- Examiner records responses
- Yes
- Flexible Schedule
- Yes
- Is extended time an option for the test-taker?
- No
- Multiple test sessions
- No
- Read-aloud test
- Yes
- Test directions delivery
- Yes
- Visual aids
- Yes
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