Allysson .\\oraes wrote: > is there some plans to LPI release a new certification level based on total > pratice exames (like RHCE) maintaining the currents? > What would be the implications? It would be nice to prove theoretical > skills.
(I'm not at all sure whether I have understood the question, but here goes …) The party line is that practical exams (as used by Red Hat or Novell) lack the psychometric theory that is behind LPI's existing multiple-choice exams. Instead, they are based on a warm fuzzy feeling that somebody who can do XYZ on a computer in a more-or-less contrived exam situation will also be able to do XYZ (and, presumably, related things) on a computer in the wild. We don't want to certify people based on warm fuzzy feelings.¹ In addition, one might argue from a pragmatic point of view that practical exams are more difficult to deploy since they need a more elaborate infrastructure than the current LPI exams. This will result in higher exam prices and make the exams less accessible – it is unclear whether practical exams could be offered through Prometric/VUE and at major Linux events (where LPI currently offers paper-based exams), and LPI isn't really in a position to create and maintain its own infrastructure for the practical exams, such that they are available nearly anywhere in the world like the current exams are. The idea of offering optional practical exams *alongside* the existing exams seems interesting at first glance, but conflicts with the basic stipulation that the existing exams already tell us everything one needs to know about a candidate's qualifications. (If that wasn't the case, the current LPI exam process would be flawed, and we obviously can't have that, so there we are.) If we do accept that stipulation, having a separate optional practical exam would be a waste of effort, since it would not signify anything other than that somebody who has passed the practical exam was able to afford the time and money to go through with it. Anselm (not speaking for the LPI nor Linup Front GmbH, of course). 1. If one was feeling snarky one could point out that psychometrics isn't the most exact of sciences, either, but that is neither here nor there. -- Anselm Lingnau ... Linup Front GmbH ... Linux-, Open-Source- & Netz-Schulungen [email protected], +49(0)6151-9067-103, Fax -299, www.linupfront.de Linup Front GmbH, Postfach 100121, 64201 Darmstadt, Germany Sitz: Weiterstadt (AG Darmstadt, HRB7705), Geschäftsführer: Oliver Michel _______________________________________________ lpi-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-discuss
