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NBE OVERVIEW

The purpose of the National Board Examination (NBE) is to provide official licensing agencies with a national evaluation of an applicant for licensure in the diverse areas of competency required for the field of funeral service. The International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards develops, administers and provides score reporting services to the state licensure boards.

The NBE is used in 49 states (except California) and the District of Columbia as an assessment of content knowledge needed to practice as a licensed Funeral Director or Embalmer. The exam contains two separate sections, a 170-item Arts section and a 170-item Sciences section. Each of these examinations covers the following topics.

BASIS FOR NBE CONTENT

An extensive job analysis was performed in 1985, through the use of a survey mailed to over 20,000 practitioners nationwide. This "task inventory" was used to determine the significance/importance of various activities performed by current practitioners. A new task analysis was conducted in 2004, resulting in the current exam content.

Therefore, the National Board Examination possesses substantial content validity and is highly representative of the content/knowledge domain that it intends to measure. This content validity approach (domain sampling and expert review of the questions by practicing professionals and educators) resulting from the job analysis conducted by The International Conference is recommended by the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures and the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing.

Examination policy is established by the elected Board of Directors and the National Board Examination Committee of The Conference. The National Board Examination is reported on and discussed with the total membership at each annual convention.

Please contact The Conference at info@theconferenceonline.org or 479.442.7076 for additional information.