Take a look at the latest ASWB Exam Handbook for some new additions coming to the social work licensing exam. If you've taken the exam recently, you know they've already added highlighting and strikethrough to the exams. Handy tools for some, distracting--and potentially time-wasting--bells and whistles for others.
But a bigger, more meaningful change is happening. For the first time in who knows how long, the exam will include something other than just questions with a STEM (the question part) and FOUR ANSWER OPTIONS. It will now include--drumroll please--questions with a STEM and THREE ANSWER OPTIONS! So now, you'll have a 33% chance of getting a question right even if you have no idea what it's about and can't eliminate one of the options. This is up from 25% (one out of four) for coin-flippy efforts to answer tough questions correctly.
How the content of these questions will differ from the traditional four answer options (A, B, C, & D) is unclear. More will be revealed soon.
In the meantime, take is as good news and go pass that exam!
