Promulgate Fair Testing Guidelines for Nursing Education through the NLN’s wide
dissemination network.
Offer faculty development programming on the use of these fair testing guidelines in the
creation of program testing and progression policies.
Explore with the National Student Nurses’ Association (NSNA) how to best incorporate the
fair testing guidelines into the NSNA Code of Ethics.
Promote research on and development of fair testing practices.
Promote the development and validation of new approaches to assessment of the
knowledge, skills, and competencies essential for quality nursing practice.
Urge boards of nursing to promote ethical and evidence-based fair-testing practices to assess
student learning in nursing education programs.