White Paper. Version 2.0 updated February 02,

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1 White Paper Version 2.0 updated February 02,

2 The Association for Biblical Higher Education (ABHE) Comprises approximately 200 post secondary institutions throughout North America specializing in biblical ministry formation and professional leadership education. Represents an aggregate student enrollment of 42,000+ Began in 1947 as the Accrediting Association of Bible Institutes and Bible Colleges. Is incorporated as a not-for-profit corporation under the provisions of section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Code. Is an officially recognized institutional accrediting agency for Title IV funding purposes by the U.S. Department of Education ( is an officially recognized faith-based accrediting agency by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation ( and is a part of a global network that relates to regional or continental higher educational agencies through the International Council for Evangelical Theological Education ( Holds accredited membership in the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA). Features tens of thousands of member institutions alumni serving as vocational and lay Christian leaders on every continent and in every walk of life. Sets academic standards for North American Bible colleges and seminaries; monitors compliance and assures quality among its member institutions through processes of self-study, peer review, assessment and ongoing improvement.

3 Our Constituency There are more than 1,400 institutions of biblical higher education in Canada, the United States, and related territories. Among these, ABHE member institutions assist men and women in the development of a biblical world view with a special emphasis on the training of students for church and church-related vocations. Each undergraduate institution or program that is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation consists of biblical/theological studies, general studies, and professional studies. Involvement in ministry formation activities is also an integral part of the biblical higher education experience. ABHE also serves a growing number of institutions that have seminaries or graduate divisions. Our Mission The Association for Biblical Higher Education (ABHE) exists to enhance the quality and credibility of higher educational institutions that engage students in biblical, transformational, experiential, and missional higher education.

4 How does the ABHE Bible Content Exam support institutional effectiveness processes in Bible Colleges? The key to assessing institutional effectiveness is found in employing meaningful tools that enable the institution to assess the extent to which it is accomplishing its goals. Consider the following example in reference to the educational goal of knowing the Bible: Educational Goal: Bible Knowledge Assessment Method: ABHE Bible Content Knowledge Exam Effectiveness Criterion: Freshmen-Senior gains in Bible knowledge meet or exceed national norms Assessment Results: Faculty reviews your customized results generated by bibleexams.com Improvement Plan: Faculty decides what adjustments are required in Bible curriculum in order to enhance effectiveness

5 Your detailed results report includes not only overall score averages, but also subject-specific score averages in a variety of sub-categories Bible Exams 2.0 allows you to assign your users to both groups and sessions. Providing you even stronger assessment tools. Group Examples: applicant, freshmen, students Session Examples: Fall2010, Fall2010 Reporting Examples: Norms for all students, applicants or graduates Norms for all Fall2010 or Fall2011 Norms for all students - Fall2010 or students - Fall2011 Norms for the Institution vs. National Norms

6 Can your church or missions group benefit from this tool? Churches use these tools to help develop Sunday School Teachers Small Group Leaders Church Officers Youth Leaders Denominations and Church Associations Ministerial Candidates Missionary Candidates Lay Leaders Volunteers Missions Organizations Screening potential candidates Establishing learning and development goals for missionaries

7 Easy to administer, these online exams will provide each user with a comprehensive assessment of both Old and New Testament results. 1. What is the name of the first book in the bible? saved Genesis Matthew Judges Acts Isaiah NEXT BACK GOTO Each question in our exams has been categorized under the categories listed to the left. As you progress through the exam you will be scored accordingly. One exam... multiple assessments. Compare Entrance Scores with Exit Scores By comparing both entrance and exit results you can measure the progress of your student.

8 Mozilla Firefox The recommended browser for is FireFox. Our developers use FireFox when building the software that powers the bibleexams.com exam engine. Internet Explorer has known issues in handling AJAX and other web 2.0 processes, particularly getelementbyid, the caching of the HTTP Request function (real time updating) and the XMLHTTPRequest (the core of the AJAX architecture.) Another known issue with Internet Explorer has to do with the lack of support for older versions of IE and developing technologies. FireFox is FREE to use and can be downloaded from