I have never heard of someone who has no business passing the exam, even taking the exam. My understanding is that you have to meet the education and work experience requirements to even take the exam. That kind of thinking is the exact reason why civil engineer, architects, planners, landscape contractors, and now environmental consultants are taking work away from LA. If the ASLA does not recognize that the failure rate affects the success of all LA’s they are crazy. It is some kind of club that keeps the profession frozen in time. If CLARB can not help, then the ASLA must address the misuse of the funds that CLARB receives for exams that do not have acceptable passing rates. You should not have to retake the test to figure out how the test is written to pass. The test should test your ability to grade cut and dry. It should be alarming to everyone that past employees of CLARB both have their own study guides and courses to purchase. I think that is a conflicted of interest, or at least a reflection of how CLARB sees CLARB first as a money making business. Change seems to be the focus of the new year, LA’s need to stand up for the some changes too.
