Hi guys,
I just wanted to send the information the board provided me regarding the CPSE. My understanding is that they are going back to using the CPLEE, which as Psychstuca noted, ONLY includes the jurisprudence (state law and ethics) content. In other words, they are doing away with the majority of the CPSE content and reducing it to a standard jurisprudence exam, like all states have. With regards to what is meant by an "enhanced version," my guess is that they are reformatting and re-norming the current CLEE, but this is just a hypothesis. In reviewing recent board meetings, there appeared to be some concern about the relatively LOW pass rate for candidates who were taking just the CPLEE. Each month only a handful (sometimes only 1) people qualified to take just the CPLEE, as only candidates moving from another state in which they had been licensed for a minimum of 5 years were eligible to take it. However, given that ALL applicants will now be taking it in place of the CPSE, my guess is that they will need to have the pass rate closer to the 80 percent mark, rather than the 50 percent mark, which has been the documented pass rate in recent months for candidates taking just the CPLEE. Again, below is my recent correspondence with the board regarding this change:
me: According to the board meeting minutes from October 19th, 2012 and subsequent proposed amendments to the examination regulations, title 16, it appears that the California Psychology Supplemental Exam (CPSE) will no longer be required and that the EPPP and CPLEE will be the remaining required exams for licensure. Is this correct and, if so, when will this change take effect?
respondent: The Board did approve the change. The implementation of the CPLEE is yet to be determined as the regulation has to be changed before we can implement the CPLEE
Hope this helps guys! Anyone else who has more information, please post! Again, this is just my interpretation of what has been stated in the archived board meeting minutes. I encourage everyone who has questions to contact the board directly for more information. And then, of course, to share it with us on this forum