Capital Gazette

Maryland Senate committee approves temporarily waiving national exam for nonclinical social workers

A Maryland Senate committee voted Friday to pass legislation that would temporarily waive the national exam requirement for nonclinical social workers under certain circumstances. The bills were ...
KRQE Blogs

Data shows New Mexico has a large racial disparity in social work

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – For the first time ever, newly released data is giving a clear look at who passes the test to become a social worker. The numbers show large racial disparities in New Mexico ...
Miami University

FSW student candidates successfully earned a 96% first-time pass rate after taking their ASWB exams

Department of Family Science and Social Work (FSW) student candidates for social work licensure successfully earned a 96% first-time pass rate after taking the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) ...
The Baltimore Sun

Standardized exams keep Black social workers out, activists say. These Marylanders want to change that.

When Emanuel Wilkerson sat for the exam to become a licensed master social worker, he had nine job offers lined up. All he had to do was pass. Starting in May, Wilkerson, 24, took the exam three times ...
Mississippi State University

MSU’s Knowles provides insight, expertise for national social work licensing exams

STARKVILLE, Miss.— A faculty member in Mississippi State’s Department of Sociology is addressing social work challenges as part of a task force charged with providing expertise and analysis for the ...