ACCA认证处的主任卡瑟琳•爱德华称，新型ACCA机考将于今年九月重磅登场。

爱德华此前在专访里透露，ACCA将在四月下旬发放样卷，探索新型考试模式。

机考的实施工作已经筹划了三年，以后学生将使用电子数据表，创建表格及文字处理来答题。除了发放样卷，ACCA考试委员会也计划于今年四月下旬给考生提供空白电子表格和文字处理表格，以便学生练习。

ACCA寻找专门的供应商，为其实现全球机考提供中央网络。该供应商必须在组织全球机考方面经验丰富并能确保考生连续无间断的完成专业考试。

爱德华强调今后ACCA考试将同时采取笔试和机考两种考试方式。只有学生和导师都做好准备的情况下才会实行机考，并且以国家为单位实施，部分城市将配备专门的考场作为试点来举办小规模考试。英国和爱尔兰将是第一批试点国家。

爱德华补充到，在新型的机考体制下，考试的最低通过分数还是50%。谈到机考考试的难度时，爱德华称机考与笔试试题不会完全相同，但考试委员会将保证两者难度大体相当。鉴于全球机考存在的时差问题，考试委员会还会采取行动确保考卷的保密性。ACCA也会在日后公布更多的机考考试细节。目前大量的考试研究正在进行，ACCA的监管者对研究结果也大体满意。

ACCA正与苏格兰学历管理委员会，高等教育质量保障局，财务报告委员会等其他相关机构一起努力，共同推进机考实施。

It’s full steam ahead for the introduction of CBE exams thisSeptember, says ACCA’s Director of Qualifications, Catherine Edwards.

In an exclusive interview Edwards revealed that ACCA will be releasing specimen papers in late April for the new-look exams.

The computer-based exams have been ‘three years in the making’,and students will be expected to answer usingspreadsheets and word processing with table creation functionality. Inaddition to specimen exams, ACCA is planning to release a blank spreadsheet andword processing sheet so students can practice with them. Again these will bereleased late April time.

ACCA plans to use a specialist supplier toprovide its worldwide computer based centre network. The supplier is veryestablished at running computer-based exams worldwide and will ensure dedicatedcentres for ACCA students to take their exams in a professional anduninterrupted manner.

Edwards stressed that ACCA will be running parallel exams – both paperand CBE exams. She said a CBE-only offering will only happen when students andtutors are ready, and will be introduced on a country-by-country basis,starting small with selected centres available in certain cities initially. UKand Ireland will be in the first set of countries to come on-line.

Edwards explained under the new CBE regime PQs will be stillreceive a mark for their exam and sitters will still need 50 per cent to pass.When it comes to the CBE exams themselves she explained exams won’t all be thesame but ACCA has taken steps to ensure all exams are of the same standard, andas the exams are controlled across the different time zones that ACCA offersexams in, steps are also taken to ensure the exam content is protected. ACCAwill be releasing details of how the model works. It comes with a lot ofresearch and has been explained to the regulators, who are all happy.

ACCA has had to work closely with the regulators – the likes ofSQA, QAA and FRC, and a number of others around the world. They too have had tobe taken on the journey.

It’s full steam ahead for the introduction of CBE exams this September, says ACCA’s Director of Qualifications, Catherine Edwards.

In an exclusive interview with PQ magazine Edwards revealed that ACCA will be releasing specimen papers in late April for the new-look exams.

The computer-based exams have been ‘three years in the making’, and students will be expected to answer using spreadsheets and word processing with table creation functionality. In addition to specimen exams, ACCA is planning to release a blank spreadsheet and word processing sheet so students can practice with them. Again these will be released late April time.

PQ also discovered that ACCA plans to use a specialist supplier to provide its worldwide computer based centre network. The supplier is very established at running computer-based exams worldwide and will ensure dedicated centres for ACCA students to take their exams in a professional and uninterrupted manner.

Edwards stressed that ACCA will be running parallel exams – both paper and CBE exams. She said a CBE-only offering will only happen when students and tutors are ready, and will be introduced on a country-by-country basis, starting small with selected centres available in certain cities initially. UK and Ireland will be in the first set of countries to come on-line.

Edwards explained under the new CBE regime PQs will be still receive a mark for their exam and sitters will still need 50 per cent to pass. When it comes to the CBE exams themselves she explained exams won’t all be the same but ACCA has taken steps to ensure all exams are of the same standard, and as the exams are controlled across the different time zones that ACCA offers exams in, steps are also taken to ensure the exam content is protected. ACCA will be releasing details of how the model works. It comes with a lot of research and has been explained to the regulators, who are all happy.

ACCA has had to work closely with the regulators – the likes of SQA, QAA and FRC, and a number of others around the world. They too have had to be taken on the journey.

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ACCA（特许公认会计师公会）委托Pearson VUE提供ACCA基础阶段五门考试（F5-F9）的机考。

从2016年底起，ACCA F5-F9科目将开始推行机考，届时学员可以自主选择参加笔考或机考。ACCA与培训机构和雇主均达成共识，所有有关ACCA资格考试的变革都会分阶段进行，确保培训机构和雇主以及学员有足够的时间适应变化。

作为世界领先的电子化考试服务提供商，Pearson VUE是ACCA理想的合作伙伴，它将为ACCA提供高安全、高质量的电子化考试服务。根据协议，ACCA可以根据自身需求对机考进行调整，以确保其保持一贯的严谨周密的全球考试安排。F5-F9的考试将继续使用大题目考查考生灵活运用知识的能力，这些问答题仍由人工阅卷。

ACCA行政总裁白容（Helen Brand OBE）表示：“ACCA于1998年率先在基础阶段知识课程考试中采用机考模式。此次与Pearson VUE签约，标志着ACCA进入了下一个转型阶段， 以确保ACCA资格始终与当今商业环境保持同步。”

Pearson VUE首席执行官Bob Whelan表示：“这一全新的合作模式将帮助ACCA实现全球数字化的目标，同时使ACCA资格考核更加贴近当今财会专业人士的真实工作内容。”

作为F5-F9科目新增考核内容的一部分，机考使ACCA能够以更贴近实际工作环境和流程的方式，测试考生的知识和技能。ACCA有一套非常成熟的考试设计方式，来考量考生的知识和对知识的运用能力。这种考试设计方式和对解决问题和运用知识能力的重视，使ACCA成为全球雇主对应聘者能力要求的首选资格。

ACCA之所以选择Pearson VUE提供机考，是因为Pearson VUE提供从考试设计工具、注册、时间安排平台、考试中心管理工具和成绩通知系统的一整套解决方案。Pearson VUE 提供的Exam Developer软件，可以帮助ACCA新增考试内容，比如编写考查更高级技能、并与财会行业紧密相关的高阶题目。

Pearson VUE还提供了考试中心管理应用程序， ACCA可以通过自己的考试中心网络来管理考试，其中包括Pearson VUE的Athena考试驱动程序，可以在正式考试前对考卷进行完全加密，增强试题的保密性。

F5-F9考试将在三月、六月、九月和十二月四个固定考季举行。ACCA还向学员提供模拟测试，并附以详细的书面反馈，帮助学员充分准备考试.