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The Illinois Property Assessment Institute confers two advanced designations: CIAO-Intermediate and CIAO-Master. You must first obtain a CIAO before pursuing an advanced designation. All candidates for advanced designations must have already completed the Ethics for New Assessment Professionals or Exploring Assessment Ethics courses prior to being awarded the advanced designation.
You may apply for an advanced designation by completing the application form below. Your application must be approved by IPAI and a $100 fee paid prior to sitting for your exam. Qualifying core courses do not count toward the minimum required advanced designation CE hours.
Applicants may only test for the same exam once in a 365-day period. For example, if you take the exam on December 1, 2021, you cannot sit for the same exam again until December 1, 2022. Successful individuals will be honored at the annual IPAI Celebration Banquet at the State Conference.
The advanced designation program is being revamped and will re-launch in the fourth quarter of 2024. Applications are currently paused during the redevelopment.
Recipients of the CIAO-I designation have successfully completed the following requirements:
Successfully completed Ethics for New Assessment Professionals (qualifying course) or Exploring Assessment Ethics (CE course).
Recipients of the CIAO-M designation have successfully completed the following requirements:
Successfully completed Ethics for New Assessment Professionals (qualifying course) or Exploring Assessment Ethics (CE course).
