Recent Changes to the EPPP

During our weekly didactic seminar, my fellow interns and I were told that there have been some recent changes to the EPPP as of about 9 months ago. Concerned that some study materials may be no longer relative or useful, I've followed up and found the following information courtesy of the Taylor Study Method Blog:

"These changes include the following: 175 of the 225 items will be scored, with 50 items now being pretest items. The ASPPB has created eight content areas that reflect the areas of knowledge base required for the various responsibilities psychologists are expected to assume in professional practice. These content areas and their distribution on the EPPP include: ethical, legal, and professional issues (15%); assessment and diagnosis (14%); treatment, intervention, prevention and supervision (14%, -1%); biological bases of behavior (12%, +1%); cognitive-affective bases of behavior (13%); social and cultural bases of behavior (12%); growth and lifespan development (12%, -1%); research methods and statistics (8%, +1%). The ASPPB still recommends an exam cutoff score of 70% (scale score: 500), though each state or jurisdiction determines its own exam cut-off score. As you see, the changes to the actual Domains are really minimal, i.e., "+ or -" 1% of questions in four Domains. The biggest change is in the number of questions they'll be considering "Operational" questions (175), i.e., those questions you'll be scored on, and those considered "Experimental" questions (50), i.e., those they will be running their statistical analysis on for future EPPP questions."

It doesn't appear that there has been significant changes to the content, with maybe some exception to how much of a particular area they ask about. Instead, the big changes are that you are actually scored on less questions, and the "experimental" questions you aren't scored on have been expanded from 25 to 50 questions. My only concern now is that it looks like I have to get more right to keep the 70% up!