OCT 2016 exam pencil color will be... ???

[jijir83]

Wasn't there an issue with the lead one year?? :dunno:

As in poisonous? Or it wouldn't write?

 

[matt267 PE]

As in poisonous? Or it wouldn't write?

No, obviously nothing like that. I think it had to do with the scanners not being able to accurately grade the exams because the wrong lead was loaded into the pencils. It caused a huge delay in the results being released. There was also a lot of grading errors as some had to be graded by hand. It was a big mess. I think there was a thread about it.

I also heard from someone that I used to work with that unused pencils are put back onto the stock, therefore, there may be some pencils with bad lead in them still in circulation. If you get a bad pencil, you might end up with grading errors. Hopefully the errors would get caught in quality control. 

 

[Audi Driver P.E.]

It is also (apparently) of some interest as to how much "lead" you use during the exam. 

 

[johnnyl507]

Pizza

 

[Sarturo]

The pencil today was green

 

[Klox23]

Green? odd. At the Pomona Fairplex we got white/black, same as April's color. :huh:

 

[cogborn84]

Mine was green as well. In fact I got two of them because I found one dropped outside after the test was over. I almost walked by it and then decided to snag it.

 

[matt267 PE]

Green? odd. At the Pomona Fairplex we got white/black, same as April's color. :huh:

@Klox23

Really?! That's not good. NCEES requires that the states alternate colors. I hope they don't invalidate results.

 

[Ken PE 3.1]

8 hours ago, Klox23 said: Green? odd. At the Pomona Fairplex we got white/black, same as April's color. :huh:

@Klox23Really?! That's not good. NCEES requires that the states alternate colors. I hope they don't invalidate results.

They will.

 

[matt267 PE]

This could be worse than the fitbit shit storm of April 2016.

 

[cpu_guy]

The pencils are white and green...

 

[Audi Driver P.E.]

Nailed it!

 

[KY.mech]

Probably going to get some flack for this, but you all aren't referring to the color of the lead, right?  Or have people been referring to the color of the pencil itself?  White/green casing for the Oct 2016 exam.

 

[matt267 PE]

Probably going to get some flack for this, but you all aren't referring to the color of the lead, right?  Or have people been referring to the color of the pencil itself?  White/green casing for the Oct 2016 exam.

I had clear lead in my pencil. It was weird.

Yes, the obsession is with the color of the pencil itself, not the lead.

 

[Ramnares P.E.]

Probably going to get some flack for this, but you all aren't referring to the color of the lead, right?  Or have people been referring to the color of the pencil itself?  White/green casing for the Oct 2016 exam.

You're a potential PE?

 

[matt267 PE]

But he's from Kentucky.

 

[KY.mech]

Sadly, I am a potential PE!  Hey in my mind, it made sense that NCEES might change the lead color so there would be no question about markings in references.  But I stand corrected now, as you all have so graciously/sarcastically spelled out the joke to me.  Hoping that the Oct '16 pencil will be the only one I collect.

Also, not from Kentucky.  I lived in Florida (I know, I know, potentially even worse) up until about a year and a half ago, and now I'm temporarily calling Louisiana (I know... I know) home.

 

[matt267 PE]

Sadly, I am a potential PE!  Hey in my mind, it made sense that NCEES might change the lead color so there would be no question about markings in references.  But I stand corrected now, as you all have so graciously/sarcastically spelled out the joke to me.  Hoping that the Oct '16 pencil will be the only one I collect.

Also, not from Kentucky.  I lived in Florida (I know, I know, potentially even worse) up until about a year and a half ago, and now I'm temporarily calling Louisiana (I know... I know) home.

No wonder you're confused.

 

[Audi Driver P.E.]

I've never seen a color of lead that wasn't lead colored.

 

[TehMightyEngineer]

Red pencil lead is definitely a thing; http://s7d1.scene7.com/is/image/officedepot/929414_p_1?$OD-Med$