Exam Results

[Techie_Junkie_PE_LEED_AP]

NCEES lists 12 weeks average for exam results. Hopefully I'm wrong, but that date seems to be FRIDAY THE 13th!!

 

[Guest]

Beware the exam results delivered on Friday the 13th .....

JR

 

[RIP - VTEnviro]

I found out on Thursday the 15th of last year.

 

[Road Guy]

I got mine on a Friday last year, dont recall the date, but it was a pretty crappy Friday

 

[NSEARCH]

Friday results are good for the same reasons most people get fired on Friday. You need the weekend to recover!! :multiplespotting: arty-smiley-048: I got mine on a Wednesday and there were bets within the office as to whether or not I'd be making it in on Thursday. I made it but I suffered ALL day :beerchug:

 

[EL Nica PE]

In hate the number 13, it shoul be taking out of our numbers.... It always bring me bad luck...

 

[BORICUAZO]

Only one thing about the coming results: FAIL (FAILURE) IS NOT AN OPTION!!!

 

[RleonPE]

Those will also be the longest 12 weeks of your life.

 

[DVINNY]

You know what really bothers me?

I'll tell ya.

The fact that the NCEES may have graded my exam as one of the first ones, and it's done. Now, it's sitting there, waiting on everyone else's to get finished. The idea that someone somewhere may know what my results are is too much to even think about.

I just need to think that I'll be the last one graded, and everyone else is waiting on me. Yeah, that's the ticket.

50 states + territories & D.C., and probably 50 people taking the test in smaller states up to several hundred in bigger states, so let's say 200 per state.

200*50 = 10,000 taking the PE, let alone FE, PS, etc. etc.

So NCEES would have to process an exam every two minutes JUST FOR THE PE, in order to get them out in 44 working days (8 weeks).

Now, add in time sending exams to NCEES (ELSES) and time mailing results to the States, and time for the States to mail the results out to us.

10 weeks doesn't sound far off, looking at it like that.

 

[Techie_Junkie_PE_LEED_AP]

200 per State might be low. I'm in Upstate NY, not even the city, and there were about 100 just in my city. So probably more like 500 - 1000 per State.

 

[RIP - VTEnviro]

^Where in NY are you Techie? I grew up in NY.

I'd say 200 per state seems reasonable, maybe a little on the low side. I'm sure CA, NY, FL, etc. get lots of applicants, but I took my exam at the only site in the state and there were only 40-45 people there.

 

[DVINNY]

I took mine at our states only location, and there was about 75

 

[civengPE]

When it took the exam last april, Texas had over 2000.

 

[DVINNY]

^^^ Holy SCHNIKEEEES

 

[Desert Engineer]

In Pomona, CA, there must have been at least a few thousand people taking the various tests. There are a few other testing sites in CA also.

 

[DVINNY]

Sapper brings up a good point, the number of scanners. It has me thinking that they may not have their own scanners and use a company to scan???? like the ones that scan ACT, SAT's, WESTEST, etc. etc.

Whatcha think?

Maybe the wait is due to the scanning contractor taking their time?

hmmmm..... I bet we can make some conspiracy theories out of this

 

[Dark Knight]

Maybe your friend Tim "The Excutioner" can explain that to us. I mean, if he has time to nail someone posting questions from the test here he might be kind enough to explain why in this "fudging"(I love this) world NCEES takes so much time releasing the results.

Shall we fake another question from the test to call his attention?

Just a thought.

 

[DVINNY]

Luis, I remember this time last year, someone came on here and accused you of being the guy from NCEES......

.... maybe you can enlighten us

 

[RIP - VTEnviro]

Maybe the wait is due to the scanning contractor taking their time?
hmmmm..... I bet we can make some conspiracy theories out of this

Yeah well I'm sure the labor agreement with the contractor involves a whole lot of extra fat per machine. Machine operator (big $), laborer to bring piles of sheets to the scanner, foreman to oversee the scanning, safety officer, and a quality assurance guy. :Locolaugh:

 

[Mike in Gastonia]

Hey, I think they've updated their FAQs. I don't remember this one being on there before.

Why does it take so long for NCEES to release scores?
To ensure that the process is fair and equitable to examinees and to maintain the validity of the exam questions, NCEES uses a rigorous scoring process for each of the NCEES multiple-choice examinations. The process is summarized below.

• First, NCEES scans all answer sheets as they are received from the states. Answer sheets are flagged for review when they are missing critical information, such as the depth module examinees worked or the candidate ID number. The scoring process continues only when these issues are resolved.

• Next, a psychometric analysis is performed on a sample population of answer sheets from each multiple-choice examination to identify any questions with unusual statistics, which flag the question for review.

• Then, at least two subject-matter experts who are licensed engineers or surveyors review the flagged items. In addition, NCEES reviews all Candidate Comment Forms, and the subject-matter experts consider comments on the forms about specific exam questions. If the reviews confirm an error in a question, credit may be given for more than one answer.

• When the analyses and reviews are completed, NCEES changes the answer keys as necessary. The passing score and the final correct answers for each exam are then used to score all the answer sheets. Scanners are calibrated before and during scoring. A percentage of the answer sheets are hand-graded and the results compared to the machine score to ensure accuracy of results.

• Finally, NCEES releases the results to the state boards or testing agencies, who in turn report the results to examinees.