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The Beyonce of Construction
i'm genuinely enjoying this blissful period of waiting. It's nice to just live and be without worrying about a study schedule.
The initial release was on day 52 (12/15), if I'm not mistaken. However, the real kicker is that, after that, results rolled in slowly and painfully over several weeks.how long did it take in 2014? closer to Christmas?
So not to muddy the waters but does the PAKS meeting review flagged and reported questions and determine the new "cut" score for a test session or is that a separate meeting? This new cut score I would assume is determined after all exams are scored therefore results could be finalized after the new cut score is determined?In case anyone comes across this in the future:
- All questions are weighted the same when calculating your exam score.
- Each question is weighted differently when calculating the passing score.
- After each pencil-and-paper exam administration, every exam undergoes extensive statistical analysis to determine the minimum level of performance required for entry into the profession.
- When the analyses and reviews are completed, NCEES changes the answer keys as necessary. The passing score and final correct answers for each exam are then used to score all answer sheets. A percentage of the answer sheets are manually verified, and the results are compared to the machine score to ensure accuracy.
- Professional Activities and Knowledge Study (PAKS) is used to develop the exam specification, and according to NCEES: “The results of this online survey will be sued to update specifications for the exam, which is used throughout the United States for licensing purposes.” A survey design meeting precedes the PAKS meeting. The survey is sent to active PEs in that field, and the survey results informs the PAKS meeting.
- There is a question bank where questions are pulled to produce exam sessions.
- The passing score weight of each question is determined during an in-person meeting (committee and non-committee members in attendance).
My understanding is the PAKS meeting is only for developing the exam specifications. I don't think there's an official name for the flagged question review meeting.So not to muddy the waters but does the PAKS meeting review flagged and reported questions and determine the new "cut" score for a test session or is that a separate meeting? This new cut score I would assume is determined after all exams are scored therefore results could be finalized after the new cut score is determined?
All questions don't seem to be the same in difficulty. There are some that takes 30 seconds and other that take 3 minutes.Summary of what I've learned:
- All questions are weighted the same when calculating your exam score.
- Each question is weighted differently when calculating the passing score.
- Professional Activities and Knowledge Study (PAKS) is used to develop the exam specification, and according to NCEES: “The results of this online survey will be sued to update specifications for the exam, which is used throughout the United States for licensing purposes.”
- There is a question bank where questions are pulled to produce exam sessions.
- The passing score weight of each question is is determined during an in-person committee meeting?
That's absolutely correct. I don't think anyone implied that all questions are the same difficulty. We talked about how the difficulty of each question is taken into account when calculating the cut score (i.e. the passing score).All questions don't seem to be the same in difficulty. There are some that takes 30 seconds and other that take 3 minutes.
@RBHeadge PE would never troll you. This are serious business.can't tell if trolling or serious... it's too soon!
Imma sit here all calmcan't tell if trolling or serious... it's too soon!
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