no, I don't think we can assume that. As I said in my previous post, the low score was 43%.
maybe. maybe not. we don't know what the minimum passing score is. All we know is the best score, the worst score, and the average score.
I understand what you are saying. What I am saying is that you need to know what the passing score is. I know the highest score, lowest score, the average and my score. So what? It tells you whether you passed or not. If you pass, you are OK and Happy. But the for the people, who failed, how do they know what the passing score was? If you take PE, FE or other Traffic Engineering exams like in CA or OR, it is not like this, is it? Few years back, if you had CA Traffic Engineer's licence, they gave PTOE certification if you apply. There does not seem to be a standadrd for this test. Something seems to be not correct with PTOE is all that I am saying. Nothing against those passed or failed.
If 50 people take the test and all of them get the passing score, whatever it is set by the board, they all should pass. But with this method, it appears that 30% will always fail. They used to pass 85% a few years back like someoen sadi above. It looks like a money making deal and the certification is more of a presteige and marketing tool for right now, than anything else.
Well to begin with I was ill the week prior to and of the exam; however, made every attempt to use my time wisely by writing down some important points on some flash cards from the ITE Traffic Engineering Handbook and refresher manual, AASHTO, MUTCD and some other information I found online. Should you have the time, I would recommend reviewing over those sections in the HCM mentioned in the refresher course manual, review over queing theory, and etc...As others have stated in these forums, approximately 50 percent of the questions can be answered from reviewing over the refresher manual, AASHTO green book and MUTCD; whereas, perhaps the remaining 50 percent is comprised of ones field experience, trivia, common sense, good judgement and best of luck. I wasn't as prepared as I wanted to be since becoming ill weeks prior to the exam really put a dent in my preparation. I was planning on working some problem sets from the HCM, such as when I prepared for the PE exam to get up to speed on basic flow, desnity, volume and speed relationships, to prepare me for the numerical operations that one would assume to expect to see on the exam. I've spoken with those that completed the entire exam in 1.5 to 3.5 hours. One person thought the exam was straightforward, while the other thought it was ratherdifficult. I couldn't have of asked for any better testing center accomodations as everything was fine. The exam on the other hand I have mixed emotions about. Some of the questions were straightforward and lifted straight-most cases worded differently-from some of reference manuals, while some were tricky, which made me sit back, think them over, focus and concentrate on before arriving at a solution. In all honesty, I feel like I will be back the next go around unless a "miracle" happens! One thing is that should make you feel more relaxed is that I didn't feel as exhausted after taking this exam as I did with the PE exam. Please keep in touch, best wishes on your exam and let me know your thoughts. Should you want me to email you a copy of an earlier version of the ITE webinar presentation please let me know. Once again the best of luck to you on your exam day. By the way I forgot to mention that I did memorize some of the basic circular curve equations, but never used them. Good luck!!
Those of us who took the exam last year (June 2010 testing window) didn't hear any results until late August. Maybe they'll be quicker with the results this year, but I wouldn't count on it.
