Those who passed - cut score?

[mcompound]

To those who have passed - how did you feel after the exam? Now that you have passed what is your impression of what the cut score was?

List what you think it was and what exam and discipline you took.

 

[stompbox]

To those who have passed - how did you feel after the exam? Now that you have passed what is your impression of what the cut score was?
List what you think it was and what exam and discipline you took.

that is speculative and you do not even get your % correct anymore when you pass..... so there is no point to thi-s

 

[floridaengineer4now]

mcompound: There really isn't any way to determine the cut score. In order to get anywhere close, you would have to know the raw scores and who passed for a pretty large sample size of the examinees. I started a thread a year ago where I posted my Diagnostic report and did some math based on the fact that Virginia gives you a scaled score and you can figure out how many you actually got right or wrong based on the diagnostic, but it was only a guess and it was only for water resources. It really is an exercise in futility to try to determine the cut score.
For the rest of you who read one of my posts yesterday about the trends: I told you so.

I do remember that post yesterday. Maybe as this site keeps growing, we will have a member on the inside of NCEES and they will tell us the cut score. But then you will still be stuck figuring out what your raw score was. If I fail, I'll just assume I missed it by a ton, and study like crazy for the next one. Missing it by one, or missing it by 20, really makes no difference, you still miss the mark. Same thing for those who passed. Thats my 2 cents anyway.

 

[mcompound]

I'm looking for people's guesses based on how that felt after the exam. Not for a derived formula based on some diagnostic

 

[NCcarguy]

From previous experience, most people leave the test thinking that they're "CLOSE". Meaning Close to passing, or close to failing, and of course getting that PE letter just makes you feel like you probably made it by 1....which BTW, I would bet that 80% of the people that take this test is within 5 correct answers from passing or failing, might be higher percentage than that.

On the other hand, If enough people that did NOT pass the exam post thier analysis reports, we do start to get a good feel for what the cut score MIGHT have been. It always seems like it's in the neighborhood of 52-53 for the Transportation exam!

 

[mgoose77]

I'm looking for people's guesses based on how that felt after the exam. Not for a derived formula based on some diagnostic

Wow. If I had to quantify my test score based on how I felt after the exam, it wouldn't be good. I think this smiley describes it best --> :waitwall: . Although, remembering back when I took the FE, I didn't give it a single thought after taking the test . . . b/c it wasn't a graduation requirement, I really didn't think I'd ever take the PE, and my instructors never instilled the importance of licensure. They merely said, "you should take it . . . it won't hurt anything." I was totally surprised when I found out that I passed the FE . . . b/c I swore it was bad bad bad. I'm hoping (and praying) this also proves true for the PE . . .

 

[ALBin517]

To those who have passed - how did you feel after the exam? Now that you have passed what is your impression of what the cut score was?
List what you think it was and what exam and discipline you took.

Wouldn't the cut score be easier to determine by getting the scores from people who failed? Those who fail seem to be the only ones who get an exact report of their scores.

 

[mcompound]

that is a good point. we would get a better idea from those who failed. I'm still waiting results, so I might be contributing to the cut score "guess"

 

[theplayer]

After the exam I felt like I didn't do as good as I thought I would. After thinking through the questions I thought I would be borderline and could go either way. This is just a guess but for the electrical I'm thinking the cut score was around 52/80 because I don't think I did much better than that. I'll never know because they don't tell us the score.

 

[Road Guy]

I know ncees wont ever tell us the cut score, but I would like to see how close people were (on each side of the line)

like 85% of those who passed were within XX "points" of failing, and 75% of those who failed were within XX% of passing, etc.

 

[Raanne]

I was totally surprised when I found out that I passed the FE . . . b/c I swore it was bad bad bad. I'm hoping (and praying) this also proves true for the PE . . .

I'm kinda in the same boat... although i felt better leaving the FE than i did when i left the PE... ugh... I have absolutely no gage at all on how i did... I think i blocked it from my memory. :multiplespotting:

 

[Monroe]

I wish I would receive a score, so I would no how smart of a PE I would be.

 

[lev280]

I was wondering if some of you all who unfortunately didn't make it, could post your diagnostics here to help understand this cut score concept.

 

[lev280]

I really doubt that the PE score is in any way a measure of you "smartness"

I wish I would receive a score, so I would no how smart of a PE I would be.

 

[RIP - VTEnviro]

 

[Dleg]

:suicide1:

 

[VA_Env_Engr]

I am kinda the same. The very next day, when my friends and family asked me how I did, I said I honestly can't say. The mind works in mysterious ways...

:suicide1:

I'm kinda in the same boat... although i felt better leaving the FE than i did when i left the PE... ugh... I have absolutely no gage at all on how i did... I think i blocked it from my memory. :multiplespotting:

 

[jd73]

mcompound, This was my 2nd attempt(CE WR) and I felt much better with this exam than I did the October exam. I felt real good about the morning portion(at least 30/40) and O.K. about the afternoon. I figure the cut score is probably in the low 50's (51-53), but who knows.

jd73

 

[BORICUAZO]

Well, if I pass, there is no way to get more than 65% correct score. I am still waiting (PR). I will let you know.

 

[AUBOB]

mcompound, This was my 2nd attempt(CE WR) and I felt much better with this exam than I did the October exam. I felt real good about the morning portion(at least 30/40) and O.K. about the afternoon. I figure the cut score is probably in the low 50's (51-53), but who knows.
jd73

I'd agree with jd73. I took the CE Trans (wouldn't have said a word about it until I found out I passed) and felt fairly strong about the morning session - I'd say maybe even 35/40, but I'd felt like maybe 20 to 25/40 on the afternoon.