Why do some states give scores and others dont?

[goingtopass]

Why do some states give you your passing/failing score, while others dont give you one at all? Now that I passed, I would like to know by how much!

 

[tawlk]

I agree. I would like to know too, I guess ELSES direct states don't get them? I wonder if my board gets the raw scores.

According to my letter "NCEES policy prohibits the release of individual exam scores; thus results are repoted only as pass or fail."

Oh well, I guess pass/fail is the only thing that really matters.

 

[TXengrChickPE]

Does it really matter what your score was? Granted, I'm in a state that does get scores... but they're adjusted... so I still don't REALLY know exactly how many questions I got right. And really, since you don't know your score, you can say you got a 100, and no one can prove you wrong!

 

[BluSkyy]

The rationale that I have heard for not giving scores is that the PE Exam is designed to be a test of minimal competency, not a point of competitive advantage. The sense is that communicating the score inevitably leads to comparison...both informal, and perhaps formal (i.e. in a legal case)

 

[tawlk]

The rationale that I have heard for not giving scores is that the PE Exam is designed to be a test of minimal competency, not a point of competitive advantage. The sense is that communicating the score inevitably leads to comparison...both informal, and perhaps formal (i.e. in a legal case)

Good point. It would suck to go into an interview and say I got a 85% on my exam...then they come back and say "well, another candidate got a 93%." We all worked hard to pass and that really should be all that matters.

 

[Dark Knight]

The rationale that I have heard for not giving scores is that the PE Exam is designed to be a test of minimal competency, not a point of competitive advantage. The sense is that communicating the score inevitably leads to comparison...both informal, and perhaps formal (i.e. in a legal case)

It will not be long until the question "How many times did you take it?" It will come.

 

[Capt Worley PE]

^Do they really ask that in interviews?

 

[goingtopass]

if thats the case of them trying to keep us from comparing since its minimum competancy, then no state should get scores....maybe they are working towards that?

 

[BluSkyy]

I think that is NCEES' stated stance. Of course, each individual State board has to be convinced;

 

[BluSkyy]

. :screwloose:

 

[Mike in Gastonia]

if thats the case of them trying to keep us from comparing since its minimum competancy, then no state should get scores....maybe they are working towards that?

I posted this in the Texas thread, but I think there was a thread a while back where someone said that Texas, and some other states, have in their licensing laws that they have to report scores. I think we did a poll on this before.

 

[chavez]

At least the engineering profession is trying to maintain "competency". Not necessarily true in other fields....at least from my valuation of some co-workers.

 

[niffur]

I wish they would report them. That way, I can either boost my ego by scoring well, or be funny and claim to have "squeaked by".

 

[rudy]

I think that if you want to know your score, then your board should let you know. I'm lucky to live in a state (TX) that releases scores. From what I understand, NCEES mails the pass/fail, along with the score, to each state board. It's each individual state board that decides whether to release them or not. Maybe it's just a matter of asking? Has anyone, in a non-reporting score state, ever requested their score from their state board?