Standard Setting 101: Background and Basics for the Bar Admissions Community
This article originally appeared in The Bar Examiner print edition, Fall 2018 (Vol. 87, No. 3), pp 9–17. By Michael T. Kane, Ph.D., and Joanne Kane, Ph.D. Licensure examinations such as the bar exam...
View ArticleBar Exam Q&A: 13 Questions from Inquiring Minds
This article originally appeared in The Bar Examiner print edition, Fall 2018 (Vol. 87, No. 3), pp 18–24. By NCBE Testing and Research Department NCBE receives questions about the bar examination from...
View ArticleThe Testing Column: Q&A: NCBE Testing and Research Department Staff Members...
This article originally appeared in The Bar Examiner print edition, Winter 2017-2018 (Vol. 86, No. 4), pp 34–39. By NCBE Testing and Research Department Members of NCBE’s Testing and Research...
View ArticleTest and Information Security: Centralizing Security Initiatives at NCBE
This article originally appeared in The Bar Examiner print edition, Spring 2018 (Vol. 87, No. 1), pp 46–49. By C. Beth Hill At NCBE, the security of our test materials, the prevention and detection of...
View ArticleThe Testing Column: The Bar Admission Administrator and NCBE: The Dynamic Duo
This article originally appeared in The Bar Examiner print edition, Spring 2018 (Vol. 87, No. 1), pp 55–58. By Mark A. Albanese, Ph.D. Making and administering a bar examination is not for the...
View ArticleThe Testing Column: Writing, Selecting, and Placing MBE Items: A Coordinated...
This article originally appeared in The Bar Examiner print edition, Spring 2019 (Vol. 88, No. 1), pp 46–49. By Joanne Kane, Ph.D., and April Southwick Test development for the Multistate Bar...
View ArticleThe Testing Column: When the Mean Misleads: Understanding Bar Exam Score...
This article originally appeared in The Bar Examiner print edition, Spring 2023 (Vol. 92, No. 1), pp. 55–60.By Drew Weiner, MSWhat do bar exam stakeholders have in common with economists,...
View Article2022 Statistics
Jurisdictions reported 62,951 persons taking the bar examination in 2022, with an overall pass rate of 59%. The overall pass rate for the 17,080 February 2022 exam takers reported by jurisdictions was...
View ArticleThe Maldives’ Inaugural Bar Exam: The Road to Implementation
This article originally appeared in The Bar Examiner print edition, Fall 2023 (Vol. 92, No. 3), pp. 7-14. By Marium Jabyn, PhD Beginning in 2004, the Maldives has been undergoing a massive legal and...
View ArticleThe Testing Column: Standards? We Don’t Need No Stinking Standards!
This article originally appeared in The Bar Examiner print edition, Winter 2023–2024 (Vol. 92, No. 4), pp. 23–27.By Mark A. Albanese, PhD Reprint from the Bar Examiner, June 2017 In this issue’s...
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