Pass Marks

[Gandalf]

Releasing exams and final answer keys is more transparent than releasing passmarks. I think you're for that, too, but the SOA hasn't committed to releasing them all. Releasing grading outlines on written answer exams would be another big step for transparency.

[bdschobel]

As we move toward computer-based testing for all the multiple-choice exams -- and all the advantages that CBT provides -- we need a large bank of unpublished problems. This is a case where transparency would be counterproductive, unfortunately.

Bruce

[Swan]

Originally Posted by twig93

Let's just hope this doesn't get repealed like the whole "the pass mark shall not be higher than 60%" fiasco of the November 2005 sitting.

No kidding. I don't think I can stand to witness another Mannie Fresh-style meltdown on the AO. If I were a veteran truck driver I probably would have increased my vocabulary of cuss words two-fold by listening in on that dude's diatribe against Bruce on that infamous day.

[bdschobel]

Yeah, that really was wild. Like I was trying to do harm or something!

Bruce

[twig93]

Oh God, I'd suppressed a lot of the details, but now they're all coming back. That was a crazy thread, but well worth forgetting!

[yanz]

Just wanted to make sure - the article in the link only talks about how pass marks will be released, not what they actually were/are (ie, there's no actual release available, right)?

Also, the release is only for MC exams?

[bdschobel]

Yes on both counts. We have no plans to release historical passmarks. And no changes are planned with respect to written-answer exams.

Bruce

[User34]

Originally Posted by bdschobel

As we move toward computer-based testing for all the multiple-choice exams -- and all the advantages that CBT provides -- we need a large bank of unpublished problems. This is a case where transparency would be counterproductive, unfortunately.

Bruce

Bruce, has the SOA thought about releasing an exam or a sample of FAP1 for the 12/12 sitting, in the event that the new "interim assessment" proposal passed in Oct, since this will be the last multiple choice FAP1 exam and they do not have to worry about keeping a large bank of unpublished problems anymore.