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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: tejek who wrote (256993)10/25/2005 9:29:47 AM
From: Taro  Read Replies (1) of 1571927
 
Let me ask you......they mention in the test notes some kind of "equating with other tests bla bla bla when scoring. Are they saying they adjust the scores......kind of like doing the scoring on a curve? Is that how it works?

My guess is as follows: They always have a pretty good idea of what percentage of the students taking the test should under normal circumstances pass.
Since the particular test could be more or less complicated, they look at the totals before they weight in the individual results in such a way that the average students passed hit the expected rates.

At least in my time, this was well known but little talked about. You just couldn't have 90% flunked in one year and then 90% passed in the following year only because it is hard to come up with a set of problems within the same level of difficulty year after year.

Taro
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