Yes. (though I didn't check the calculations to make sure the spreadsheet calculated right).nickpapagiorgio wrote:Super helpful. So is the below spreadsheet a good representation of how the UBE would be scored in New York? Sorry, can't post images yet.BVest wrote:Without looking it up, I assume those are scaled to the MBE distribution, like most other states do. For example, if the mean MBE is a 140.3 (like last July) and your raw essay score is right at the mean raw essay score, then your scaled essay score is a 140.3. Likewise, if your raw essay score is one standard deviation above the mean raw essay score, your scaled score would be 140.3+ 1 standard deviation (16.7 in July, for a 157 scaled score).nickpapagiorgio wrote: Thank you. I wish New York released stats on essays and MPT.
https://app.box.com/s/90109ec73yfqi2zrscerojk6x43jhnog
Texas describes its grading thusly, and from what I've seen, it's basically what everyone does (I've omitted the description of scaling for the Texas-specific procedure and evidence section, but suffice it to say, it's also scaled the same):
As another example, I took the bar in a 40% MBE state and got a 160.8 MBE where passing was 135 weighted average across all sections, meaning I only needed a weighted average of 117.8 on everything else to pass. Using July MBE numbers, I could be roughly 12th percentile on the MPT, essay, and jurisdiction-specific sections and still pass.MPT raw scores (on the 6-point scale) are
converted to a score distribution that has the
same mean and standard deviation as the
MBE scaled scores.
The sum of the converted Essay scores* is
scaled to a score distribution that has the
same mean and standard deviation as the
MBE scaled scores
* [Don't be thrown off by the "converted essay score." That basically means raw essay score, but the raw essay scores are first scaled against each other so that if one subject has on average more generous or stingier graders, or has a wider or narrower distribution of scores than the other essays, that variation will not have any overall impact].