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Grading
Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2016 9:43 pm
by swtlilsoni
I guess other people have charts for this info but I don't:
1. I know how much I need on the MBE for my jurisdiction, but that is the scaled score right? Is there any way to find out around how much I need in the raw score to get that scaled score?
2. Is there some kind of grading rubric for the essays, to see what they are giving points on? (I have Themis, do any Themis people know if they provided that to us?)
Re: Grading
Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2016 1:25 am
by BVest
swtlilsoni wrote:I guess other people have charts for this info but I don't:
1. I know how much I need on the MBE for my jurisdiction, but that is the scaled score right? Is there any way to find out around how much I need in the raw score to get that scaled score?
2. Is there some kind of grading rubric for the essays, to see what they are giving points on? (I have Themis, do any Themis people know if they provided that to us?)
1. Yes, it's scaled score. No, there's no way to know. The sore is scaled based on how difficult it is relative to other exams (normalized with the help of some questions from old tests.
2. Yes, but I have no idea if it's public for your jurisdiction (or even what that is). Can't answer your Themis question.
But, at this point, relax. Knowing this isn't really going to change what you're going to do, especially now. You're going to get as many MBE questions right as you can. And you're going to get the essays and answer in simple and clear sentences following CREAC or similar format, making up the rule if you have to.
The most important thing (besides CREAC and everything you've studied already) in the essays is to keep moving. Don't take more than the allotted time for any single essay. If you're spending more than the allotted time on one essay, that's a good sign that you're struggling with it and any additional time you spend on it will be of very little value, so you're better off moving to the next question where you'll get more points.
Re: Grading
Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2016 8:11 pm
by swtlilsoni
BVest wrote:swtlilsoni wrote:I guess other people have charts for this info but I don't:
1. I know how much I need on the MBE for my jurisdiction, but that is the scaled score right? Is there any way to find out around how much I need in the raw score to get that scaled score?
2. Is there some kind of grading rubric for the essays, to see what they are giving points on? (I have Themis, do any Themis people know if they provided that to us?)
1. Yes, it's scaled score. No, there's no way to know. The sore is scaled based on how difficult it is relative to other exams (normalized with the help of some questions from old tests.
2. Yes, but I have no idea if it's public for your jurisdiction (or even what that is). Can't answer your Themis question.
But, at this point, relax. Knowing this isn't really going to change what you're going to do, especially now. You're going to get as many MBE questions right as you can. And you're going to get the essays and answer in simple and clear sentences following CREAC or similar format, making up the rule if you have to.
The most important thing (besides CREAC and everything you've studied already) in the essays is to keep moving. Don't take more than the allotted time for any single essay. If you're spending more than the allotted time on one essay, that's a good sign that you're struggling with it and any additional time you spend on it will be of very little value, so you're better off moving to the next question where you'll get more points.
thank u <3
I just haven't reviewed MEE topics, so I was trying to figure out how to bullshit them based on the rubric
