Testing
General Principles
Featured Articles
Should Legal Research Be Included on the Bar Exam? An Exploration of the Question
By Steven M. Barkan
May 2008 (Vol. 77, No. 2)
- So What Does Guessing the Right Answer out of Four Have to Do with Competence Anyway?
By Geoff Norman, Ph.D.
November 2008 (Vol. 77, No. 4)
Test Development
Featured Articles
The Testing Column: NextGen Research Brief: Pilot TestingSummer 2024 (Vol. 93, No. 2)
How Are Questions Written for NCBE’s Exams? Part Two: Two Written-Component Question Drafters Share the ProcessBy Sheldon F. Kurtz Alexander W. Scherr
Winter 2019-2020 (Vol. 88, No. 4)
- How Are Questions Written for NCBE’s Exams? Part One: Two Multiple-Choice Question Drafters Share the Process
By Timothy Davis Marcy G. Glenn
Fall 2019 (Vol. 88, No. 3)
Test Administration
Featured Articles
- The Testing Column: The Bar Admission Administrator and NCBE: The Dynamic Duo
By Mark A. Albanese, Ph.D.
Spring 2018 (Vol. 87, No. 1)
- Shhh . . . California Examinees May Be Sleeping In after Day Two of the Bar Exam
By Patrick R. Dixon Alan S. Yochelson
June 2017 (Vol. 86, No. 2)
- Is Sooner Sometimes Better than Later? Arizona’s Early Bar Exam
By Hon. Scott Bales
March 2017 (Vol. 86, No. 1)
Test Security and Cheating
Featured Articles
- Investigating Exam Misconduct: Best Practices Before, During, and After the Exam
By Deborah J. Harris Rachel R. Watkins Schoenig
May 2010 (Vol. 79, No. 2)
- Deter, Detect, Decide: A Framework to Address Cheating on the Bar Exam
By Rachel R. Watkins Schoenig
June 2016 (Vol. 85, No. 2)
- How to Keep Cheaters from Passing the Bar Exam
By Mark A. Albanese, Ph.D. James A. Wollack, Ph.D.
December 2016 (Vol. 85, No. 4)
Grading and Scoring
Featured Articles
- The Last Resort: Estimating Scores When Bar Exam Parts Are Missing
By Andrew A. Mroch, Ph.D.
August 2009 (Vol. 78, No. 3)
13 Best Practices for Grading Essays and Performance TestsBy Sonja Olson
Winter 2019-2020 (Vol. 88, No. 4)
Equating and Scaling
Featured Articles
- The Testing Column: Why Are February Bar Exam Pass Rates Lower than July Pass Rates?
By Rosemary Reshetar, Ed.D.
Spring 2022 (Vol. 91, No.1)
The Testing Column: Scaling, RevisitedBy Susan M. Case, Ph.D. Mark A. Albanese, Ph.D. Joanne Kane, Ph.D. Douglas R. Ripkey
Fall 2020 (Vol. 89, No. 1)
- The Testing Column: Q&A: NCBE Testing and Research Department Staff Members Answer Your Questions
By Mark A. Albanese, Ph.D. Juan Chen, Ph.D. Mark Connally, Ph.D. Joanne Kane, Ph.D. Andrew A. Mroch, Ph.D. Douglas R. Ripkey Mengyao Zhang, Ph.D.
Winter 2017-2018 (Vol. 86, No. 4)
Standard Setting
Featured Articles
- The Testing Column: Standards? We Don’t Need No Stinking Standards!
By Mark A. Albanese, Ph.D.
Winter 2023-2024 (Vol. 92, No. 4)
Standard Setting 101: Background and Basics for the Bar Admissions CommunityBy Michael T. Kane, Ph.D. Joanne Kane, Ph.D.
Fall 2018 (Vol. 87, No. 3)
Performance Trends
Featured Articles
2019 StatisticsFall 2020 (Vol. 89, No. 1)
2020 StatisticsSpring 2021 (Vol. 90, No. 1)
2021 StatisticsSpring 2022 (Vol. 91, No.1)
ADA Accommodations
Featured Articles
- The Testing Column: Test Validity and the Law: An Overview of Case Law Challenging the Validity of Standardized Tests
By Ken Kraus
Summer 2022 (Vol. 91, No. 2)
- From My Perspective: Building a Robust Accommodations Appeals Process: The Minnesota Model
By Douglas R. Peterson
Winter 2021-2022 (Vol. 90, No. 4)
- New Regulations Under Titles II and III of the ADA Address Disability Standards Under the ADA Amendments Act
By Robert A. Burgoyne Caroline M. Mew
June 2017 (Vol. 86, No. 2)
MBE
Featured Articles
Celebrating 50 Years of the MBE: A Brief History of the Landmark ExaminationFall 2022 (Vol. 91, No. 3)
- The Testing Column: The MBE Mean and Bar Passage Predictions
By Joanne Kane, Ph.D.
Fall 2022 (Vol. 91, No. 3)
- The Testing Column: February 2019: The Light at the End of the Tunnel
By Mark A. Albanese, Ph.D.
Summer 2019 (Vol. 88, No. 2)
MEE and MPT
Featured Articles
- 13 Best Practices for Grading Essays and Performance Tests
By Sonja Olson
Winter 2019-2020 (Vol. 88, No. 4)
- How Are Questions Written for NCBE’s Exams? Part Two: Two Written-Component Question Drafters Share the Process
By Sheldon F. Kurtz Alexander W. Scherr
Winter 2019-2020 (Vol. 88, No. 4)
- The Testing Column: Essay and MPT Grading: Does Spread Really Matter?
By Mark A. Albanese, Ph.D.
December 2016 (Vol. 85, No. 4)
MPRE
Featured Articles
- Recent Changes in NCBE’s Multiple-Choice Examination Programs
By Beth E. Donahue
August 2008 (Vol. 77, No. 3)
- FAQs About Bar Admissions: Answering Questions About: MPRE Score Services
Fall 2024 (Vol. 93, No. 3)
The Testing Column: Q&A: Using MPRE Scores to Predict Bar PassageBy Joanne Kane, Ph.D. Douglas R. Ripkey Mengyao Zhang, Ph.D.
Fall 2024 (Vol. 93, No. 3)
UBE
Featured Articles
The Testing Column: Did UBE Adoption in New York Have an Impact on Bar Exam Performance?By Andrew A. Mroch, Ph.D. Mark A. Albanese, Ph.D.
Winter 2019-2020 (Vol. 88, No. 4)
Testing Knowledge of Local Law: What Are UBE Jurisdictions Doing?By Beth Fleishman Jonathan A. Azrael Jeffrey C. Shipley Jeffrey M. Ward Lisa Perlen
Fall 2019 (Vol. 88, No. 3)
Testing Knowledge of Local Law: What Are UBE Jurisdictions Doing? Part TwoBy Steve McCrae Geoffrey R. Bok Hon. Geoffrey W. Barnard Marie E. ThomasGriffith
Winter 2019-2020 (Vol. 88, No. 4)
Computer-Based Testing (CBT)
Featured Articles
The Testing Column: July 2019 MBE: Here Comes the Sun; August 2019 MPRE: Here Comes the ComputerBy Mark A. Albanese, Ph.D.
Fall 2019 (Vol. 88, No. 3)
- The Testing Column: Exploring the Pros and Cons of Moving to Computer-Based Testing for the Bar Exam
By Susan M. Case, Ph.D.
March 2012 (Vol. 81, No. 1)
