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
Recent Changes in NCBE’s Multiple-Choice Examination Programs
By Beth E. Donahue |
August 2008 (Vol. 77, No. 3)
- MEE and MPT Test Development: A Walk-Through from First Draft to Administration
By Judith A. Gundersen |
June 2015 (Vol. 84, No. 2)
- MBE Test Development: How Questions Are Written, Reviewed, and Selected for Test Administrations
By C. Beth Hill |
September 2015 (Vol. 84, No. 3)
Test Administration
Featured Articles
The 3L February Bar Exam: An Experiment Under Way in Arizona
By Sally Rider | Marc Miller |
September 2013 (Vol. 82, No. 3)
- 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)
- 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 Testing Column: Procedure for Grading Essays and Performance Tests
By Susan M. Case, Ph.D. |
November 2010 (Vol. 79, No. 4)
Equating and Scaling
Featured Articles
The Testing Column: Demystifying Scaling to the MBE: How’d You Do That?
By Susan M. Case, Ph.D. |
May 2005 (Vol. 74, No. 2)
The Testing Column: Frequently Asked Questions About Scaling Written Test Scores to the MBE
By Susan M. Case, Ph.D. |
November 2006 (Vol. 75, No. 4)
Standard Setting
Featured Articles
Clearing the Bar: How to Set the Standard
By Steven C. Bahls | Margaret Fuller Corneille | Michael T. Kane, Ph.D. | Stephen P. Klein, Ph.D. | Deborah Jones Merritt |
November 2001 (Vol. 70, No. 4)
Conducting Examinee-Centered Standard-Setting Studies Based on Standards of Practice
By Michael T. Kane, Ph.D. |
November 2002 (Vol. 71, No. 4)
Performance Trends
Featured Articles
- 2019 Statistics
Fall 2020 (Vol. 89, No. 1)
- 2020 Statistics
Spring 2021 (Vol. 90, No. 1)
- The Testing Column: February 2018: The MBE Storm Surge Continues
By Mark A. Albanese, Ph.D. |
Summer 2018 (Vol. 87, No. 2)
ADA Accommodations
Featured Articles
- 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)
- Reviewing ADHD Accommodations Requests for the Bar Exam: What Has and Has Not Changed over 20 Years
By John D. Ranseen, Ph.D. |
June 2016 (Vol. 85, No. 2)
- The New Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, DSM-5: Implications for Accommodations Requests
By Lawrence J. Lewandowski, Ph.D. | Benjamin J. Lovett, Ph.D. |
March 2014 (Vol. 83, No. 1)
MBE
Featured Articles
- The Testing Column: Writing, Selecting, and Placing MBE Items: A Coordinated and Collaborative Effort
By Joanne Kane, Ph.D. | April Southwick |
Spring 2019 (Vol. 88, No. 1)
- MBE Test Development: How Questions Are Written, Reviewed, and Selected for Test Administrations
By C. Beth Hill |
September 2015 (Vol. 84, No. 3)
A National Look at MBE Performance Differences Among Ethnic Groups
By Susan M. Case, Ph.D. | Douglas R. Ripkey |
August 2007 (Vol. 76, No. 3)
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)
- MEE and MPT Test Development: A Walk-Through from First Draft to Administration
By Judith A. Gundersen |
June 2015 (Vol. 84, No. 2)
MPRE
Featured Articles
Recent Changes in NCBE’s Multiple-Choice Examination Programs
By Beth E. Donahue |
August 2008 (Vol. 77, 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 Two
By 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: 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)
- The Testing Column: July 2019 MBE: Here Comes the Sun; August 2019 MPRE: Here Comes the Computer
By Mark A. Albanese, Ph.D. |
Fall 2019 (Vol. 88, No. 3)