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 Testing
Summer 2024 (Vol. 93, No. 2)
- 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)
- 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 Tests
By 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, Revisited
By 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 Community
By Michael T. Kane, Ph.D. | Joanne Kane, Ph.D. |
Fall 2018 (Vol. 87, No. 3)
Performance Trends
Featured Articles
- 2019 Statistics
Fall 2020 (Vol. 89, No. 1)
- 2020 Statistics
Spring 2021 (Vol. 90, No. 1)
- 2021 Statistics
Spring 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 Examination
Fall 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)
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: 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)
- 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)