Testing
General Principles
Featured Articles
The Testing Column: What Everyone Needs to Know about Testing, Whether They Like It or Not
By Susan M. Case, Ph.D.
June 2012 (Vol. 81, No. 2)
- The Testing Column: Testing Basics: What You Cannot Afford Not to Know
By Joanne Kane, Ph.D. Andrew A. Mroch, Ph.D.
September 2017 (Vol. 86, No. 3)
- What the Bar Examination Must Achieve: Three Perspectives
By Michael T. Kane, Ph.D.
September 2012 (Vol. 81, No. 3)
Test Development
Featured Articles
The Testing Column: Writing, Selecting, and Placing MBE Items: A Coordinated and Collaborative EffortBy Joanne Kane, Ph.D. April Southwick
Spring 2019 (Vol. 88, No. 1)
- MEE and MPT Test Development: A Walk-Through from First Draft to Administration
By Judith A. Gundersen
June 2015 (Vol. 84, No. 2)
- The Testing Column: Quality Control for Developing and Grading Written Bar Exam Components
By Susan M. Case, Ph.D.
June 2013 (Vol. 82, No. 2)
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
- 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)
- Deter, Detect, Decide: A Framework to Address Cheating on the Bar Exam
By Rachel R. Watkins Schoenig
June 2016 (Vol.85, No. 2)
- 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)
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
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)
- The Testing Column: Standards? We Don’t Need No Stinking Standards!
By Mark A. Albanese, Ph.D.
June 2017 (Vol. 86, No. 2)
- 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
- The Testing Column: July 2018 MBE: The Storm Surge, Again
By Mark A. Albanese, Ph.D.
Fall 2018 (Vol. 87, No. 3)
The Testing Column: February 2018: The MBE Storm Surge ContinuesBy Mark A. Albanese, Ph.D.
Summer 2018 (Vol. 87, No. 2)
- The Testing Column: The July 2014 MBE: Rogue Wave or Storm Surge?
By Mark A. Albanese, Ph.D.
June 2015 (Vol. 84, 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
- MEE and MPT Test Development: A Walk-Through from First Draft to Administration
By Judith A. Gundersen
June 2015 (Vol. 84, No. 2)
- The MPT: Assessment Opportunities beyond the Traditional Essay
By Diane F. Bosse
December 2011 (Vol. 80, 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
- UBE Jurisdiction-Specific Components: Seven Unique Approaches
By Hon. Rebecca White Berch Randy J. Cox Hon. Zel M. Fischer Robert W. Henry Daniel F. Johnson Hon. Cindy L. Martin Sophie S. Martin Robert S. McMillen Howard R. Thomas
September 2016 (Vol. 85, No. 3)
- The Uniform Bar Examination Comes to the Northeast: UBE Adoption and Implementation in New Hampshire
By Sherry M. Hieber Gordon J. MacDonald
September 2016 (Vol. 85, No. 3)
- The Uniform Bar Examination—Right for New York and for the Future of the Legal Profession
By Hon. Jonathan Lippman
September 2016 (Vol. 85, No. 3)
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)
