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 StatisticsFall 2020 (Vol. 89, No. 1)
The Testing Column: February 2018: The MBE Storm Surge ContinuesBy Mark A. Albanese, Ph.D.
Summer 2018 (Vol. 87, No. 2)
- The Size and Source of Differences in Bar Exam Passing Rates Among Racial and Ethnic Groups
By Roger Bolus, Ph.D. Stephen P. Klein, Ph.D.
November 1997 (Vol. 66, 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 EffortBy 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 TestsBy 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 ProcessBy 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 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: 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 ComputerBy Mark A. Albanese, Ph.D.
Fall 2019 (Vol. 88, No. 3)
