Testing
General Principles
Featured Articles
The Testing Column: What Everyone Needs to Know about Testing, Whether They Like It or Not
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 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
- Interpreting Performance on Bar Examinations: Which Score Types Make the Grade?
By Douglas R. Ripkey
November 2004 (Vol. 73, 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: February 2019: The Light at the End of the Tunnel
By Mark A. Albanese, Ph.D.
Summer 2019 (Vol. 88, No. 2)
- 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)
ADA Accommodations
Featured Articles
- New Regulations Under Titles II and III of the ADA: What Has Changed Relative to the Administration of Licensing Examinations?
By Robert A. Burgoyne Caroline M. Mew
March 2011 (Vol. 80, No. 1)
- Malingered ADHD Evaluations: A Further Complication for Accommodations Reviews
By Lindsey J. Jasinski, Ph.D. John D. Ranseen, Ph.D.
December 2011 (Vol. 80, No. 4)
MBE
Featured Articles
- Recent Changes in NCBE’s Multiple-Choice Examination Programs
By Beth E. Donahue
August 2008 (Vol. 77, No. 3)
- MBE Test Development: How Questions Are Written, Reviewed, and Selected for Test Administrations
By C. Beth Hill
September 2015 (Vol. 84, No. 3)
MEE and MPT
Featured Articles
- The MPT: Assessment Opportunities beyond the Traditional Essay
By Diane F. Bosse
December 2011 (Vol. 80, 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? Part TwoBy Steve McCrae Geoffrey R. Bok Hon. Geoffrey W. Barnard Marie E. ThomasGriffith
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)
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)
