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many do I have to get right?
On the 54-item Reading Test, students typically would need to
answer correctly about 39 questions. On relatively hard
forms of the test, 38 questions answered correctly might
be required, and on relatively easy forms, 40 questions
might be required.
How
scores are calculated at the office of Regents' Testing
Here is the official explanation from the Office of Regents'
testing:
" The scores that are reported for the Reading Test are
a translation of the total number-right score to standard "scale
scores" that are common across all forms of the test (there
are more than 1 versions of the test given each semester).
Scale
scores rather than number-right scores are used so that students'
scores are independent of the particular form of the test taken.
It
is not possible to develop alternate forms that are always exactly
equivalent in difficulty; some forms are slightly easier or
slightly more difficult than others.
It is important that these differences in difficulty be taken
into account in the reporting of scores. Scale scores make this
possible.
Because
of the use of scale scores, a student is not penalized for taking
a more difficult form or rewarded for taking an easier form."
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Scale
scores
Here's
an explanation of "scale" scores:
"The scale scores for the reading test have values that
range from 1 to 99, with the minimum passing score set at 61.
By
setting the passing score for each form to a scale score of
61, the same level of skill is required to pass the test regardless
of the relative difficulty of the particular form taken.
For
one form of the test, a scale score of 61 may represent 72%
of the questions answered correctly; for a slightly more difficult
form, a scale score of 61 may represent 70% of the questions
answered correctly. The scale score of 61 has corresponded,
on average, to approximately 72% of questions answered correctly."
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