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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Certification Test Woes

Lawrence M. Schoen ([email protected])

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<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div>&gt; On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 5:32 PM, Brad Wilson &lt;<a href="mailto:[email protected]"; target="_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br>&gt;<br>&gt; Assigning questions randomly from a large test bank may ensure that over many tests, there is a <div>

&gt; balance of high &amp; low-value questions, but it doesn&#39;t prevent any one test from being overly skewed,</div><div>&gt; which isn&#39;t really fair to that particular student. Can the questions be &quot;weighted&quot; so that in choosing </div>

<div>&gt; them, the test still retains a difficulty consistent with the objective?<br><br>Following up on d&#39;Armond&#39;s more rational argument let me just add that in the long history of tests administered on this or any other world, I believe there has always been at least one student heard to complain that it wasn&#39;t &quot;fair.&quot;<br>

<br>My response to this whine is simply that 1) the test is not mandatory, nor does it meet any requirements for employment or advancement of which I am aware, 2) the KLI does not impose a charge for taking the test (and please don&#39;t start in with the cost of showing up to take it), and 3) anyone can retake the exam, potentially even on the same day (though I generally schedule them to be re-taken the next day at qep&#39;a&#39;). </div>

<div><br></div><div>Speaking as someone who has administered, proctored, and graded many many Level 1 Klingon Certification exams, I have always been very grateful with the range of questions generated by the test bank.<br>

<br>Obviously, your mileage may vary.</div><div><br></div><div>Lawrence<br>--<br>Dr. Lawrence M. Schoen :: author :: publisher :: psychologist :: hypnotist :: klingonist<br>::: Campbell Award nominee :::: Hugo Award nominee :::: Nebula Award nominee:::<br>

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