ABA Roundtable May 2014. IN THE BEGINNING,.... There was nothing.
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ABA RoundtableMay 2014
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IN THE BEGINNING, . . . .
• There was nothing.
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OVERALL EXAM STRATEGY
• A MOVE TO CONSCIOUSNESS
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SOME EXAMPLES
• Format
• Specifications
• Purpose
• Drafting guidelines
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STRATEGY FOR EXAM DATABASE
• Make maximum use of available exam information each year
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TACTICAL EXAMPLES
• We can now generate an exam in final format from the database
• This was humongous for us – we had previously used Word documents in preparing exam content for 21 specialty areas
• It reduced the work for our volunteers
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MORE TACTICAL EXAMPLES
• Questions can be cataloged by subject and a unique ID number
• Questions can be tied to a specific provision in the exam specifications
• We can track who drafted, graded or reviewed• We have authority for the correct answer• We can determine if the question needs to be
revised• We can revise a model answer if needed
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CONTINUED
• We can track performance on multiple choice and essay questions
• We can determine if a question is invalid and adjust scores accordingly in the database
• We generate a detailed report on multiple choice performance
• We can easily use different combinations of questions to keep an exam from being too predictable
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CONTINUED
• We can better quantify the coverage of the exam so that topics were covered in the proper proportion to their importance in the specialty area
• We can determine how examinees performed by topic
• We can much more easily track changes to questions and retire items which are no longer valid