Board scores

[J.opt]

I got the optometry boards scores from some schools:

-PUCO:
?For the August 2002 administration of Part I: Basic Science portion of the exam --the report indicates the national pass rate of 72% with first-time test takers and the PUCO pass rate was 83% level with first time test takers.?

-UHCO:
?The pass rate for the class that just graduated when they took boards for the first time was 95% compared to a 72% national average for first time takers. UHCO students are typically above the national average.?

-MCO:
?Our pass rates on the National Boards are as follows:
Part I - 70% on the August offering, 90% after the December offering.
Part II - 100% on the first time taking the exam - which has been the situation for 20 some years.?

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[r_salis]

Is it just me, or do those seem like some frighteningly low percentages? I was expecting numbers in the 90's. I wonder how these pass rates compare to medical board pass rates?

 

[TPMOH]

Remember, the nat ave is around 72% 1st time passage rate of Part I of the boards. With UHCO around 95%, OSU at 95-100%, and Berkeley around 90% or so, that means there must be some schools in the 50-60% range (or maybe lower) to have the nat ave that low. I wonder which ones these are?

 

[r_salis]

(Copying from J.opt's original list, adding PCO--please add more by copying this post)

Optometry National Board (NBEO) Pass Rates by School:

-National Average:
Part I: 72%
Part II: ???

-MCO:
Part I - 70% on the August offering, 90% after the December offering.
Part II - 100%

-PCO:
Part I: 85-93% (historically)
Part II: >95%

-PUCO:
Part I: 83% (August 2002)
Part II:

-UHCO:
Part I: 95% (August 2002)
Part II:

 

[christie]

It look like PCO has a high pass rate

Well, back to studying for finals I can't take the stress!

 

[rpames]

Here is the stats from ICO.


Bacic Science Exam

Year / ICO % Pass / Nat', % Pass
2001 / 92 / 69.7
2000 / 86 / 77
1999 / 81.8 / 75


Clincal Science Exam

Year / ICO % Pass / Nat', % Pass
2001 / 91 / 75
2000 / 95 / 92
1999 / 89 / 85


Patient Care Exam

Year / ICO % Pass / Nat', % Pass
2001 / 98 / 94
2000 / 99 / 95
1999 / 99 / 96

 

[Eyegirl2k7]

Rpames!!! You beat me to it!!

Luv,
Eyegirl

Official champion of ICO.

 

[rpames]

Official champion of ICO.

I think I may give you a run for your money on that. When I was a high school freshman, my computer wall paper was the ICO logo. Beat that!!!

 

[J.opt]

rpames, are those ICO scores for first time takers?

 

[Eyegirl2k7]

Rpames,
I guess we'll have to be co-official champions of ICO. You have matched and perhaps even exceeded my obsession! You've got to be proud of that! I hope you get in so we can be classmates...

Luv,
Eyegirl

 

[rpames]

I don't really know. On the sheet I got the data from, it says, "The following are ICO student pass rates compared to the national average for the first offering of each examination in the year indicated:"

 

[rose13]

Here are SCO's stats for 2002 (first time testers):

Basic Science Exam: 92% pass
Clinical Science Exam: 98% pass

 

[TAL]

Something doesn't quite add up with all of these >90% passing scores. With a national first-time passage average of 72%, either all of the schools not represented here are seriously lacking (doubtful), or there are discrepancies with 1st time passage rates vs. overall passage rates for these statistics.

 

[J.opt]

I?ve heard that the school in Puerto Rico, and the one in Florida have a very low average on the boards, I?m going to try to find out what their scores are