Hello everybody, i was planning to take my ndb1 on the 18 december but then one friend said not to take it between the 15 december and 15 of january because all the school students are taken it in this time and the score curve is going to be very high and then i can have a lower score, one friend took it in last december and he got with 218 questions rights 76 and the other one took it on the 20 december with the same right questions 218 and he got 73, what should i do? Change the test for the end of january? Please need advice, i am studing hard 8 to 10 hours dayli since 2 month and i dont want to loose the knoledge in my mind, thanks in advance for all your help.
the famous score curve of the exam
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I am in the same dilemma, one of my friend who is already in school told me the same. Don't take exams when lot of people appear.
I don't think it matters when you take the exam. This was true before 2007, when the results where compared to the results of a batch of students but now, with the new format, I don't think it matters. At least this is my opinion.
hey guys iam writin on the 18 of december !!!
and still gona do it !!!
hey raidela dont belive what people tell u ,,its their experince not urs !!! thats my advice...
@ the end we all neeeed luck,,and luck ...
take care
and still gona do it !!!
hey raidela dont belive what people tell u ,,its their experince not urs !!! thats my advice...
@ the end we all neeeed luck,,and luck ...
take care
Standard Setting and Scoring: Part I and Part II are criterion-referenced and not norm-referenced. Specifically, the scores and the pass/fail points are determined by specific criteria not by the process sometimes known as grading on a curve. Expert educators and practitioners establish the criteria. The standards are maintained across editions through the use of equating processes. Essentially, the equating process allows for adjustments to the Part I and Part II standards to control for subtle differences in the difficulty of items that appear on the different editions
If you want to read in more detail go to www.ada.org and search for the technical report on scoring.
If you want to read in more detail go to www.ada.org and search for the technical report on scoring.
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just remember though....your final score is reported as the average of the 4 standardized sections....
you take four sections, receive four raw scores for each section, receive the standardized score for each section, then a "true/final" score based on the average of all four scores...you with me?
you do not get a standardized score based on the TOTAL / 400
so, it is EXTREMELY plausible that your friends didn't get the same score at the end with getting the same total raw because they DID DIFFERENT in EACH SECTION:
example:
guy 1 does amazing in DA and mediocre in micro;
guy 2 does OK in DA but a lot better in MICRO/PATH; because micro has a higher scale, even though they have the same RAW total score, the average scaled score will favor guy 2
do i make any sense!? good luck on your test...only you and your study habits will allow you to fail or pass
