Inside the Sausage Factory: How the USMLE Passing Standard is Set
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Explains how the USMLE passing standard is determined and why it changes.
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@goat-nibbler · 2024-11 · in “This was the lowest pass rate in 15 years for the Ophthalmology Written Exam”
You don’t know what you’re talking about, but luckily ▶ the sheriff of sodium does. TL;DW: the passing standard for each year is indexed to the prior year’s performance. The averages are increasing because every year, students score better. Thus, the USMLE has to set the passing standard higher to keep the fail rate at a similar percentage, in order to communicate that USMLE scores help separate the crud from the res…
View on r/medicalschool@Med_vs_Pretty_Huge · 2024-07 · in “How’s step 1 graded??”
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