Unusual test policies

[manna]

Seems to me that my school has some unusual test policies - or at least unusual in comparison to any other courses I've ever taken. What do you think?

Students take individual tests. Following the individual tests, the students are assigned random groups of five members and take a quiz as a team. If the team score is an A, 2 points are added to the student's individual test score (1 point for B).

Faculty analysis of tests: On an exam if 90% or higher of the students answer correctly (or 70% or higher answer incorrectly), a question is reviewed, may be found "inadequate" by the faculty and thrown out.

[purplemania, BSN, RN]

they are using a statistical formula called multiple regression to find out which are the bad questions and which students are likely to pass. Ideally, this method is more objective than handling verbal complaints of "I did not understand the question". I don't think I would like it either. Seems a waste of time to test multiple times.

[Ortho_RN]

Actual doing the test this way is a good thing... We did it also in my nursing program.... It just gives you a chance for extra points... And it also lets you know how you did, before you get your score back... And when we challenged a question they also researched and seen how many missed it... We also had to have the exact source of where we got other answers from... Its not a bad way to do it