the 75% passing rate is based on the lowest and highest score.
if in NP1, the lowest grade received is 40 and the highest is 80, the raw score 60 is the 75%.
so the 75% passing grade for every exam is different in terms of raw scores.

Not true.

According to my professors, getting the median scores in the NLE as the passing rate will be unfair for the examinees. Consider this, what if for the NP1 the lowest grade is 80 and the highest is 90, would it be okay for those you got 80 to fail just because the median "raw score" you mentioned) grade is 85? Not to mention those you got scores between 75 and 80, because the published passing rating is 75%.

In your example above, NP1 lowest-40, highest-80. What's going to be the rating of the one who got the highest score (80)? 100%? I don't think so, I have yet to find an examinee that got 100% in an NP. (Please correct me if there's such a peson).

IMO, Whatever method the BON uses to compute for the final rating, I think the examinees should over-deliver to be on the safe side. If the passing score is 75%, just make sure that you got at least 80% correct answers (in your own estimation). Cheers!

Hi! Im not yet taking NLE..
Is it the raw score or the average score per test?
Help! I dont know how to compute for NLE grade.
Any idea?

Originally Posted by arger

Hi! Im not yet taking NLE..
Is it the raw score or the average score per test?
Help! I dont know how to compute for NLE grade.
Any idea?

You should not focus on how to compute for your NLE grades. Just leave the computation of the NLE grades to the Board of Nursing. The thing here is that: Your main focus should be on REVIEWING the topics in the NLE. In this way, you'll increase by multiple folds your chances of passing. Good luck.

Originally Posted by r0b0c0p

You should not focus on how to compute for your NLE grades. Just leave the computation of the NLE grades to the Board of Nursing. The thing here is that: Your main focus should be on REVIEWING the topics in the NLE. In this way, you'll increase by multiple folds your chances of passing. Good luck.

well, thanks for the ADVISE
but more than reviewing the topics, I am also
concerned on how grades are being computed.
In that way, I'll be able to assess myself during the review process..
:typing

Originally Posted by arger

Hi! Im not yet taking NLE..
Is it the raw score or the average score per test?
Help! I dont know how to compute for NLE grade.
Any idea?

I have an idea (as explained by my professors) but this is not official, ok.

NLE have 5 NPs (NP1, NP2, NP3, NP4, and NP5).
Each NP is a 100-item exam.
For example:
If you get 84 correct answers in NP1 it could be translated as 84% NP1 rating.
NP2 86 correct answers --> 86%
NP3 83 correct answers --> 83%
NP4 89 correct answers --> 89%
NP5 87 correct answers --> 87%

Then, you add all scores NP1-5 and divide it by 5. This will give you the final rating, which is 85.8% in this example.
You need to score (final rating) at least 75% and score not below 70% in any subject to pass the NLE.

Good Luck!

^^if thats the case then the raw score is the same score that shall be used for computing the nle gen. average.

I got 83.40% average rating. 80, 83, 83, 85 and 86. I took the June 2008 PNLE. Thanks to Accounting related questions. Hehehe. I'm a second courser... an Accountant. Toinks.

Originally Posted by messageinabox

I have an idea (as explained by my professors) but this is not official, ok.

NLE have 5 NPs (NP1, NP2, NP3, NP4, and NP5).
Each NP is a 100-item exam.
For example:
If you get 84 correct answers in NP1 it could be translated as 84% NP1 rating.
NP2 86 correct answers --> 86%
NP3 83 correct answers --> 83%
NP4 89 correct answers --> 89%
NP5 87 correct answers --> 87%

Then, you add all scores NP1-5 and divide it by 5. This will give you the final rating, which is 85.8% in this example.
You need to score (final rating) at least 75% and score not below 70% in any subject to pass the NLE.

Good Luck!

wow thanks for the reply!
i know this is somehow difficult to obtain but
i will pour all my best KNOWLEDGE this November 2009!

79.2%.. I lack 0.8 to make it 80... jinx!!!