265 q's = pass??

Nurse Leigh · Sep 10, 2014

http:// https://allnurses.com/nclex-discussion-forum/facts-about-nclex-945333.html This thread may answer some of your questions.

Nmckzs · Sep 10, 2014

you cant tell. I had a friend at 265 who failed, and one at 265 and passed. I did 263 and passed. There is no special way of telling.

SionainnRN · Sep 10, 2014

I personally had 265 and passed. Just try to keep busy till you can officially check. Good luck!

akulahawkRN, ADN, RN, EMT-P · Sep 10, 2014

When you reach 265, what determines pass/fail is the level of question asked. If the question asked is above passing standard, you pass. If it's at or below, you fail, regardless of you answering the question correctly. How do you get question 265 to be above standard? The questions before it should be increasing in difficulty.

Of course the NCLEX won't tell you if your question is above or below standard...

Raviepoo · Sep 10, 2014

My instructor told my class that some people are pre-selected to answer all 265 questions, whether or not they are qualified to pass by the 75th question. It's one of the ways they test out new questions. I think it's kind of mean, but nobody asked me.

Good luck. I hope you passed.

Nurse Leigh · Sep 10, 2014

My instructor told my class that some people are pre-selected to answer all 265 questions, whether or not they are qualified to pass by the 75th question. It's one of the ways they test out new questions. I think it's kind of mean, but nobody asked me.
Good luck. I hope you passed.

From the NCSBN website http://www.ncsbn.org:

Are candidates randomly selected to receive maximum length examinations? -----

Items are administered following the principles of CAT. Candidates are NOT randomly selected to receive a designated number of examination items. As a candidate takes the examination, items are selected based on the candidate's response to previous items. The exam ends when it can be determined with 95% confidence that a candidate's performance is either above or below the passing standard, regardless of the number of items answered or the amount of testing time elapsed (six-hour maximum time period for the NCLEX-RN examination and five hour maximum time period for the NCLEX-PN examination).

ArrowRN, BSN, RN · Sep 10, 2014

My instructor told my class that some people are pre-selected to answer all 265 questions, whether or not they are qualified to pass by the 75th question. It's one of the ways they test out new questions. I think it's kind of mean, but nobody asked me.
Good luck. I hope you passed.

That information is incorrect and not in compliance with CAT(Computer adaptive testing), in other words it would make the test bias and unfair. Noone is ever preselected to go the entire 265 questions.

The truth is the NCLEX has questions 15 pretest questions within the first 75 questions. These 15 questions are used to test out new questions. The test is therefore based on only a minimum of 60 questions. Review the makers of the test NCSBN FAQ's on how CAT works

https://www.ncsbn.org/4700.htm

and download the candidate test plans here to get accurate information.

https://www.ncsbn.org/1287.htm

Raviepoo · Sep 10, 2014

Thanks. That's good news.

akulahawkRN, ADN, RN, EMT-P · Sep 10, 2014

Because there are 15 pre-test questions in the first 75 questions and the test only scores 60, you assume only 2 things are in play... either the first 15 questions are the pre-test questions or the computer is "told" which questions are not to be scored and it only scores the most recent 60 questions that are scoreable...

hellomello · Sep 11, 2014

So instead of paying the money, I went to look at the status of my exam. It says "result not available"

Does that mean I didn't pass?

**NICU Guy, BSN, RN** · Sep 11, 2014

No it means the results are unavailable. It takes 24 hours to validate the results.