15/75 Questions on NCLEX exam are experimental questions?

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Is it true that 15 out of 75 questions on the actual nclex exam are trial or experimental questions and are basically not scored? If true then this means that there are only 60 items which are counted or scored. How many correct answers then are needed to be able to pass the exam?

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Suggest you read the NCSBN website as it explains very well how the scoring is done. Yes it is true that 15 questions are test questions and no one knows which ones they are

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My professor told me about this and he said the same thing, those 15 questions are experimental so 60 questions are ranked. gO TO NCSBN.ORG. good luck!

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Thanks Silverdragon102 and ehm08 for replying. Will checkout the website you both gave! I'm taking the exam in a few weeks and I'm starting to feel the pressure.

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for CAT to work, the difficulty of each item must be known in advance. the degree of difficulty is determined by administering the items as pretest items to a large sample of nclex candidates. because the difficulty of these items is not known in advance, these items are not included in making pass or fail decisions. when enough responses are collected, the pretest items are analized and calibrated. if pretest items meet the nclex statistical standards, they can be administered in future examination as scored items.it is impossible to distinguish operational items from pretest items so do your best in every items. i hope this could help. i got this from nclex bulletin 2008

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Thanks tarrot777! Any information helps. Thanks for shedding some light on this!

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you're welcome northernlight02

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Hey tarrot777! I must have read somewhere that you're preparing for the exam too. When are you planning to take it? Got a date already?

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Hey tarrot777! I must have read somewhere that you're preparing for the exam too. When are you planning to take it? Got a date already?

-im planning to take it next year northernlight02. im still waiting for my att.. how about you? when are you goin to take nclex?

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