Next Generation NCLEX Item Types and Scoring William

Next Generation NCLEX® : Item Types and Scoring William Muntean, Ph. D Lead Psychometrician, Measurement and Testing, Examinations

Objectives • Introduce Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN) Scoring Rules • Connect NGN Item Types to Scoring Rules

Research Framework

Scoring Research • Collected data on over 1, 300 NGN Items • Collected over 7 million responses • Over 500 k examinees responded to NGN items • Nearly 90% of examinees interact and respond to NGN items • Over 300 k examinees completed the entire NGN Special Research Section

Scoring Research • Investigated over 20 different scoring rules • Identified 3 core rules that categorize the new NGN items • Theory driven • Empirically supported

0/1 Scoring Rule • Classic approach to scoring exam questions • Earn 1 pt for a correct response • Fail to earn points for incorrect responses • The sum of all correct responses is the total score for a multi-point item

Multiple Choice

Drop-Down Cloze

Drop-Down Table

Select N Multiple Response

Matrix Multiple Choice

Bowtie

+/- Scoring Rule • Derived from Signal Detection Theory • Earn points for endorsing correct information • Offsetting points for endorsing incorrect information • Identifying and selecting more pertinent information results in higher scores

Select All Multiple Response

Highlight

Matrix Multiple Response

Grouped Multiple Response

Rationale Scoring Rule • Requires a full understanding of paired information • Concepts require justification through a rationale • For example, a nurse must do X because of Y • Both X and Y must be correct to earn a point

Drop-Down Rationale

Summary • Scoring rules were thoroughly researched • Millions of responses • Determined that all new NGN items can fit neatly into one of three core scoring rules: • 0/1 Scoring • +/- Scoring • Rationale Scoring

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