While the PAEA End of Curriculum™ exam is still in development, information on the general process and timeline are available to help faculty understand this new exam and make decisions about adoption for future use at your program. A new webpage on EndofCurriculum.org features a two-minute video describing the rigorous development process from item writing […]
Beginning at the 2018 PAEA Education Forum, and with a subsequent email to program directors last month, we released new resources on the PAEA Assessment Suite of Exams to help programs understand how the forthcoming End of Curriculum™ exam fits with our existing exams (PACKRAT™ and the End of Rotation™ exams). These resources will help […]
As we celebrate the holiday season, PAEA will have no customer service coverage, and will be restricting proctored exams, on the following dates: Monday, December 24 Tuesday, December 25 Monday, December 31 after 12 p.m. ET (Note: ExamDriver will be unavailable after this time.) Tuesday, January 1 You may still schedule unproctored PACKRAT™ exams — […]
PACKRAT™ Version 23 national statistics have been added to cohort and student performance reports. These data, available to faculty users, include national average scores, standard deviations, and percentile statistics — and will be updated weekly as more students take the exam. We wait for 300 administrations to make this announcement to ensure the statistics are […]
PAEA’s Assessment team recounts their various contributions to the 2018 Education Forum.
It’s a busy time for PAEA Assessment as we make sure everything is in top shape for the end of the semester. Here are some important dates to keep in mind: PACKRAT™ Version 23 publication. Version 23 has been live since Friday, November 2. However, you may have noticed some missing data on your score […]
After more than a year of dedicated writing, rigorous review, and multiple levels of approvals, Version 23 of the PACKRAT™ exam will be published after hours on Thursday, November 1. It then will be the primary version* of the exam available for administration beginning Friday, November 2. As always, Version 23 contains 225 new questions […]
Now, you can find all your PAEA Assessment resources in one place! We have completed our transition from stand-alone websites for PACKRAT™ and End of Rotation™ exams into the unified PAEAAssessment.org web page. PACKRATexam.org will automatically redirect to the new page, where you can find the blueprint, topic list, and task area descriptions and objectives, as […]
Ask and ye shall receive — here are more resources to help you shift to scale scores for PAEA End of Rotation™ exams.
In two short weeks, Version 6 of PAEA’s End of Rotation™ exams will be in the field. Last night, the IT team completed the work to prepare for the new scale scoring format. Most of this work is behind-the-scenes for now, but you will notice a few changes in Version 6. Outside of ExamDriver, we […]