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 […]
Starting with Version 6, End of Rotation™ exam scores will be reported on a scale from 300 to 500. Using this standard metric will allow for easy comparisons between versions of the exam over time and forms of the exam delivered to a cohort. A number of questions have been asked that deserve some detailed, […]
On Wednesday, July 11, the first administrations of Version 6 of PAEA’s End of Rotation™ exams will take place. The system will be down the evening of July 10 for the transition. This version will contain a few updates, but no topics will be added or distributions changed. Updates for Version 6 include: Scale scores. […]
PA programs will have an exciting new student assessment tool beginning in January 2020, when the long-awaited PAEA End of Curriculum exam is launched.
On July 10, PAEA will publish version 6 of the End of Rotation™ examinations.
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In our continuing effort to ensure that our exams are as secure as possible, the PAEA Assessment Team recently rolled out enhanced exam security and proctor controls. Since then, we’ve had some questions from those who have administered exams in the new system. They range from general questions about the system to specific process questions. […]