CLEP Sociology grrr

[Hometeacher628]

[quote=Jonathan Whatley]As Leebo says, that shouldn't have anything to do with it, pretest questions are not distributed in any obvious way. A test-taker will have no idea whether a question is a "real" question that contributes to their score, or a pretest question that has no effect. That's intentional – and helpful to the goal of constructing a good test. If test-takers could recognize pre-test questions, many test-takers wouldn't bother giving the pre-test questions an "honest try." An important part of pretesting is that students give the pretest questions "honest tries."


Good point, but it threw her off when she missed so many. It seems she got rattled. She'll take the pass (albeit not a spectacular score) and move on. I really appreciate all the help this forum has given me. I never in my wildest dreams thought dd#1 would be where she is now, and I quite simply couldn't have done it without this forum's wise advice. She should have her A.A. locked up by December, then graduates high school the following May. This Sociology test was a pick yourself up and dust yourself off, and start again lesson! Don't allow yourself to become too complacent with supposedly easy tests!