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Anybody use InstantCert anymore? - sgloer - 01-02-2009
If you understand how these tests are validated, then what I'm saying should make sense. Yes, you may take the tests now and get a LOT more wrong than you would have on the old version, but if you've studied the fundamentals of the subject, your CHANCE of passing should be exactly the same. That's because these are curved scores--we're not dealing with a percentage based score here.
Note that what I'm saying does NOT apply to the soldiers who haven't done any studying and go in to take the test. For them, the probability of passing has now dropped substantially. But for people who've studied enough to put them at the level of an average undergraduate college student who's just finished a class in the subject (which generally isn't very high), their CHANCE of passing has not changed.
Just like for any other CLEP or Dantes exam, do your due diligence and put in the study time and you WILL pass. You may feel a lot worse during the test itself, but if the test is really that much harder, then you're going to be able to get that many more wrong and still achieve a passing score.
Anybody use InstantCert anymore? - thatbrian - 01-02-2009
I think I finally get it now! Thanks for explaining it Steve.