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Passing Scores

Passing Scores is a criterion-referenced threshold score established on a standardized licensure examination that distinguishes candidates who have demonstrated sufficient mastery of the required knowledge or skills to meet the minimum competency standards for professional practice.

389

Publications

15.8K

Citations

1.2K

Authors

505

Institutions

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2017–2026

99

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Publications

389

The Myth of the Texas Miracle in Education

Walt Haney · Education Policy Analysis Archives · 2000 · 483 citations · Full text

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Passing Scores: A Manual for Setting Standards of Performance on Educational and Occupational Tests.

Samuel A. Livingston, Michael J. Zieky · 1982 · 314 citations

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Validating the Performance Standards Associated With Passing Scores

Michael T. Kane · Review of Educational Research · 1994 · 280 citations

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Reliability and validity of two tests of soccer skill

Ajmol Ali, Clyde Williams, Mark A. Hulse et al. · Journal of Sports Sciences · 2007 · 255 citations

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A Plea to Reassess the Role of United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 1 Scores in Residency Selection

Charles G. Prober, Joseph C. Kolars, Lewis First et al. · Academic Medicine · 2015 · 229 citations

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Authors

1.2K

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    David B. Swanson

    National Board of Medical Examiners, United States

    6 publications · 237 citations

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    Brian C. Drolet

    Vanderbilt University Medical Center, United States

    5 publications · 339 citations

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  3. DB
    Donna B. Jeffe

    Washington University in St. Louis, United States

    4 publications · 134 citations

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    Diane B. Wayne

    Northwestern University, United States

    4 publications · 333 citations

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    John R. Boulet

    Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research, United States

    4 publications · 84 citations

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Institutions

505

  1. National Board of Medical Examiners

    Philadelphia, United States

    11 h-index

    36 publications

    843 citations

  2. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    8 h-index

    27 publications

    1.2K citations

  3. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    501 citations

  4. Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Nashville, United States

    7 h-index

    17 publications

    954 citations

  5. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    6 h-index

    22 publications

    730 citations

  6. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    6 h-index

    17 publications

    796 citations

  7. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    464 citations

  8. University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, United States

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    257 citations

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Venues

  1. Academic Medicine

    47 publications · 2K citations

    25

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  2. Journal of Nursing Education

    JNE · 17 publications · 731 citations

    15

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  3. Medical Education

    15 publications · 694 citations

    14

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  4. PubMed

    Repository · 12 publications · 363 citations

    11

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  5. Journal of Educational Measurement

    8 publications · 347 citations

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