NCLEX is a Computerized Adaptive Test CAT

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NCLEX is a Computerized Adaptive Test (CAT)
Example A RN Candidate Failing
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Test Length

• Minimum RN test length is 75 items
• (60 operational 15 pretest)
• Maximum RN test length is 265 items
• (250 operational 15 pretest)
• Six hours are allotted to complete the test

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Example RN Examinee - Failing

• The passing standard is -0.28, in this example.
• Pretest items are excluded from this example.
• The blue lines are the examinees ability
  estimate.
• The red lines are the 95 confidence interval.

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Examinee Fails

• We are 95 certain that the examinees true
  ability (as demonstrated at this time) is below
  the passing standard.

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Questions About How CAT works?

• Please Contact
• National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc.
  (NCSBN)
• Toll free 1.866.293.9600
• E-mail nclexinfo_at_ncsbn.org