The standard error of measurement (SEM) is used to create a range in which an examinee would score if that examinee took the test repeatedly with no additional preparation/remediation The SEM does not affect pass/fail decisions. The PANCE scale has a minimum score of 200, a maximum score of 800, and the passing score is 350. Scale scores are used to place all scores on a unified scale regardless of the difficulty of any specific test form, so examinees with the same level of ability will achieve the exact same score on PANCE regardless of the test form taken. Performance on PANCE is reported on a scale-score metric. Using the past two years ensures that sample sizes will be large enough to provide a wide breadth of test takers at all ability levels. The reference group for PANCE comprises first-time takers: all examinees over the past two years who have taken PANCE for the first time ever. Reference groups are provided to give examinees a sense of how they compare to their peers. This final recommendation goes to the NCCPA Board of Directors for consideration and approval. The final recommendation is taken from the decisions by the panelists. The question-level ratings provided by the content experts are aggregated to define a recommended cut score. These content experts engage in a standard setting process known as the Angoff method, which requires panelists to review individual test questions and decide whether someone who is “just qualified” would be able to answer the question correctly. The panelists are chosen to be representative of the entire PA profession on a set of criteria including practice setting, practice focus, experience in the field, and other demographic variables. Those are great go to references to keep you on track.To pass the Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination (PANCE), an examinee must reach or exceed the passing score of 350, which is determined via a process called standard setting. Standard setting requires a panel of Physician Assistant content experts with experience about the knowledge, skills, and abilities an entry-level PA should possess for safe and effective practice. You dust off a lot of cobwebs that way and it doesn't feel as tedious as going to the library for ten hours to review every lecture slide set again.īut PANCE Pearls and The Final Step. The best way is to have flashcards on your phone or study guides on your coffee table to review while you are watching Netflix or watching football on Sundays. Then, once you've hit your stride start doing board prep. My advice to you is to just focus a bit on the EOREs for the first two rotations.
I actually found that made me frustrated because it destroyed any motivation to study since you know that right now you are well into the passing range with a wide margin or error. My program had us take three separate practice PANCEs (some PACKRAT, some proprietary) and my grades from winging those were always in the 550-600 range. Everyone tells you all about how terrible it would be to fail the PANCE, but then you take these exams and you keep getting predicted passing grades. The frustrating thing is that you never really get a lot of feedback on these exams. If memory serves, I got around a 155 or so which translates into roughly a 598 predicted PANCE score. Generally speaking, a 400 out of possible 800 is universally considered to be a passing score on all versions of the PANCE, hence why programs use the 120 PACKRAT threshold as their predicted passing threshold. Of the different versions, some are as low as a 355 minimum passing score and some are as high as a 392. There are multiple versions of the PANCE and a passing score is considered anything two standard deviations below the mean and above. This old formula still holds relatively true.Īs such, a raw PACKRAT score of 120 equals 401.33 as a predicted PANCE score.
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