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| Shayne Edmondson 2003-04-16, 7:23 am |
| Can anyone tell me what the minimum pass mark is for the
new .NET exams?
And whats up with this pass/fail result. That doesn't help
me at all, how am I supposed to know what areas need
attention. The Old System was much better, I cannot see
the benifit of the new system; Can anyone shed some light
this new policy. What are your view?
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| "Shayne Edmondson" <Shayne_e@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Can anyone tell me what the minimum pass mark is for the
> new .NET exams?
No, all we're told is pass or fail.
> And whats up with this pass/fail result. That doesn't help
> me at all, how am I supposed to know what areas need
> attention. The Old System was much better, I cannot see
> the benifit of the new system; Can anyone shed some light
> this new policy. What are your view?
I agree, the old system with scores was more helpful. I think MS has many
reasons for the change. One is that their exams are not intended to be
helpful. They're only supposed to assess your competence. There are other
tools, like practice exams, that do a better job of giving you feedback. The
scores also could be misused, either by refining the recommended answers in
braindumps, or by being used in comparisons from exam to exam or even the
same exam at different times. There's not a great deal of harm in the
latter, but it is 'psychometrically' invalid. It did seem that MS had to
deal with some fairly hysterical backlash any time the pass mark for an exam
changed. Up or down, it was always part of their evil conspiracy.
As for the case when you don't pass and want to know what areas need
improvement, it's actually been a very long time since MS offered any
details in that regard. They've never reported which questions you got
wrong, and I believe as the Windows 2000 exams were introduced they stopped
even doing any category breakdown. Honestly, if you take an exam and have no
idea where you had difficulty (whether you pass or not), you should probably
do some heavy review of all of the tested subject matter. On the current
exams there are very few 'trick' questions where there is some subtle syntax
problem you need to spot.
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| I think 80%+ is passing.
>-----Original Message-----
>"Shayne Edmondson" <Shayne_e@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:04ee01c30410$95ff9a10$a50
1280a@phx.gbl...
>> Can anyone tell me what the minimum pass mark is for the
>> new .NET exams?
>
>No, all we're told is pass or fail.
>
>> And whats up with this pass/fail result. That doesn't
help
>> me at all, how am I supposed to know what areas need
>> attention. The Old System was much better, I cannot see
>> the benifit of the new system; Can anyone shed some
light
>> this new policy. What are your view?
>
>I agree, the old system with scores was more helpful. I
think MS has many
>reasons for the change. One is that their exams are not
intended to be
>helpful. They're only supposed to assess your competence.
There are other
>tools, like practice exams, that do a better job of
giving you feedback. The
>scores also could be misused, either by refining the
recommended answers in
>braindumps, or by being used in comparisons from exam to
exam or even the
>same exam at different times. There's not a great deal of
harm in the
>latter, but it is 'psychometrically' invalid. It did seem
that MS had to
>deal with some fairly hysterical backlash any time the
pass mark for an exam
>changed. Up or down, it was always part of their evil
conspiracy.
>
>As for the case when you don't pass and want to know what
areas need
>improvement, it's actually been a very long time since MS
offered any
>details in that regard. They've never reported which
questions you got
>wrong, and I believe as the Windows 2000 exams were
introduced they stopped
>even doing any category breakdown. Honestly, if you take
an exam and have no
>idea where you had difficulty (whether you pass or not),
you should probably
>do some heavy review of all of the tested subject matter.
On the current
>exams there are very few 'trick' questions where there is
some subtle syntax
>problem you need to spot.
>
>
>.
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