New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 4 - DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE › Chapter V - Regulations Of The Department Of Civil Service (president's Regulations) › Part 67 - Marking And Grading Of Examinations › Section 67.1 - Scoring of examinations

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) The
				final score of each candidate in a written or oral or other test or combination
				of tests comprising an examination shall be reported on a scale to 100, where
				the score of 100 shall represent the best performance possible, expected or
				attained, and where the score of 70 shall represent a performance meeting the
				minimum needs of the position to be filled with regard to number and quality of
				eligibles, and where the score of 60- shall represent any score below
				60.
(b) In examinations or tests in
				which, considering the needs of the service or the difficulty of the
				examination or test or other substantial factors, a sufficient number of
				candidates of sufficient quality achieve raw scores or weighted or corrected
				raw scores, as defined under this section, or some combination of such scores
				equivalent to 70 percent or higher of the maximum possible score, final scores
				shall be determined from raw scores or weighted or corrected raw scores, or
				some combination of such scores, on a percent basis or by an arithmetic
				adjustment or a series of arithmetic adjustments or by a statistical
				adjustment, as defined under this section, or by any combination of such
				adjustments such that final scores at or about 70 will approximate percent
				scores; provided that no candidate is failed who would pass under percent
				scoring, that the relative order of scores is maintained, and that the scoring
				adjustment used is approved by the director or assistant director of
				examinations and staffing services.
(c) In examinations or tests in which,
				considering the needs of the service or the difficulty of the examination or
				test or other substantial factors, an insufficient number of candidates achieve
				raw scores or weighted or corrected raw scores, as defined under this section,
				or some combination of such scores equivalent to 70 percent or higher of the
				maximum possible score, final scores may be determined from raw scores or
				weighted or corrected raw scores, or some combination of such scores, by an
				arithmetic adjustment or a series of arithmetic adjustments or by a statistical
				adjustment, as defined under this section, or by any combination of such
				adjustments such that more candidates are passed than would pass if final
				scores at or about 70 approximated percent scores; provided that the relative
				order of scores is maintained, that the necessary quality of eligibles is not
				jeopardized, and that the scoring adjustment used is approved by the
				administrative director, deputy administrative director, assistant
				administrative director or director of examinations and staffing
				services.
(d) Raw score. A raw
				score is the number of questions answered correctly in a short answer written
				test or the combination of examiners' ratings in an oral or performance test or
				the number of credit points earned or assigned in any other kind of test, or
				some combination of the foregoing.
(e) Part raw score. A part raw score is the
				raw score from a part of a test or the raw score from a test that is part of an
				examination.
(f) Corrected raw
				score. A corrected raw score is a score that has been derived from a raw score
				from a short answer written test by one of the following methods:
(1) Deductions for wrong answers, as
				distinguished from omissions, may be made from raw scores. For example, one
				point may be deducted from raw scores for every four wrong answers. In this
				case, for a 100-item test, a candidate who answered 60 questions correctly and
				20 questions incorrectly and who omitted answering 20 questions would have a
				raw score of 60 and a corrected raw score of 55.
(2) Additions for omissions may be made to
				raw scores. For example, one point may be added to raw scores for every five
				omissions. In this case, for a 100- item test, a candidate who answered 60
				questions correctly and 20 questions incorrectly and who omitted answering 20
				questions would have a raw score of 60 and a corrected raw score of 64.
These methods may also be applied to part raw scores, the
				  results of which would then be combined with raw scores or weighted or
				  corrected raw scores from the other parts of the test or other tests in the
				  examination.