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NBEO RELEASES PART I SCORES
As previously announced, the Part I examination was administered to optometry candidates at 18 different sites across the U.S. and Canada on March 16-17, 2010. In late March, the NBEO became aware of allegations that candidates taking the examination engaged in an organized attempt to memorize confidential, copyrighted exam content in order to reproduce it for use by other students taking future administrations of the exam. This is commonly referred to as the “piracy” of exam items.
The NBEO immediately commenced an investigation, which has confirmed that a significant number of students at an optometry school organized such a piracy scheme at the request and encouragement of a faculty member. The memorized exam items were compiled in a thorough and systematic fashion for the purpose of sharing them with future exam candidates.
Part 1 scores were withheld to allow time for the piracy investigation to take place and for the processing of its findings. Today, the National Board of Examiners in Optometry (NBEO) has released scores for the March, 2010 Part I examination, though on a tentative basis. Although the investigation has revealed numerous violations of National Board exam conduct policy and is still ongoing, NBEO’s Board of Directors has determined that the overall validity of the examination on a nation-wide basis has not been compromised, and therefore, exam scores may be released for candidates not specifically implicated in the investigation to date.
The NBEO wishes to emphasize that the numerical scores themselves, and the resulting pass-fail status, are not subject to change. However, because the investigation has not concluded, the score release should be considered tentative in that a candidate’s score could be withdrawn if such candidate is implicated at a later date by evidence uncovered during further investigation. The NBEO is pursuing appropriate disciplinary action against candidates...
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