simba

Does anyone know what the scaling was like on the July 2007 Michigan Bar Exam? Trying to figure out what a scaled MBE score would have been raw. Thanks!

Category: MI - Michigan Bar Exam

Category: MI - Michigan Bar Exam

Upnorthguy

MBE scores are scaled nationally. The only state the releases the whole enchilada is CA.
Here is the MBE conversion chart for July 2006:
http://www.sjcl.edu/LinkClick.aspx?f...id=283&mid=788


Here is February 2008 (the latest info posted on the CA bar examiners website):
http://www.calbar.ca.gov/calbar/pdfs...ssful_info.pdf

Here is February 2007 (I had this saved in a word doc):
0 42.0 20 57.7 40 73.3 60 88.3 80 103.9 100 121.1 120 139.3 140 157.4 160 174.9 180 192.1
1 42.8 21 58.4 41 74.1 61 89.1 81 104.8 101 122.0 121 140.2 141 158.3 161 175.7 181 192.9
2 43.6 22 59.2 42 74.8 62 89.8 82 105.6 102 122.9 122 141.1 142 159.2 162 176.6 182 193.7
3 44.4 23 60.0 43 75.6 63 90.6 83 106.4 103 123.8 123 142.0 143 160.1 163 177.4 183 194.5
4 45.2 24 60.8 44 76.4 64 91.4 84 107.2 104 124.7 124 142.9 144 160.9 164 178.3 184 195.2
5 45.9 25 61.6 45 77.2 65 92.1 85 108.1 105 125.6 125 143.8 145 161.8 165 179.1 185 195.9
6 46.7 26 62.3 46 78.0 66 92.9 86 108.9 106 126.5 126 144.7 146 162.7 166 180.0 186 196.6
7 47.5 27 63.1 47 78.7 67 93.7 87 109.8 107 127.4 127 145.7 147 163.6 167 180.9 187 197.3
8 48.3 28 63.9 48 79.5 68 94.4 88 110.6 108 128.3 128 146.6 148 164.5 168 181.7 188 198.0
9 49.1 29 64.7 49 80.3 69 95.2 89 111.5 109 129.2 129 147.5 149 165.4 169 182.6 189 198.7
10 49.8 30 65.5 50 81.0 70 96.0 90 112.3 110 130.1 130 148.4 150 166.2 170 183.4 190 199.3
11 50.6 31 66.2 51 81.7 71 96.7 91 113.2 111 131.1 131 149.3 151 167.1 171 184.3
12 51.4 32 67.0 52 82.4 72 97.5 92 114.1 112 132.0 132 150.2 152 168.0 172 185.2
13 52.2 33 67.8 53 83.1 73 98.3 93 114.9 113 132.9 133 151.1 153 168.8 173 186.0
14 53.0 34 68.6 54 83.8 74 99.1 94 115.8 114 133.8 134 152.0 154 169.7 174 186.9
15 53.8 35 69.4 55 84.5 75 99.9 95 116.7 115 134.7 135 152.9 155 170.6 175 187.8
16 54.5 36 70.1 56 85.3 76 100.7 96 117.6 116 135.6 136 153.8 156 171.4 176 188.7
17 55.3 37 70.9 57 86.0 77 101.5 97 118.5 117 136.5 137 154.7 157 172.3 177 189.5
18 56.1 38 71.7 58 86.8 78 102.3 98 119.3 118 137.4 138 155.6 158 173.2 178 190.4
19 56.9 39 72.5 59 87.5 79 103.1 99 120.2 119 138.4 139 156.5 159 174.0 179 191.2

(for any whole number (the raw score), the number to the right with the decimal is the scaled score.

I can send this word file and a pdf of the July 2007 chart to you if you email me at feb2008barexam at gmail.

monali8

upnorthgy, do you mind attaching the doc file for us?

you can do so by: post reply -> (under additional options) (attach files) manage attachments -> browse (choose the file) -> upoload (close the window after you upload) -> submit reply

thanks!

simba

yes, could you please upload it. i must be really clueless because i didn't even know that they are scaled nationally. seems obvious considering number of jurisdictions where you must take the mbe.

is there some trend by how many points are added to raw - a range. i know it varies, but would be useful if someone had that information gathered somewhere.

thanks upnorthguy!

Upnorthguy

Sorry- I'm not going to upload any docs (prefer to keep my metadata to myself).

I posted the links to two conversion charts and showed a third. Anyone curious enough should be able to spend five minutes clicking/viewing the links. Doing this will show that the range of points added is from about 40 to 5, depending on the year. If you get 40 added, you are screwed anyways because you clearly don't know enough law. Most people will be in the score range where 10-20 points are added. To achieve a given scaled score, the requisite raw score varies by a few points every year (1-4).

The chart I pasted below should be clear- look at the whole number (i.e. 106) and then look the right (126.5). Those are the raw score and scaled score respectively. It is just like the charts in the links, only missing the lines separating everything.