Good afternoon! As you may be aware, I have been developing a procurement certification examination for Maryland's State Highway Administration. As I have mentioned in previous updates, the test has been completed. The first round of administration of the exam will be given this upcoming Monday. After receiving the scantron answer sheets, I will score them and run an item analysis on each item. I will then examine the point biserial correlations and overall difficulty of each question to determine how well each item performed. Overall, this has been a great experience. Not only was I able to develop a test from scratch, I will be able to see how each item performed. Depending on the results from the item analysis, I plan to evaluate any items that may raise any surprising results and, if needs be, review the questions with SME's to determine if/where the problem lies. If anyone has any questions, please feel free to contact me. Thanks! Matt Ruble Testing Analyst Maryland State Highway Administration Recruitment and Examination Division 707 Calvert Street Baltimore, MD 21202 410.545.5574 [log in to unmask]