I found an interesting story today: The Tennessee bar exam will now be graded differently to be more in line with how other states do it.
Tennessee requires 12 essays for the essay portion of the test. Rather than getting a pass or fail grade on each essay, as has been the case, takers will now receive an actual grade on each essay. The points on all essays have to add up to 135 in order to pass the essay portion of the test.
It sounds as if the threshold for the multi-state is going to be different too. Before, you could get as low as 125 on the MS, but then you had to get 9 essays correct on the essay pass/fail model. If you got 130 on the MS, you had to get 8 essays right. If you got 135 on the MS, you had to get 7 essays correct. Now, apparently you have to get 135 on the multi-state portion of the test, for a total of 270 points for both parts.
I think the new grading of the essays will work in favor of those taking the tests, leading to more passing scores. I wonder how many of those who failed the test before would have passed it under this different grading scheme?
http://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Revised-TN-bar-exam-grades-candidates-with-number-964876.php
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