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Calculating the ScoresCalculating your score is a three-step process:
The scale of the total psychometric score ranges from 200 to 800 points. Differences in administration dates, languages and versions of the test do not affect your score. All of these differences are taken into account during score calculation. Therefore, if you took the test at a time when, for some reason, the performance level of the examinees was higher than average, the scoring method ensures that your score will not be any different from the one you would have obtained had you taken the test at any other time. See the method for calculating the scores How Your Scores are Used?The test has no "pass" or "fail" score. The decision to accept or reject a candidate is made by the educational institutions. Each department arranges its applicants on a scale according to their acceptance scores, ranging from the applicant with the highest acceptance score to the applicant with the lowest acceptance score. A cutoff point is then determined. Applicants whose scores are above the cutoff point are accepted; those whose scores are below the cut- off point are rejected. The position of the cutoff point on the scale depends on three factors: the number of available places, the number of applicants, and their scores. The greater the number of applicants relative to the number of available places, and the higher their scores, the higher the cutoff point. Each year, the educational institutions calculate new cutoff points for every field of study; the cutoff points differ from one educational institution to another and from one year to the next. Summons for RetestingWhen the Psychometric Tests are evaluated, certain checks are routinely performed to ensure that examinees' scores accurately reflect their ability. In certain cases, NITE may encounter difficulties in evaluating a test score, for example, because of irregular or inconsistent findings on the test, or because of technical problems. If, at any time, doubt arises as to a test's reliability, for any test administration and for whatever reason, including the reasons mentioned above, the examinee is summoned for retesting at NITE offices in Jerusalem, and where relevant, the test score is frozen until the matter is clarified. Only after the examinee is retested will NITE make a decision regarding further processing of the test. Generally, a summons for retesting is sent in writing to the relevant examinees within six weeks from when the test was taken, but it may also be issued at a later date. Reporting of Test ScoresYour scores, together with an information leaflet, are also mailed to your home address, as it appears on the registration form. The test report contains the following information:
In addition to the mailed test report, you can view your scores on this website. Access your scores by entering your personal data: name, ID number, and the reference number appearing at the top of your bank receipt (this number also appears on the exam confirmation slip that you will receive after the test). Scores are posted on the Internet around the same time they are sent to the educational institutions, and remain accessible for a period of 30 days.
Combined/English • Russian • French • Spanish • Hebrew • Arabic Requests for ReevaluationTest answer sheets are read by an optical scanner. This method is extremely accurate. Nevertheless, you have the right to appeal your score and have your answer sheet checked a second time. A fee is charged for this procedure; however, if it is discovered that a scoring error has indeed occurred, this fee will be refunded. To submit an appeal of this kind, contact the Scoring Department at NITE. You are entitled to appeal your score for up to three months after the test date. |
