Some Facts and Figures and School Performance in BLEPP 2015

The table is a comparison of 2014 and 2015 BLEPsychometrician Performance. In 2015 more schools participated with an increase of 35 schools. A total of  4,466 took the exam producing a difference or increase of 1,184 examinees as compared to last year. There were 310 repeaters who took again the exam but only 114 passed (33.77%). The national passing rate is 46.15% or an increase  of more than six percent from last year. 

From the above table, among the schools with more than a hundred examinees, UST was the only school that achieved the highest passing rate at 89.25% or 7.34% higher than last year.  PLM posted an impressive 2-digit increase at 15.58% or 74.40% passing rate. Although New Era also posted a 2-digit increase at 10.03% but it failed again to reach the national passing rate, the school was able to obtain only 27.74% passing rate. For this year, FEU was the lone school that  have 243 examinees the rest are more than a hundred. Although SLU maintained to be on the national passing rate bracket, this year however, it posted a negative 6.38% or a decrease from its performance in 2014.

The table above shows two schools that performed well from our 2014 watch list, Our Lady of Fatima University-Valenzuela posting  40.29% increase and San Beda College with 30.99% increase from their last year's performance. Both schools surpassed the national passing rate at 46.15%.

Most of the schools posted a two digit increase in their performance except for Bulacan State Univ - Malolos, Centro Escolar University-Makati, Southern Luzon State University-Lucban and University of Makati that posted a single digit increase. But unfortunately all them failed to reach the national passing rate. 

However, University of the Assumption stand-out among the rest of the schools on the watch list for posting a negative 14.28% in their performance. From 28.57% passing rate in 2014, the school got 14.29% passing rate for 2015 for its 49 examinees.


Related links:

http://psychometricpinas.blogspot.com/2015/01/good-and-least-performing-schools-of.html

http://psychometricpinas.blogspot.com/2014/11/transition-in-professionalizing.html

Facts and Figures of the 2014 Philippine Psychometrician Licensure Exam

Some of our data here are facts, others are projections that we can only validate after the filing of application and after the release of the result of the Psychometrician Licensure Exam.


1st ever Licensure Exam for Psychometrician - Psychology Graduates in the Philippines

RA 10029 - AN ACT TO REGULATE THE PRACTICE OF PSYCHOLOGY CREATING FOR THIS PURPOSE A PROFESSIONAL REGULATORY BOARD OF PSYCHOLOGY, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES


2 days of exam (October 28-29, 2014)

2 sessions/day (AM/PM)

2 hours = 120  mins allotted time 

4 subjects covered - Psychological Assessment, Abnormal Psychology, Industrial Psychology, Theories of  Personality

100 items/questions (outcome based assessment - 3 Subjects)
1 mins and 2 secs/question (100 items)


150 items/questions (outcome based assessment - Psychological Assessment) 
.80 seconds/question (150 items)

75% passing grade - General Weighted Average

60% no grade lower in any subject

?X  total no. of examinees

4:1  females for every male (projection based on the online survey)

3 women compose the PRC Board of Psychology (Dr. Mirriam P. Cue, Chairperson, Dr. Imelda Virginia G. Villar and  Dr.Alexa P. Abrenica serve as members)


60 days = 2 months to go before exam (as of 28 August 2014)

What to do?

Before exam
1) Study, read, review and familiarize with the basic concepts and theories
2) Learn about outcome based assessment
3) Understand Bloom Taxonomy (no it is not part the exam) it just uses the approach
4) Read this blog and be updated on our FB page.

During exam
1) Relax and keep focused (Inhale - Exhale) - say your prayer, seek guidance
2) Scheme and scan the test
3) Divide your time equally - be conscious of time and spread it evenly among the test items.
4) Never skip an item - answer all items - guess if you must!
5) Be analytical, critical, cunning, and use lot's of common sense as well.

After exam
1) Relax and pray some more!
2) Rejoice when the result is out -pass or not (be proud you survived the first ever in Philippine history's
outcome-based  assessment for Psychometrician Licensure Exam).
3) Do not lose hope there will be another chance!

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