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Hi I would like to know about Center for Educational Measurement, Inc. (CEM) as well as National Medical Admission Test (NMAT) as well as the test score?
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The National Medical Admission Test (NMAT) is a state sanctioned test intended to update the determination of candidates looking for admission to Philippine medicinal schools. It advanced from an across the board worry screen qualified competitors hoping for a restorative degree. It means to enhance the nature of restorative training in the nation and imagines to lift the therapeutic calling to a level of fitness through a watchful assessment of understudy possibilities for future medicinal examinations. The Center for Educational Measurement, Inc. (CEM) has been approved to deal with the issues and exercises identified with the operation of the NMAT since the main organization of the test in December 1985. With CEM's understanding as an instructive testing organization, it was authorized to build up the NMAT, guarantee the unwavering quality and legitimacy of the test, and maintain the classification of results and trustworthiness of its organization. There are two test organizations in a school year — the REGULAR and the BACKUP test organizations. Brief Description of the Test The NMAT is a two-section test: Part 1 comprises of trial of mental capacity and Part 2 are trial of scholarly capability. The four subtests that form Part 1 measure aptitudes that were found to have huge relationships with scholastic execution of therapeutic understudies, while the four subtests that make Part 2 measure subject capability in territories which are a piece of the scholarly foundation expected of candidates to the restorative course. Overview of the NMAT Subtest Content Area / Item Type No. of Items Recommended Time Allotment Part 1 Verbal Analogies Reading Comprehension 40 40 minutes Inductive Reasoning Figure Series Figure Grouping Number and Letter Series 40 50 minutes Quantitative Fundamental Operations Problem Solving Data Interpretation 40 50 minutes Perceptual Acuity Hidden Figure Mirror Image Identical Information 40 40 minutes Part 2 Biology Unity and Diversity of Life Cells and Cellular Processes Genetics The World of Plants and Animals Development Life Processes: Regulation and Homeostasis Organisms and Their Environment 50 35 minutes Physics Mechanics Thermodynamics Vibrations, Waves, and Optics Electricity and Magnetism Modern Physics 50 40 minutes Social Science Sociology and Anthropology 50 35 minutes Psychology Chemistry General Chemistry Analytical Chemistry Organic Chemistry Biochemistry 50 40 minutes Test Scores The NMAT yields the accompanying arrangement of scores: (1) Part 1 subtest scores and a composite score called APT, (2) Part 2 subtest scores and a composite score called SA, and (3) a full composite score got from the eight subtests called the General Performance Score (GPS). The score on each of the eight subtests is communicated as a standard score (SS). The SS has a scope of 200 – 800. The test aftereffects of examinees are contrasted with those of the standard gathering which has mean scores of 500 and standard deviations of 100. The NMAT GPS is accounted for with a comparing percentile rank (PR) that reaches from 1-to 99+, with a midpoint of 50. The PR shows the level of NMAT examinees who has NMAT scores the same as or, then again lower than the examinee.
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