California Bar leaders are divided over the future of the bar exam following a failed experimental rollout. The Bar now has three options for future test administration: continuing with vendor-developed questions as a temporary solution, adopting the National Conference of Bar Examiners' NextGen test, or creating a unique exam with a potential streamlined format similar to Nevada's. However, past experiences and budgetary constraints raise concerns about the efficacy and feasibility of these options. The Committee of Bar Examiners must navigate these challenges carefully as they plan ahead.
California State Bar leaders showed deep divisions Thursday on the future of the bar exam, as the clock ticks for them to decide whether, after their first attempt failed, they'll try again to develop a test unique to the Golden State.
The bar has three options, staff said: Using questions developed by the vendor that wrote the bulk of questions on the February test temporarily, as a 'bridge' to creating a new exam; adopting the National Conference of Bar Examiners' NextGen test; or creating a new, permanent exam that could be streamlined like Nevada's shorter 100-question multiple choice test that is in development.
A couple of procedural questions. About those vendor questions, did someone remember to jot down which questions were written by a competent evaluator rather than a large language model prone to hallucinating legal solutions?
A new test has some promise, but even if you were to look past the associated costs of developing a new test, it isn't like the Cali Bar has the best track record with starting over from scratch.
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