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Kane, Ph.D., Andrew A. Mroch, Ph.D., Douglas R. Ripkey, and Susan M. Case, Ph.D.  \nextensive set of results.  \nThis article summarizes some of the main results of the first and third studies and is necessarily quite selective. It focuses on three issues: (1) the initial performance of the domestic-educated candidates who took the New York bar exam for the first time in July 2005, (2) the persistence (in February and July of 2006) of the domestic-educated candidates who failed for the first time in July 2005, and (3) the pass rates for the domestic-educated first-time takers who failed in July 2005, as of February 2006 and as of July 2006. All three discussions include breakdowns by racial/ethnic group. For the complete results, please see the original studies available at the New York State Board of Law Examiners website ([http://](http://)[ ](http://)[www.nybarexam.org](www.nybarexam.org)).  \ndata  \nThe development of the data sets included in the three reports was made possible by the New York State Board of Law Examiners (the Board), the Law School Admission Council (LSAC), law schools, and candidates to the New York Bar. The Board (1) coordinated the collective efforts, (2) collected demographic data (via an optional survey) from candidates when they applied to take the NY bar exam, and (3) assembled bar examination results from candidates after they completed the NY bar exam. LSAC provided Law School Admission Test (LSAT) scores, undergraduate grade-point averages, and  \n6 The Bar Examiner, November 2007  \nFigure 1  \n\n| JulY 2005 new YoRk BaR examination PeRcentages in each Racial/ethnic gRouP, domestic-educated candidates |\n| --- |\n| \u003Cbr>Chicano/Mexican American, 0.4%\u003Cbr>Puerto Rican, 1.2%~~  ~~Hispanic/Latino,  3.5%\u003Cbr>Black/African American, 8. 1% \u003Cbr>Asian/Pacific Islander, 11. 7% \u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>~~ ~~Other, 4. 1%\u003Cbr> Not Indicated, 0.2%\u003Cbr>|\n\nsome demographic data for candidates who autho-  \nhave relatively low scores on the bar examination and relatively high failure rates, and as a result were much more likely than domesticeducated candidates to be repeating the bar examination. Also, undergraduate GPAs, LSAT scores, and law school GPAs were not available for foreign-educated candidates. Because of the substantial differences between these two populations and lack of availability of certain data for foreign-educated candidates, most of the analyses of candidate performance were reported separately for domestic- and foreign-educated candidates, and this article focuses on the performance of the domestic-educated candidates.  \nrized release of these data. Law schools collaborated by providing law school GPAs from candidates who gave permission to share such information. All of these data were collected for the July 2005 data set for the first study. For the third study, the July 2005 data set was expanded to include performance on the February 2006 and July 2006 administrations, along with cumulative pass rates, of candidates who failed the NY bar exam for the first time in July 2005.  \nIn analyzing the data, it was clear that the graduates of foreign law schools and the graduates of domestic law schools constituted distinct populations with different demographic characteristics and different pass rates. Foreign-educated candidates constituted about 21% of the New York candidates who agreed to participate in the study, and as a group, they differed from domesticeducated candidates on a number of demographic variables. Foreign-educated candidates tended to  \nOf the 7,252 July 2005 domestic-educated candidates, almost 50% were women, and slightly more than 50% were men. The great majority (over 70%) of the domestic-educated candidates were Caucasian/ White, 11.7% were Asian/Pacific Islander, 8. 1% were Black/African American, 3.5% were Hispanic/ Latino, 1.2% were Puerto Rican, 0.4% were Chicano/ Mexican Am","cbCaiaSgcsGm1ZCh","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiaSgcsGm1ZCh","pdf",713895,"English","# Pass rates and persistence overview\n## Focus areas: July 2005, Feb 2006, and July 2006\n## Racial/ethnic group breakdowns\n# Data development and methodology\n## Domestic vs foreign-educated candidate comparison\n## Construction of NY Bar scores and components\n## Reliability of exam components","[{\"question\":\"Which cohorts are analyzed in the study’s main results?\",\"answer\":\"The summary covers domestic-educated candidates’ initial performance in July 2005, persistence in February and July 2006 for those who first failed in July 2005, and pass rates for July 2005 first-time failures as of February 2006 and July 2006.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the document define and compute total scores on the NY bar exam?\",\"answer\":\"Total scores combine weighted components: the New York Essay Examination (50%), the Multistate Bar Examination, MBE (40%), and the New York Multiple-Choice Test, NYMC (10%), then scale the result to a 1,000-point scale.\"},{\"question\":\"Why are results discussed separately for domestic-educated and foreign-educated candidates?\",\"answer\":\"The document states that foreign-educated and domestic-educated candidates form distinct populations with different demographic characteristics and pass rates, and that certain demographic data are unavailable for foreign-educated candidates.\"}]","Pass Rates and Persistence on the New York Bar Examination - Racial/Ethnic Group Breakdown | PDF",1789950965]