bar too low

[Ric Brekne]

Hi Don,... 

I don't really get your point.  How does getting a perfect score (or 
not) touch on whether or not the <<passing score>> required is to low or 
not ?
Toms point is that the scoring curve is such that passing the tuning 
test is just too easy.  I'd tend to agree as far as that goes.

That said.... its not really so important anyways.  The RPT test is 
really most valuable as a learning experience.  Thats underlined by most 
of the examiners during exams to the candidates. Passing the test gives 
you no right to start beating overly hard on the proverbial breasts any 
more then failing should lead you to become more then slightly discouraged.

Cheers
RicB

Hi Tom,

If the "bar is too low" why has no one managed to get
a perfect score?

 >I agree that the tests, at least the written and tuning
 >exams, are too easy to pass.  The bar is so low that RPT
 >status does not qualify one as anything more than merely
 > competent.  I haven't taken the Technical Exam yet,so
 >I'm not sure about that one, but for me to pass the
 >Tuning Exam with all scores 93 or higher, with three
 >100s, well...I ain't no Virgil Smith, I'll tell ya that.  
 

Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat