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[Pages:2]National Summary Report: Descriptive Statistics of PRAXIS Examination Scores for the Speech-Language Pathology Specialty Test for Test Administration Years 2008-2009 through 2018-2019

The following tables present descriptive statistics on the PRAXIS speech-language pathology test on the highest score only (i.e., excludes multiple scores for a given individual) for all exam participants (Table 1) and for those individuals who have earned a bachelor's degree plus additional credits, earned a master's degree, earned a master's degree plus additional credits, or earned a doctoral degree (Table 2) for test administration years 2008-2009 through 2018-2019 and who have identified ASHA as a score recipient.

Table 1. Speech-Language Pathology ? Highest Score Only

Test Year 2018-2019 2017-2018 2016-2017 2015-2016 2014-2015 2013-2014 2012-2013 2011-2012 2010-2011 2009-2010 2008-2009

Count 8494 8376 9042 8520 7928 7554 6991 7147 7040 6669 6468

Mean 177 178 177 177 178 692 693 686 681 679 680

Standard Deviation

10 10 10 10 10 56 57 59 59 58 60

Count 8214 8125 8789 8264 7635 7215 6681 6731 6611 6260 6045

Pass Percentage 96.7% 97.0% 97.2% 97.0% 96.3% 95.5% 95.6% 94.2% 93.9% 93.9% 93.5%

Count 280 251 253 256 293 339 310 416 429 409 423

Fail Percentage 3.3% 3.0% 2.8% 3.0% 3.7% 4.5% 4.4% 5.8% 6.1% 6.1% 6.5%

Table 2. Speech-Language Pathology ? Highest Score Only for exam participants who reported their educational level and who have earned a bachelor's degree plus additional credits, earned a master's degree, earned a master's degree plus additional credits, or earned a doctoral degree

Test Year 2018-2019 2017-2018 2016-2017 2015-2016 2014-2015 2013-2014 2012-2013 2011-2012 2010-2011 2009-2010 2008-2009

Count 4875 4268 4538 4171 3993 4574 4457 4728 5690 5493 5361

Mean 177 178 178 178 178 691 692 685 682 680 680

Standard Deviation

10 10 10 10 10 58 58 59 59 59 60

Pass

Count Percentage

4665

95.7%

4123

96.6%

4363

96.1%

3988

95.6%

3817

95.6%

4332

94.7%

4238

95.1%

4422

93.5%

5328

93.6%

5145

93.7%

5003

93.3%

Count 210 145 175 183 176 242 219 306 362 348 358

Fail Percentage 4.3% 3.4% 3.9% 4.4% 4.4% 5.3% 4.9% 6.5% 6.4% 6.3% 6.7%

ETS implemented a new scaled score range for the speech-language pathology exam in September 2014. The new scaled score range of 100-200 has a passing score of 162. The old score range was 250 to 990 with a passing score of 600. Data for the 2014-2015 test year are presented using the new score range.

Prepared by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), Surveys and Analysis Unit (December 2019)

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