The NBME offers assistance in preparing brochures, demonstration disks, and computerized testing tutorials that provide examinees with a reasonable understanding of the knowledge and skills they will be expected to demonstrate. Such materials often include descriptions of the following:
The NBME staff provides guidance in identifying the types of information that should be provided to examinees and also provides recommendations regarding the brochure format, layout, and design.
Some clients wish to provide registered examinees with guidelines for taking standardized tests and for answering specific types of test items. Some test sponsors also include samples of test items to familiarize examinees with what they will experience during the examination. NBME staff assists clients in developing such materials — drawing upon experience in preparing our own publications that cover similar topics.
In those instances where test sponsors wish to provide information about their examination program to educational programs, the NBME can provide assistance in developing such brochures and in assuring that information is consistent across multiple publications.
Because of the NBME's own experience in preparing a wide variety of descriptive and statistical data to educational programs, our staff can offer advice on the most effective ways for communicating such data.