Scores

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How is the score calculated?

As of March 15, 2020, AMIR test scores will be reported on a scale of 50-150 (instead of 150-250), the same scale used for the AMIRAM test and for the English domain on the Psychometric Entrance Test. This change in the scale is retroactive and will apply to scores on AMIR tests that were administered previously.

Different test dates and versions will not affect your score. The scoring method guarantees that even if you take the test along with a group of above-average or below-average ability, your score will be no different than if you had taken the test on another date.

Scores are calculated in a three-step process:

1. Raw score – the number of correct answers in each section is the raw score for that section.

2. Calculating test scores – Two of the three test sections are used determine the score (see how the test sections are used). In order to compare the scores of examinees who took different versions of the test or took the test on different dates, the raw scores of those two sections are converted to scores on a uniform scale.

3. Final AMIR score – the section scores are used to calculate the final score of the test.

The final scores of the AMIR test are on a scale from 50 to 150.

What do the scores mean?

Each academic institution makes its own independent decisions on the basis of examinees’ scores. Typically, the scores are used to determine whether examinees will be required to take courses in English, and if so, at what level. At some institutions the scores form part of the criteria for admission.

A particular institution’s decision in response to an examinee’s score will not necessarily be the same as another institution’s decision in response to the same score.

Reporting scores to institutions and examinees & requests for re-evaluation

NITE’s Scoring Department deals with requests to report examinees’ results to institutions and requests to re-evaluate answer sheets. We recommend making these requests by logging on to the website with your personal information, where you will be able to access the following services:

Reporting scores to academic institutions

Academic institutions handle applications on the basis of scores reported to them directly by NITE. Each institution is required to use the scores only as part of their own admission process.

Your scores will be reported directly to Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Bar-Ilan University, Haifa University, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv University, the Technion and Ariel University within 45 days of the test date. Your scores will also be reported to the other institutions that you selected on the registration form. The institutions to which NITE can report scores are listed here.

NITE will only report scores to the institutions listed above.

Change requests

After registration, you may request that your score be reported to other institutions in addition to those you already requested, prevent it being reported to one or more universities (including the Technion), or request a report by email, NITE recommends doing so by logging on to the website or through the downloadable Reporting Scores to Institutions form. Save the form to your computer and send it as an email attachment to the Scoring Department, score@nite.org.il or by fax to 02-6754765. If you do not receive an acknowledgment, please contact the scoring department by telephone the day after submitting the request in order to confirm that your request has been received.

Change requests are free of charge.

After a score report request is submitted, the scores will be available to institutions. The scores are retrieved by the institutions within seven working days. There is no possibility of shortening the reporting time.

Scores

Downloadable Forms

Reporting scores to examinees

Within 45 days of the test date, around the date that the score is reported to academic institutions, you will be able to check your score by logging on to the NITE website with the personal details (ID number or foreign passport number, and password) with which you are registered on the website. Your score will also be emailed to you.

If you opted out of email notification, the score will be sent by Israel Post.

Every score report includes an explanatory leaflet in Hebrew or English.

• The scores for all examinees on a particular date are calculated simultaneously. There is no way to report any one examinee’s scores before the others.
• NITE does not report scores by telephone or fax.

Within three months of the test date you may request an extra copy of the score report to be mailed to you free of charge. After this period NITE recommends ordering copies on the website or with the downloadable Credit Card Payment form. Save the form to your computer and send it as an email attachment to score@nite.org.il or by fax to 02-6754765. Please contact the Scoring Department by telephone the day after submitting the request to confirm that the request has been received.

Requesting answer sheet re-evaluation

The answer sheets are read by an optical scanner. This method is extremely accurate, but NITE offers manual re-evaluation of answer sheets.

There is a service charge for re-evaluation, but if the re-evaluation confirms that an error occurred in scanning the answer sheet, this charge will be refunded. Past experience shows that errors are extremely unlikely. If you want to request your answer sheet to be re-evaluated, we recommend doing so by logging on to the website, or with the downloadable Credit Card Payment for Answer Sheet Re-evaluation form. Save the form to your computer and send it as an email attachment to score@nite.org.il or by fax to 02-6754765. Please contact the Scoring Department by telephone the day after submitting the request to confirm that the request has been received. Requests for answer sheet re-evaluation may be made up to three months after the test date. We will respond seven working days after the request and payment are received.

Summons for retesting

During the test evaluation, routine checks are made to confirm that every examinee’s score is a faithful reflection of his or her ability. Sometimes NITE has difficulty assessing a test score because of exceptional or inconsistent results or on account of technical issues.

If doubt arises concerning the reliability of a test for whatever reason – including those mentioned above – the examinee will be summoned for a retest at NITE’s Jerusalem office, and the test score will be frozen until the question is settled. After the retest NITE will take a decision concerning further treatment of the case.

The summons for retest is normally sent in writing to the affected examinees within six weeks of the test date, but may be sent later.