Abstract
Under the current economic environment, state licensing entities need to find standard setting methods that allow to set reliable passing scores and to save time during the exam development process. Bookmark and Angoff methods were explored. Data were obtained from 2 state licensure exams in 2 2-day workshops. Each examination had 100 4-multiple choice items. Each exam was divided in 2 sets of items, resulting in 4 sets total with 50 items each. Each set of items was pass pointed using the two methods. Results suggested that the Angoff method produced higher cut scores than the Bookmark method. In addition, SMEs felt more confident about their Angoff cut score than the Bookmark cut score.