USMLE Step 1 Score Details

Report Description

The USMLE Step 1 Scores Details report displays the USMLE Step 1 scores by students over time. There are three views of this data available on tabs at the bottom: Testing Timeline displays when students took the exam, Detailed Score Information shows the ranges students scored within from multiple perspectives (Graduation Cohort or Matriculation Term) that allow comparison between years, Exceptions gives you the list of students who have passed Course 7 or the CBSE and have not yet passed the USMLE Step 1. Each tab allows you to interact with the visualizations to create slices of the data to answer many questions. As you interact, you will see the details of students adjust to display the students who meet your criteria.


Testing Timeline

Filters

Graduation Cohort

Cohort when the student is expected to graduate. Graduation cohorts beginning with an X indicate a student who is not actively in the MD Program. Those with an XLOA cohort are still expected to return to the MD Program.

Matriculation Term

The effective term of matriculation - the term the student began classes in the MD Program.

Step 1 Testing Year

Calendar year in which the student took the USMLE Step 1 exam.

SLCT or CORE

Curriculum Program taken by a Morsani College of Medicine MD student. All students before the SELECT program started are classified as Other. Select between CORE, SLCT, or Other.

Test Attempts

If an individual student takes the same test multiple times, each attempt gets an attempt number. The first attempt chronologically by test date is 1, subsequent attempts would be 2, 3, 4, etc.

Step 1 Testing Date

Date in which the student took the USMLE Step 1 exam. Select a date range to show Students that took the exam in that span of time.

Test Score

Score of the test displayed on this report. Select a test score range to show Students with test scores in that range.

 

Visualizations

USMLE Students

Number of unique students who took the exam based on the filters applied.

Count of USF ID by Test Date

Displays the number of students who took the test on a given day over time. This visualization is not interactive itself, but is filtered by other visualizations on the page.

Counts by Attribute

Displays the percent breakdown of the population who took the test by Core and Select attributes.

 

Details

Test Date

This field identifies the date in which the test was taken.

Counts

Number of students who took the exam within the filtered population.

Graduation Cohort

Cohort when the student is expected to graduate. Graduation cohorts beginning with an X indicate a student who is not actively in the MD Program. Those with an XLOA cohort are still expected to return to the MD Program.

Matriculation Term

The effective term of matriculation - the term the student began classes in the MD Program.

Step 1 Testing Date

Date in which the student took the USMLE Step 1 exam.

Test Score

Score of the test displayed on this report.

Attribute

Attribute of a student in USF Health Banner. Usually used for denoting the Core and Select Curriculum Programs, but may also include other legacy values.

USF ID

Student's U-number used to uniquely identify them.

 

Detailed Score Information

Filters

Graduation Cohort

Cohort when the student is expected to graduate. Graduation cohorts beginning with an X indicate a student who is not actively in the MD Program. Those with an XLOA cohort are still expected to return to the MD Program.

Matriculation Term

The effective term of matriculation - the term the student began classes in the MD Program.

Step 1 Testing Year

Calendar year in which the student took the USMLE Step 1 exam.

SLCT or CORE

Curriculum Program taken by a Morsani College of Medicine MD student. All students before the SELECT program started are classified as Other. Select between CORE, SLCT, or Other.

Step 1 Testing Date

Date in which the student took the USMLE Step 1 exam. Select a date range to show Students that took the exam in that span of time.

Test Score

Score of the test displayed on this report. Select a test score range to show Students with test scores in that range.

Current 5 Year or Greater

Allows easy selection of multiple years at once. Available options are Current 5 Years or 10 Years. Current 5 Years is selected when you first open the report.

 

Visualizations

Score Range by Testing Year - First Time Test Taken

Each bar represents all students who took the test in a given year and displays the distribution of their exam scores by ranges. Each range is stacked on top of one another, with the lowest scores at the bottom and higher scores near the top. This visualization allows you to see the trends of student scores across testing years.

The first range is Under Passing score, which allows you to compare the numbers even across testing years where the Passing Score changed. Subsequent range groups are 15 points each.

This visualization allows you to drill down to Core vs Select and display with the stacked bars.

Core vs Select - First Time Test Taken

Student counts displayed by Curriculum Program within the Score Ranges.

The first range is Under Passing score, which allows you to compare the numbers even across years where the Passing Score changed. Subsequent range groups are 15 points each.

This visualization allows you to drill down to Testing Year and display with the Core vs Select bars.

Score Range by Matriculation Term - First Time Test Taken

Each bar represents all students from a Matriculation Term and displays the distribution of their exam scores by ranges. Each range is stacked on top of one another, with the lowest scores at the bottom and higher scores near the top. This visualization allows you to see the trends of student scores across matriculation term.

The first range is Under Passing score, which allows you to compare the numbers even across matriculation terms where the Passing Score changed. Subsequent range groups are 15 points each.

This visualization allows you to drill down to Core vs Select and display with the stacked bars.

Average Test Score

Average Scores for the student's first attempt reported by Total and Core/SELECT Programs.

USMLE Students

Number of unique students who took the exam based on the filters applied.

Interactivity

You can select multiple bars (Ctrl + Click) on the Core vs Select visualization to adjust highlights on the other visualizations. This allows you to see the portion of students from that Academic Program trending across the Graduation Cohort or Matriculation Terms.


Details

USF ID

Student's U-number used to uniquely identify them.

Test Date

This field identifies the date in which the test was taken.

Test Score

Score of the test displayed on this report.

Attribute

Attribute of a student in USF Health Banner. Usually used for denoting the Core and Select Curriculum Programs, but may also include other legacy values.

 

Exceptions  

Filters

Matriculation Term

The effective term of matriculation - the term the student began classes in the MD Program.

Graduation Cohort

Cohort when the student is expected to graduate. Graduation cohorts beginning with an X indicate a student who is not actively in the MD Program. Those with an XLOA cohort are still expected to return to the MD Program.

 

Visualizations

Exceptions

Displays the count of students who have not taken the Step 1 Exam, displayed by Matriculation Term. Each bar stacks the students within the Core and Select MD Programs.

Students by CBSE Pass/Fail and Attribute

Displays the count of students who have not taken the Step 1 Exam, displayed by their CBSE Test status. Each bar stacks the students within the Core and Select MD Programs.


Details

Attribute

Attribute of a student in USF Health Banner. Usually used for denoting the Core and Select Curriculum Programs, but may also include other legacy values.

USF ID

Student's U-number used to uniquely identify them.

Graduation Cohort

Cohort when the student is expected to graduate. Graduation cohorts beginning with an X indicate a student who is not actively in the MD Program. Those with an XLOA cohort are still expected to return to the MD Program.

CBSE Pass/Fail

Student's pass/fail status as available in the Educational Data Warehouse on any of the 4 CBSE attempts, including the optional Diagnostic test.

 

Course 7 Pass/Fail

Student's pass/fail status as available in Health Banner for the BMS 6043 Medical Sciences 7 course.


Data Refreshed On

Data in this report is not live, but refreshed once daily. The date on the bottom right of the report displays the last day the data was refreshed from USF Health Banner.


Disclaimer

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