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ref18: I already have the answers.
WCB: Did you take the test on your own? Were you supplied with the answers prior to taking it?
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ref 18: My main point is that if someone is doing something you don't like, ignore it.
WCB: Are you really an official?
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ref18: There is no reason for you to start attacking those of us who would like a copy of the answers. In my area, it takes a month for the tests to get marked. I would like to know what my score is the day after I submit my test.
WCB: I have lived in states that graded the tests v-e-r-y slowly. After I sent it in, I talked with a bunch of my friends and asked them about questions that puzzled me or talked about the latest "Fed word game". I always knew within a point or two how I did. If you still live in a state that doesn't have immediate scoring, there is always the phone. Many state associations (IHSA included) has officials sites that have password protected access. We can take the test and have it scored immediately online. I might lobby my group to explore that path.
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ref18: If some people are using them to cheat, then so be it, that is on their conscience, not any of ours.
WCB: C'mon, you aren't really an official are you?
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ref18: Also, I don't think it fair to assign playoff games based soley on exam marks. Doing well on the exam has no bearing on what kind of official you are. Honestly, who really needs to know what the maximum width of the rubber seam separating the panels of the ball?? How will this bit of information help an official do a state final. As officials we should write a mechanics exam and a rules test like the IAABO test, one that tests how we would officiate a game.
WCB: I agree, using the test solely to schedule the playoffs is problematic. I don't think anyone here has ever advocated that. In Illinois, it is 1/8th of the formula. (The number of factors just changed so it might less or more.) Again, the test is used to evaluate AND inform. While a state final caliber official will usually score well, it's the playoff rounds before the final that will suffer when inferior officials cheat. We all know the guys that do just the bare minimum, fly beneath the radar and take advantage of every break that comes their way. Do you want that guy working instead of you?
[Edited by WindyCityBlue on Oct 28th, 2004 at 03:22 PM]
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