For test fields containing multiple-choice items, the following steps are taken.

1. For each scorable item, convert each rating to a number between 0 and 100 by multiplying by 10 and subtracting 5 (e.g., if the rating is 7.0, the resulting value from this step would be 65).
2. Sum the values for all scorable items on the form and divide by 100. Round the result to the nearest integer to calculate the recommended passing score for each individual panelist.

In addition, an analogous calculation is performed for the group using the median of all panelists' ratings on each item. This recommended passing score based on item rating medians is calculated as follows.

3. Calculate the median value of all panelists' ratings for each scorable item on the test form.
4. For each scorable item, convert each median value to a number between 0 and 100 by multiplying the median by 10, subtracting 5, and rounding to the nearest integer (e.g., if the median of panelists' ratings is 7.0, the resulting value from this step would be 65; a median rating of 7.7 would result in a value of 72).
5. Sum the values for all scorable items on the form and divide by 100. Round the result to the nearest integer to calculate the recommended passing score based on item rating medians.

For test fields also containing constructed-response items, the following steps are also taken.

6. Sum the item ratings from each panel member for all constructed-response items in the section.
7. Calculate the median value of the summed ratings across all panel members.