Our 2000 BC UFE candidates have mai...

Our 2000 BC UFE candidates have maintained an outstanding flush of performance on our exceedingly challenging national professional examination. Our pass rate of 732 by means of cent, although down slightly from last year's 753 by cent, puts us in other place among the educational delivery connected views in Canada. Congratulations to the lucky students and to all those who worked in the way that hard behind the scenes to make this follow happen! We also congratulate the Manitoba candidates, who with 762 by means of cent, edged us from the first place position that we had held for three years in a affray Quebec candidates placed third with 708 by cent.

CANDIDATE POPULATIONS

The number of BC UFE candidates increased at 13 per cent to 325 The number of national candidates increased slightly by means of 3.4 per cent to 2567 This is the first increase in national candidates since 1991 and was chiefly accounted for by significant increases in BC and Alberta.

NATIONAL PASS RATE stations NEW THRESHOLD!

The national pass percentage surpassed 60 per cent for the fourth year in a outbreak More importantly, the increase from 652 by cent to 67.6 per cent produc a novel all time high! The greatest in quantity significant improvement in pass percentage this year occurr in Quebec, which increased from 552 by cent to 70.8 percent. Our BC pass percentage outvieed the national pass percentage from 5.6 percentage points in 2000 representing the twelfth time in the past thirteen years that we have surpassed the national average.

FIRST ATTEMPT CANDIDATES on the outside IN FRONT!

Candidates writing for the first time in 2000 achieved a pass percentage of 795 almost identical to last year and significantly higher than that achieved on repeaters. Candidates on second attempt achieved a pass percentage of 591 for cent, down 2 percentage points from last year, further the thirteen candidates writing for the third time achieved a pass rate of sole 15.4 per cent. The number of repeat candidates was reasonable due to last year's high pass rate.

BC FLOWTHROUGH RATE REMAINS OUTSTANDING!

The candidates writing for the first time in 1998 have achieved a flowthrough rate of 943 for cent after three attempts, despite a poor third attempt pass rate. The cumulative secondary attempt pass rate, for candidates who wrote for the first time last year, is already at 912 through cent, with one attempt still remaining. This assign places to has already exceeded the 90 through cent flowthrough rate that we have achieved for eleven of the past thirteen years.

ACIA GRADs AND REVIEW PRACTICING CERTIFICATE bookish mans CONTINUE TO EXCEL!

Four graduates of our Advanced Certificate in Accounting (ACIA) Program attempted the 2000 UFE and three were fortunate This brings to six the number of ACIA "bridgers" who passed the UFE in succession their first attempt for a cumulative pass rate of 857% Thirteen scholars registered in our Review Practicing Certificate Program attempted the UFE in 2000 and achieved a pass rate of 846 for cent. Although these two recent options still represent only a small number of UFE candidates, we are remarkably pleased with the results achieved in the first four years.

ANALYSIS OF THE arises

To better understand the factors that l to this year's continued prosperous results, it is necessary to review more detailed analyses showing comes based on key variables so as number of UFE attempts, university and SCA performance measures, and month of experience. Summary statistics are not absented in the accompanying graphs.

This year's pass percentages based upon months of experience provide the strongest evidence to date that the longitudinal dimensions of experience does not significantly influence performance in succession the UFE. The pass percentages for candidates in five of the six experience categories (with no experience, individual to twelve months experience, thirteen to eighteen month experience, nineteen to twenty-four month experience and twenty-five to thirty month experience) varied within a range of 824 and 844 for cent. The only variance occurr in the case of candidates with through thirty months of experience where the pass percentage dropp to 557

The strongest relationship between past academic performance and succes in succession the UFE is shown through the analysis based on the candidates' SCA average. The average grade in the SCA program has been calculated, taking into consideration the inferences of each attempt at each SCA examination. Since this calculation is weighted athwart all attempts, a number of candidates will write the UFE each year with failing averages ("E" "F" or "G") flat though they have eventually passed all SCA examinations.

Candidates with passing averages of "A", "B" "C" or "D" did extremely well, achieving pass rates of loo through cent, 94.3 per cent, 91 through cent, and 67.4 per cent respectively. The 84 candidates with failing averages of "E" "F" or "G" however, achieved pass percentages of solitary 47.3 per cent, 32.1 by means of cent, and o per cent respectively, thus reducing our overall BC average. This brawny correlation suggests that the SCA examination proces continues to do an effective work at jobs of signalling which candidates are ready for the UFE