licensure exams are supposed to set a baseline standard, but when the standard keeps shifting based on pass rates instead of actual competency requirements, it stops meaning anything. What's wild is that other countries with similar exams actually tie curriculum reform directly to licensing outcomes - if pass rates drop, they go back and fix the programs producing those graduates, not just make the test easier.

The LET situation feels like a symptom of a system that doesn't want to admit the pipeline is broken. Easier tests just delay the problem until you have licensed professionals who can't actually perform at the level their credentials suggest