Scoring Timeline

  • April 22 - 24, 2008: a meeting of the CSCP Review Committee (CRC) and Pearson VUE is conducted to begin the standard setting process (modified Angoff) in order to establish the CSCP passing standard.
  • April 24 - June 14, 2008: NSCP continues to collect additional empirical data.
  • June 24, 2008: the passing standard for the CSCP examination is finalized.
  • July 10, 2008: version 2 of the CSCP launches with immediate scoring.
  • July 11, 2008: examination score reports are sent via FedEx to those candidates who have taken version 1 of the CSCP exam (October 15, 2007 - July 2, 2008).

Passing Standard

  • Passing Score: The passing score for the CSCP examination is 71 out of 100 scored questions. The score earned on the CSCP examination is reported as a scaled score, ranging from zero to 150. In order to pass the exam, a candidate must receive a scaled score of 105.
  • Scaled Score: A scaled score is a transformed raw test score (the number of test questions answered correctly given the length of the test taken); its purpose is to report scores for all examinees on a consistent scale regardless of the exam’s version. Please note that a scaled score is neither the number of questions, nor the percentage of questions, answered correctly.

Examination Score Reports

  • Diagnostic Information: diagnostic breakdowns, calculated per Domain, are intended to identify content areas that contributed to an unsuccessful score by showing areas of relative strength and weakness. Percentages are provided to assist the candidate in identifying areas of study for purposes of subsequent examination.
  • Authentication: score reports may be authenticated using a digital embosser at www.pearsonvue.com/authenticate. Digital embossing maintains the integrity of the CSCP program by eliminating the possibility of unauthorized embossing of counterfeit score reports.