[austinc]

How long does it take to actually grade the exams? Does it take only a few days and they just sit on the score until release date, or are they only finished grading a few days before the release date?

[DDylan]

guess they will have to finishing grading all the exams and the “curve” the passing rate to around 45%ish…and then release them in batches.

But i agree they can grade the exams in seconds or it's actually graded once we hit submit button, even for bec writing part.

[SGood]

https://www.aicpa.org/becomeacpa/cpaexam/forcandidates/faq.html#scoring

Is scoring an automated process?

Scoring is fully automated for all Exam components except the written communication tasks. Most written communication responses are scored by a computer grading program, which is calibrated using human scorers. In some cases, responses are scored by a network of human graders (all CPAs). If your score is close to the passing score, your written communication tasks will be automatically re-graded by human graders. When there is more than one grader for a response, the average of the scores is used as the final grade.

The AICPA uses Item Response Theory (IRT) for the objective portion of the Exam. IRT is a well-established psychometric approach to scoring used by licensing and certification examinations that administer many different test forms.

All scoring routines, whether automated or not, are verified at various stages of the scoring process.

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