[JasonSoCal]

Hey guys, so I got my score report for BEC and my score report improved but my score stayed the same (70). Any idea why?

[alloverit]

Yes.

The score report only compares how well you did to others who passed the exam.

So it is possible to perform at a level of say “72” over a difficult portion of the test and be near, at, or even above the average of those who passed.

Similarly, you may perform at level of “76” in another area, but be well below the scores of those who passed.

So in reality, you could see changes in the score report that don't correspond to the actual score.

Let's say that you improved even further in areas of strength (but just slightly).

Let's also say that you closed the gap in some other areas of deficiency so that you're no longer showing as performing below those who passed.

However, let's also say that you performed even WORSE in a few areas the second time in areas that were already flagged. If you're following the +'s and -‘s of this thought process you will see that if the slips are more significant (numerically) than the improvements, you can have a cleaner score report, but the same (or even slightly worse) score.

[Madhav]

Totally agree with @ alloverit. During my failure attempt of audit, on % of correctly answering the questions, i perform better than when i actually passed the test. However i was below par on heavily weighted areas by AICPA hence failed the test. When i actually passed the audit test, i missed research question and other sims but did what AICPA expected me to do, hence passing grade in spite of lesser no. of correct answers.

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