How are the exams scored?
ANSWER. The passing score is a total number of questions answered correctly. There is no penalty for incorrect answers (such as “number correct minus a percentage of the number of incorrect answers”). All questions have the same point value. A “passing” score is not required in each of the individual content domains. It will be to the candidate’s advantage to attempt to answer all questions. Each examinee is informed of his or her pass/fail status immediately after completing the examination. These are preliminary results, pending verification by the examination consultants and ABIH. Examinees will receive their official results in writing approximately four weeks after taking the exam. An examinee who fails an examination will be informed of his or her overall score. All examinees receive a performance report indicating scores in the individual subject areas. Back to Top QUESTION 4. There have been changes to the names and number of subject areas over the last couple of years on my pe
The passing score for all ACSM certification exams is set in advance and applied to all candidates’ exam results. Similar to exam scoring for a wide variety of other high stakes, national standardized exams (e.g., GRE, SAT, GMAT, etc.), ACSM certification exams are reported on a 200-800 score scale. Specifically, all candidates are expected to meet the passing standard of a scaled score of 550 in order to receive a “Pass” on any respective ACSM certification exam. This passing standard is based upon the expectations of the subject matter experts/test developers across all topics of the competency areas, as related to each respective credential’s examination blueprint. Passing candidates are expected to answer a sufficient number of test questions correctly that demonstrates a summative amount of knowledge at a level of at least minimal competency or the lowest acceptable score to pass the exam. Finally, each content area is weighted proportionally, based on the results of a periodic co
