Why doesn’t the CIPM Association let candidates know what score is required to pass the exams, and why don’t you let candidates know what score they achieved on the exam?
The minimum passing score (MPS) for each level of the exam is determined by the CIPM Association each period after the administration of the exams and after thorough psychometric analysis of the completed questions. Neither the MPS nor individual candidate scores are released. To release the MPS and individual scores would be unfair to candidates; the CIPM Association does not consider one passing candidate to be more (or less) accomplished than another passing candidate merely because of his or her ranking relative to either the MPS or other candidate scores. To release scores would inevitably lead to such ranking, which would be especially unfair for candidates taking the same exam in different years. The CIPM program sent me feedback showing that I scored above 70 percent in two major topic areas and 50–70 percent in the third major topic area. Nonetheless, I did not pass the exam. How is that possible? The major topic areas are not equally weighted on the exam, and a candidate’s pe
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