How to Calculate an MBE Score
- 1). Determine your raw score. The raw score represents the number of questions you answered correctly.
- 2). Calculate your scaled score. The National Conference of Bar Examiners, which writes the MBE, adjusts your score by using a process called equating. The process evaluates a group of responses (including yours) to a selected batch of questions from previous examinations. Statistical analysis then determines the level of performance of current test-takers relative to previous ones for this batch of questions. The NCBE then adds or subtracts points based on the analysis.
- 3). Determine your final score. The scaled score represents your ultimate level of performance because it builds on or detracts from your raw score. For example, you might receive a raw score of 150. Once the NCBE equates your performance, you might receive a scaled score of 160, the difference showing that you performed well on a harder exam relative to other examinees.
