MPRE Score Reports

Your MPRE score report will be released to you and sent to the jurisdiction you requested (on your answer sheet) within five weeks of the examination date.  The report will include your scaled score and will show the jurisdiction to which you requested your scores be sent. If you did not request that your scores be sent to a jurisdiction, no indication will appear on your score report.

If you registered online and provided an email address, you will be sent an email message providing instructions and a link to access the printing of your score report. (In an effort to reduce unwanted email [spam], many internet service providers are introducing various filtering techniques. Some of these filtering methods may block automatically generated correspondence from @act.org. You may need to adjust your filter settings accordingly.) If you registered using the paper application, or if you registered online and did not provide an email address, your score report will be mailed to you. If you encounter difficulties with the online access, or if you do not receive your score report, contact the MPRE Records Department at 319-337-1304 or at mpre.score@act.org.

Each jurisdiction has the authority to determine its own passing score. You should check with the board of bar examiners in the jurisdiction to which you requested your scores be sent to see what minimum scaled MPRE score has been established as a passing score. Websites for many of the jurisdictions can be accessed via the National Conference of Bar Examiners website using the following address: www.ncbex.org/offices.htm.

Your scaled score is a standard score. The standard score scale ranges from 50 (low) to 150 (high). The mean (average) scaled score was established at 100, based upon the performance of the examinees who took the MPRE in March 1999.

The conversion of raw scores to scaled scores involves a statistical process that adjusts for variations in the difficulty of different forms of the examination so that any particular scaled score will represent the same level of knowledge from test to test. For instance, if a test were more difficult than previous tests, then the scaled scores on that test would be adjusted upward to account for this difference. If a test were easier than previous tests, then the scaled scores on the test would be adjusted downward to account for this difference. The purpose of these adjustments is to help ensure that no examinee is unfairly penalized (or rewarded) for taking a more (or less) difficult form of the test.

Keep your score report for your records. You may be asked to produce it during the bar application process (as in the District of Columbia).

Additional Score Report Requests Form

Additional score reports are available after the examination for a fee of $15.00 per report. Written requests for score reports should be sent to:

National Conference of Bar Examiners
MPRE Records Department
301 ACT Drive
P.O. Box 451
Iowa City, IA 52243-0451

Your request should include your name, address, Social Security Number, date of birth, test date, signature, and each board of bar examiners you wish to have receive a copy of your scores. Enclose $15.00 for each board of bar examiners you request. Checks should be made payable to the National Conference of Bar Examiners. Additional score reports sent to individuals rather than a board of bar examiners will be stamped “unofficial.” Check with the board to verify whether unofficial score reports are acceptable.

Applicants to the District of Columbia (DC) should not request transfer of their MPRE scores to DC. Instead, applicants must provide DC with a copy of their MPRE score report when filing their application to DC.

Requests for Rechecking of Answer Sheets

A request to have your answer sheet rechecked must be made in writing within three months of the original test date. The request should include your name, address, Social Security Number, birth date, test date, and signature. Send your written request to:

National Conference of Bar Examiners
MPRE Records Department
301 ACT Drive
P.O. Box 451
Iowa City, IA 52243-0451