Score Verification?

Has anyone tried challenging their scores and successfully changed the result?

I took the PA exam yesterday and despite being confident while taking the test, I didn't pass. I received the official report this morning and checked and saw that I did terribly on the first section: Environmental and Contextual Conditions. This is my 2nd try and on the 1st, I also did bad on the same section, so I decided to focus on that. I did and actually thought I did pretty well in the exam. Scores on other areas even went up a bit, but this one went down. So I don't know what happened. But this morning, I took the demo exam for PA and noticed I was getting incorrect answers despite having answered correctly,

For instance,

My answer

NCARB's

Another one,

Well on this one I missed slightly,

So now I'm thinking maybe the same thing happened with the exam that I'm slightly off but technically correct. I had a couple of this type of question in the exam and that might have impacted my score. Has anyone successfully reversed their score?

Rebekka O'Melia May 02, 2023 18:10 (Edited May 22, 2023 16:19)

ALS,

Sorry that you didn't pass.

I have never heard of NCARB reversing a score!! Haha! And I'm sure there are plenty of mistakes that have been made over the years. I don't see where your selection on the south-facing hill was 'wrong', but it is just SLIGHTLY outside of the area they chose as the correct answer. (?)

And there is another thread about that parking/tennis site plan in this community, which I already commented on.

Hope this helps! Keep studying!

Rebekka O'Melia, R.A., NCARB, B. Arch, M. Ed, NOMA, Step UP ARE 5.0 Courses

Charles Wilson August 20, 2023 20:12

NCARB confirmed you can ask for verification for $100 fee to review your answers.

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