Score Reports Score reports for examinations taken during the November-December 2000 testing window were sent to licensing boards on January 31, 2001.
Boards report scores to candidates.
This means that the passing standard depends only on the content and difficulty of the items on the examination. Each candidate's performance is measured against a fixed passing standard, and the examination is not graded on a curve. In theory, all candidates could pass or all could fail. The procedure used, called the modified Angoff method, is commonly used to set passing standards on licensing and certification examinations After the testing window closed in December, the NBME did a preliminary scoring of the examinations. The judges were veterinarians selected to represent various practice categories and geographic regions of North America.