Score Review/Appeal

Score review is a verification of a candidate's Uniform CPA Examination score. It involves making certain that the approved answer key was used and that it was applied correctly.

Score review is a service to candidates offering additional assurance that operational quality controls in the scoring process were complete and the scores are accurate. It is an automated and validated process, and does not involve human graders. It is NOT an opportunity to “find additional points” or to have new responses considered.

If you would like to request that your score be validated by the AICPA, you may request a score review. It might be helpful for you to know that all reported scores are subject to routine quality controls and are, in fact, scored twice before they are reported to state boards. As a result, the likelihood of a score change following score review is exceedingly small, or less than 1 percent of all requested score reviews since the inception of the computer based test.

To request a score review see the NASBA – Scores – Illinois webpage.

Score Appeal

The appeal process provides Uniform CPA Examination candidates with the opportunity to appeal failing scores.

The appeal option enables candidates to view the multiple choice test questions or objective simulation problems that they answered incorrectly together with their responses, and to submit comments online. The appeal does not include the written communication. The confidentiality of the examination requires that such viewing sessions take place only in authorized locations, under highly secure conditions, and in the presence of a representative of the candidate's board of accountancy or its designee. See NASBA - Scores - Illinois webpage.

For more information on the review/appeal process please visit: The AICPA’s FAQs - The Score Review and Appeal Processes