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EXAM GRADING AND RESULTS
GRADING PROCESS
The Board of Regents and the Certification Department staff strive to maintain fairness and consistency in grading the certification
exam papers. Exam questions are graded with an optical scanner, and any irregularities are thoroughly researched. The grading
process includes both a pre-exam review of the suggested responses and a post-exam review of the statistical performance of exam
questions. Based on this review, appropriate scoring modifications and adjustments to the grading scale may be made.
PASSING SCORE
Statistical information from pre-tested questions is used to maintain comparable difficulty from one exam to the next. Because
the exact number of questions required to pass the exam may adjust slightly from one exam to the next, all raw scores are converted to
a reporting scale. A scaled score of 600 points or higher is required to pass the CFSA exam. (A scaled score of 600 would be the
equivalent of achieving 75 percent correct on an exam of appropriate difficulty.)
EXAM RESULTS
Exam results are mailed by July 15 for May exams and by January 15 for November exams. Specific passing scores are not reported.
Requests for copies of grade letters will not be accepted until two weeks after the release of exam results. The Certification
Department will not release grades by telephone. All exam results are final. Given the thorough review process outlined above,
regrades will not be performed.
CERTIFICATES
Once a candidate has successfully completed the CFSA exam and met all program requirements, The IIA mails the certification
certificate to the local IIA affiliate for presentation to the successful candidate. A listing of IIA affiliates may be found by visiting
“The IIA” at www.theiia.org.
www.theiia.org/Certification
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