The NextGen UBE is equated to ensure that an official NextGen UBE score earned in any jurisdiction and at any administration will have the same meaning as any other NextGen UBE score. The equating process ensures that you will not be at an advantage or at a disadvantage for taking the exam in one month (or one jurisdiction) versus another.
Scoring and grading of the NextGen UBE is performed as follows:
- Multiple-Choice Questions: Scored by NCBE
- Integrated Question Sets and Performance Tasks (written responses): Graded by jurisdiction-appointed graders using detailed, uniform grading rubrics provided by NCBE. Jurisdiction graders assess written responses only from examinees within their own jurisdiction
- Final Score Calculations: All scaling and equating performed by NCBE. Final scores calculated by NCBE
For more information on scoring and grading, visit the Official NextGen UBE Examinees' Guide.
Official NextGen Examinees' Guide
Score Portability
Official NextGen UBE scores are designed to be portable to other jurisdictions. In most jurisdictions, qualifying scores from both the legacy UBE and the NextGen UBE will be accepted for transfer. To learn whether you can transfer your score to a particular jurisdiction, visit the Comprehensive Guide to Bar Admission Requirements web page.
NCBE UBE Score Services has information about how to transfer your NextGen UBE score(s) to a jurisdiction other than the one in which you took the NextGen UBE.