Determine your raw score. The raw score represents the number of questions you answered correctly.
Calculate your scaled score. The National Conference of Bar Examiners, which writes the MBE, adjusts your score by using a process called equating. The process evaluates a group of responses (including yours) to a selected batch of questions from previous examinations. Statistical analysis then determines the level of performance of current test-takers relative to previous ones for this batch of questions. The NCBE then adds or subtracts points based on the analysis.
Determine your final score. The scaled score represents your ultimate level of performance because it builds on or detracts from your raw score. For example, you might receive a raw score of 150. Once the NCBE equates your performance, you might receive a scaled score of 160, the difference showing that you performed well on a harder exam relative to other examinees.