Readiness score
Your NPPE readiness score, domain by domain
Coverage times accuracy, in each of the 6 domains. It shows where your next hour of study should go, and why one good session is not the same as ready.
What is an exam readiness score?
An exam readiness score is a single number that estimates how prepared you are for an exam, built from evidence of what you have studied and how well you answer questions on it. It is a study tool, not an exam result: its job is to show which parts of the syllabus are solid, which are thin, and where your next hour of study will do the most good.
NPPE Pro's readiness score works domain by domain. For each of the 6 NPPE domains it multiplies coverage, the share of the domain's topics you have answered questions on, by accuracy, how often you answer them correctly. Your overall score does the same across the whole exam. A score of 100 would mean every topic covered and every answer right.
It is not a predicted NPPE mark. The NPPE's pass mark is a scaled score of 65, which is not 65 percent, and results come back only as pass or fail. A readiness score cannot tell you that you will pass. It can tell you what you have not covered yet, and what you keep getting wrong.
Sources:NPPE scoring (nppexam.ca)
How the readiness score is calculated
Coverage
- What it measures
- How much of a domain you have touched
- How it is worked out
- Topics with at least one answered question, out of the domain's topics
Accuracy
- What it measures
- How well you answer
- How it is worked out
- The average accuracy of the topics you have covered, using your latest answer to each practice question
Mock exam weight
- What it measures
- Answers under exam conditions
- How it is worked out
- Mock exam answers count one and a half times a practice answer; only your latest attempt at each exam counts
Domain readiness
- What it measures
- Breadth and accuracy together
- How it is worked out
- Coverage × accuracy for that domain
Overall readiness
- What it measures
- The whole exam
- How it is worked out
- Overall coverage × overall accuracy
Why one good day does not read as ready
Because coverage multiplies accuracy, a strong start in a few topics cannot carry a whole domain. Say you study 3 of the 17 topics in Law for Professional Practice and answer 90 percent of their questions correctly. Coverage is about 18 percent, so readiness in that domain is about 16, however good those answers were.
The reverse holds too. Cover all 17 topics with 60 percent accuracy and the domain reads 60: wide but shaky. Both numbers have to rise, which is why the readiness screen shows coverage and accuracy beside each domain, so you can see whether a low score is about breadth or about misses.
The score also avoids double counting. A question you missed and later answered correctly counts as correct, because your latest answer is the one that counts. Retaking a mock exam replaces your previous attempt instead of adding to it, and questions you left blank on a mock exam are left out rather than counted wrong.
Reading the three bands
Your overall readiness sits in one of three bands. The thresholds are NPPE Pro's own.
Keep Building: under 40
Too little covered, or too many misses, for a reliable signal yet. Follow the plan and cover more topics.
Getting There: 40 to 64
Solid progress. Push coverage in the weakest domain and accuracy in the topics you have started.
Exam Ready: 65 and above
Tracking above NPPE Pro's own bar of 65. Keep polishing the weak topics. This is NPPE Pro's threshold, not the NPPE's scaled pass mark.
What to do with your score
Find the domain that is holding you back
Each domain shows its readiness with coverage and accuracy beside it. Low coverage means new topics; low accuracy means going back over the ones you have.The NPPE Pro learning path, with lessons grouped by exam domain. Work the focus list
On paid plans, the Focus list shows every topic not yet mastered, weakest first, and Mastered shows the topics at 70 percent or better. Start a targeted review from there.An NPPE Pro practice question on ethics, answered, with the explanation for each option. Check it against a mock exam
A full timed mock exam is the strongest evidence. Its answers count more toward readiness, and its report shows the same gaps under exam conditions.An NPPE Pro mock exam report, with scores by topic.
Should you book your sitting by your readiness score?
Usually you cannot wait for it. You register through your regulator before its deadline and then book a seat during the booking window, both well ahead of the sitting. Pick a sitting that leaves you a realistic runway, and use the readiness score to decide how to spend the weeks in between, not whether you are allowed to sit.
As the date gets closer, these are the signals worth having. If they are still missing a few weeks out, that is the time to check your regulator's rules for moving to a later sitting, rather than the week before. The exam dates page lists every sitting and its booking window.
- Every domain covered, with no domain far behind the others
- Overall readiness in the Exam Ready band
- Mock exams 3 and 4 at 65% or better, NPPE Pro's own target
- Professional Practice and Law for Professional Practice strong, since they carry the most questions
Sources:NPPE exam dates (nppexam.ca)NPPE blueprint (nppexam.ca)
Which plans include it. Every account has a readiness score. The free trial shows your overall score and the bars for each domain. Every paid plan adds the topic-by-topic breakdown: the Focus list, weakest first, and the Mastered list.
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Questions people ask
More answers in the NPPE FAQ.
What is an exam readiness score?
An exam readiness score is a number that estimates how prepared you are for an exam, from evidence of what you have studied and how accurately you answer questions on it. NPPE Pro's version multiplies coverage (topics answered) by accuracy in each of the 6 NPPE domains. It guides where to study next; it is not a predicted exam result.
How is the readiness score calculated?
Your readiness score for each domain combines coverage (how many of its topics you have studied) with mastery (how accurately you answer its questions). Studying a topic once does not count as ready, and neither does answering a few questions well in one topic. The score rises as both grow.
Does a high readiness score mean I will pass the NPPE?
No. A readiness score measures how much of NPPE Pro's material you have covered and how accurately you answer it, which is useful evidence but not a prediction. The NPPE's pass mark is a scaled score of 65, not 65 percent, and the exam is reported only as pass or fail. Treat a high score as a sign your preparation is broad and accurate.
Why did my readiness score go down?
Usually because your accuracy dropped. Your latest answer to each question is the one that counts, so missing a question you once got right lowers accuracy, and so can starting a new topic you find hard. Retaking a mock exam also replaces your earlier attempt. Coverage rarely falls, so a dip is almost always about accuracy, not lost progress.
Do mock exams count toward my readiness score?
Yes. Answers from a completed mock exam count one and a half times as much as practice answers, because you gave them under exam conditions. Only your latest attempt at each of the 4 mock exams counts, so a retake replaces the earlier one, and questions you left blank are left out rather than counted wrong.
When is a topic mastered on the readiness screen?
A topic counts as mastered at 70 percent accuracy or better, combining your practice answers and your mock exam answers on it. Topics below that, and topics you have not started, appear in the Focus list, weakest first, so you can see which ones to work on next. The Focus and Mastered lists come with every paid plan.
What does the 65% target on the mock exams mean?
65% is the target NPPE Pro uses on its own mock exams to show whether you are scoring in a comfortable range. The NPPE's real pass mark is a scaled score of 65, which is not the same as 65 percent, and the exam is reported only as pass or fail. Treat the target as a practice goal, not a prediction of your result.
What is the pass mark for the NPPE?
The pass mark is a scaled score of 65, which is not the same as 65 percent. Scores are scaled so that a pass means the same thing at every sitting, and results are reported only as pass or fail. Candidates who fail receive a report showing their performance by content area.
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