The scaled score adjusts this raw score to account for test difficulty. The NCEES does not publish the exact passing score, but it is set to reflect the minimum ability level required to pass.

A passing score in one place may not be enough somewhere else. How Are Scores Actually Calculated on the Bar? Let’s say you sit down for the UBE: You answer 120 of the MBE questions correctly.

That raw score of 534 will be converted or "scaled" by a psychometrically set formula to the minimum passing score—mandated by the California Supreme Court in 2020—of 1390.

More than 200 people who took California's bar exam in February will have their scores changed from "fail" to "pass" after new scoring changes were approved.