Post-Exam Scoring
Once you’ve finished your test, your exam data is securely sent electronically to our testing partner. They carefully review your responses, conducting thorough evaluations and quality checks to ensure everything is accurate.
Your responses are converted into a raw score — the total points from correct answers — and then into a three-digit scaled score. Before your NAVLE Score Report is shared with you, a final quality control check confirms your score is accurate.
Your Results
Availability
Scores are shared with you — and your licensing board, if applicable — about four (4) to five (5) weeks after the testing window closes. Check the Testing Cycle information for estimated release dates.
Accessing Your Results
You’ll receive an email with instructions on how to access your NAVLE Score Report through the secure NBME online portal.
Reading Your Score Report
Your Score Report includes your: Pass or fail designation Three-digit scaled score Diagnostic report of your performance on the content areas
The sample NAVLE Interactive Score Report is a helpful resource for familiarizing yourself with the score report. Learn more about the scoring process on our blog.
NOTE: Reviewing your exam is not allowed, and there are no options for rescores or appeals of NAVLE results.
ICVA’s Right to Cancel, Invalidate, and Withhold Scores
The ICVA is committed to reporting valid examination scores that accurately reflect candidate performance on the NAVLE®. To learn more about ICVA’s right to cancel, invalidate, and withhold scores, please review the NAVLE Candidate Handbook.
NAVLE Score Transfers
Your NAVLE score is reported at no extra cost — as part of your NAVLE application fee — to the American Association of Veterinary State Boards (AAVSB) and to the licensing board through which you received NAVLE approval, if applicable. All subsequent score report requests go through AAVSB online, via VAULT Transfer Services, or by phone at 1.877.698.8482. The ICVA does not process score transfers directly.
Need a Duplicate Score Report?
If you need an additional copy of a past NAVLE Score Report for your own records, use the Score Report Order Form. The fee is $25 (USD) per report, and please allow two (2) business days for processing.
NOTE: The ICVA does not have individual score report PDFs for NAVLE candidates before the November–December 2014 testing window. Duplicate reports are for personal use only and cannot be submitted to a licensing board as part of a licensure application — for official licensure purposes, use the AAVSB score transfer process