A passing score is 50%.
There is not an exact passing score for the NCLEX-RN test. The actual NCLEX test is a computer adaptive test. The computer will keep asking you questions until it can accurately determine whether you know the material or not. At the end of the exam, it is able to precisely score how able you are. You either score above the passing ability standard and “pass” the NCLEX. Or you score below the passing ability standard and “fail” the NCLEX. Passing standards are set by the NCSBN board for both the PN and RN test and can change every 3 years. The NCSBN Board of Directors voted in December 2012 to raise the passing standard for the NCLEX-RN. The passing standard was revised from -0.16 logits to 0.00 logit. This passing standard was implemented April 1, 2013, in conjunction with the 2013 NCLEX-RN Test Plan. NCLEX-PN is short for National Council Licensure Examination-Practical Nursing. It is the only test in the United States used to measure the competency and career-readiness of nurses. The test is taken on a computer, and consists of 85 to 205 questions. To ensure complete content coverage, all RN candidates will answer a minimum of 75 and a maximum of 265 test questions. PN candidates will answers a minimum of 85 and a maximum of 205 questions. The most candidates finish in about 2 hours. You’ll be given up to 6 hours to complete the RN exam or 5 hours for the PN exam. It must give you around 75 questions (for the RN) and 85 questions (for the PN) to reach this amount. 2. If you are close to the passing standard, then the computer will keep administering questions up to the maximum length of the exam. The max length for the RN test is 265 questions; the PN test is 205 questions.
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