NextGen UBE Scores & Score Portability

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Scoring, Grading, and Portability

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Score Scale and Point Values

Official NextGen UBE scores are reported as a single number on a scale from 500 to 750. 

Each jurisdiction establishes its own passing score within this range. Check your jurisdiction’s page on the NCBE website for information about its required passing score.

Standalone multiple-choice questions make up 49%, integrated question sets make up 21%, and performance tasks make up 30% of the overall exam score.

Scoring, Grading, and Equating

The NextGen exam is equated to ensure that an official NextGen UBE score earned in any jurisdiction and at any administration will have the same meaning as any other NextGen UBE score. The equating process ensures that you will not be at an advantage or at a disadvantage for taking the exam in one month (or one jurisdiction) versus another. 

Scoring and grading of the NextGen UBE is performed as follows:

  • Multiple-Choice Questions: Scored by NCBE

  • Integrated Question Sets and Performance Tasks (written responses): Graded by jurisdiction-appointed graders using detailed, uniform grading rubrics provided by NCBE. Jurisdiction graders assess written responses only from examinees within their own jurisdiction

  • Final Score Calculations: All scaling and equating performed by NCBE. Final scores calculated by NCBE and reported to examinees by jurisdictions

For more information on scoring and grading, visit the Official NextGen UBE Examinees' Guide.

Score Portability

Official NextGen UBE scores are designed to be portable to other jurisdictions. In most jurisdictions, qualifying scores from both the legacy UBE and the NextGen UBE will be accepted for transfer. To learn whether you can transfer your score to a particular jurisdiction, review the information on the jurisdiction pages of the NCBE website.

For more information on score portability, visit the NCBE Score Services page.

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NextGen UBE Content Scope Outline

To learn about the subjects and skills tested on the NextGen UBE, see the NextGen UBE Content Scope Outlines.

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NextGen UBE Sample Questions

Learn more about NextGen UBE question types and view sample questions, visit our NextGen sample questions page.

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NextGen UBE Examinees' Guide

Learn more about NextGen's exam structure, timing, scoring, and portability with this all-encompassing resource.

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NextGen UBE Exam Software Preview

Explore the features and layout of the NextGen testing platform with this online preview.

Copyright Notice

The NextGen Uniform Bar Examination (NextGen UBE) is owned by NCBE and is a secure exam protected by US copyright laws. NCBE strictly prohibits copying, reproducing, or disclosing any NextGen UBE questions or answers, whether via electronic, telephonic, written, oral, or other means, to any party or to any public forum during or after the exam. NCBE will use every legal means available to protect its copyrighted materials. Any unauthorized disclosure of NextGen UBE content could result in civil liability, criminal penalties, cancellation of test scores, denial of applications to sit for future exams, denial of bar applications on character and fitness grounds, and/or disciplinary action by bar authorities.