{"id":10314,"date":"2026-09-10T15:04:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T15:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.ccocert.org\/cco-simplifies-exam-results\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T18:24:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T18:24:21","slug":"cco-simplifies-exam-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ccocert.org\/en\/cco-simplifies-exam-results\/","title":{"rendered":"CCO Simplifies Exam Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>February 6, 2023<\/em>\u2014As CCO continues to improve processes and review best practices in the industry, candidates will see changes in their score reports.<\/p>\n<p>Moving forward, candidates will receive a pass or fail result only rather than a numerical or percentage score. Candidates who fail exams will also receive a strength-and-weakness report to aid in their preparation to retest. This report provides performance feedback specific to the domains or content areas of the exam. The strength-and-weakness report is best utilized with the exam outline found in the candidate handbook to understand which topics should be reviewed further. Those who pass the exam will not receive a strength-and-weakness report.<\/p>\n<p>Best practices in professional certification testing support pass\/fail results, rather than numerical or percentage score reporting, because in part a pass is a pass. A higher score doesn\u2019t necessarily indicate a more knowledgeable individual, as some may assume. Additionally, providing score details can lead to compromised integrity of the exam or program.<\/p>\n<p>The rollout of the changes vary depending on the modality:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Online Proctored Testing (OPT): Reports currently reflect new model.<\/li>\n<li>Event Online Testing (EOT): When launched on <strong>April 1, 2023<\/strong>, reports will reflect new model.<\/li>\n<li>Computer-Based Testing (CBT): Reports will reflect new model starting <strong>February 6, 2023.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Paper-Pencil Testing (PPT): PPT will use a two-phase approach. Starting <strong>February 6, 2023<\/strong>, the score will be removed from the report (only pass\/fail provided), but the strength-and-weakness information will be included for both pass and fail reports. CCO will only include the strength-and-weakness report on a failed PPT result report starting <strong>April 1, 2023<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Practical Testing: PPT will also use a two-phase approach. Starting <strong>February 6, 2023<\/strong>, the scores will be removed from the report (only pass\/fail provided), but no strength-and-weakness report will be provided for either pass or fail reports. CCO will add a strength-and-weakness report on failed practical exam result reports in 2024<strong>.<\/strong> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As CCO continues to improve processes and review best practices in the industry, candidates will see changes in their score reports. 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