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 found on this Comprehensive Guide to Bar Admissions Requirements web page.

Please see below for a list of jurisdictions accepting transferred NextGen UBE scores for the July 2026 administration:

For further information regarding jurisdiction-specific admissions requirements, please visit your jurisdiction’s web page.