2008–2009 Obtaining Your Test Results

Your test scores will be reported to you, the CTC, the TSPC (if applicable), and the institution(s) that you indicated when you registered. Your score report will be mailed on the score report date published in “Test Dates.” Keep the original for your permanent records. Your scores may be delayed due to problems with registration or other matters.

Unofficial Results at a Computer-Based Testing Center

If you take the CBEST on computer, you will receive your unofficial results for the Reading and Mathematics sections at the conclusion of your test. You will receive your official score report in the mail; see "Official Examinee Score Reports" below for details.

Internet Posting of Unofficial Scores

Unofficial test results for paper-based and computer-based testing will be available on the Internet at 5:00 p.m. Pacific time on the Internet posting dates listed in "Test Dates." For each posting period, unofficial scores will be available for approximately two weeks. For security reasons, unofficial scores may be viewed only once during each posting period.

Unofficial scores are available to you on the Internet regardless of your registration method. However, you must provide your date of birth when you register in order to be able to retrieve your unofficial score report information. If you register on the Internet, you may also request that your unofficial scores be sent to you by e-mail.

To access your unofficial scores on the Internet, select “Score Reporting” on the CBEST Web site and follow the instructions provided. You will be required to provide your CBEST identification number, which is found on your admission ticket and/or e-mail registration confirmation, and your date of birth.

Scores are provided on the Internet and by e-mail solely to provide you with preliminary, unofficial notification of your passing status as quickly as possible. Unofficial scores sent by e-mail or posted on the Internet are not acceptable substitutes for an official score report.


Official Examinee Score Reports

Your official score report will be sent to you by U.S. mail on the score report date published in “Test Dates.” Your score report will be sent to the address that you provided during the registration process. If you wish to have your score report sent to a different address, you may request to change your address by calling Evaluation Systems before the test or, for paper-based testing, complete a Registration Information Correction Form at the test site on the day of the test.

Your score report provides information about your passing status, your highest score earned on each section to date, and other performance information. See “CBEST Passing Requirements” for detailed information about the passing requirements for the CBEST.

Your score report is accompanied by an explanation of how to read your score report. A score report explanation is also available by selecting “Score Reporting” on the CBEST Web site.

If you pass the CBEST, you will receive the following with your score report:

• A Permanent Verification Card, which confirms that you have passed the CBEST (Retain this for your records.)
  
  
• Two transcript copies of your Permanent Verification Card for you to use as may be required by the commissions, school districts, or colleges and universities

Candidates who are applying for California credentials that require passage of the CBEST are allowed to submit a photocopy of their Permanent Verification Card to the CTC as part of their application packet. Candidates who are applying for California credentials and who took the CBEST at any out-of-state site (including those in Oregon), however, must submit one of their original transcript copies of the Permanent Verification Card to the CTC along with the other materials indicated on the credential application form.

Applicants for Oregon licenses that require passage of the CBEST must submit one of the original transcript copies of the Permanent Verification Card to the Oregon Teacher Standards and Practices Commission, regardless of where they took the CBEST.

If you took the CBEST at a paper-based administration and a computer-based administration that have overlapping score reporting periods, the first score report you receive may not reflect your most recent administration. The second score report mailed to you will provide information about your passing status and highest section scores based on both administrations.

If you have not received your score report by two weeks after the score report date, call (800) 262-5080 or (916) 928-4001. Under no circumstances will your official score report information be released in person or by telephone, fax, or e-mail.

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