Results
Exam results are emailed within six to eight weeks of the exam date. If your results are not received within eight weeks, please contact CCEB.
Candidates who successfully complete Component A, Component B, and Component C and submit an original final transcript will receive a CCEB Certificate. The results are sent to all Regulatory Board(s).
Scoring Process
CCEB takes many steps to ensure the accurate scoring of candidate exams. These steps include the following:
Prior to the Exam
- Our exams are selected at exam selection committee meetings that are facilitated by our psychometric team. Groups of practicing chiropractors from across Canada meet regularly to review and select items from our exam banks to create our exams.
- A professional translator is used to translate the questions for our French exams. The translated questions are then reviewed by a committee of francophone chiropractors.
Scoring the Exam
- Following each in-person administration, all candidate response forms for the written examinations and assessor score forms for the OSCE examination are forwarded to our psychometrician for analysis and scoring. This process begins by scanning these materials utilizing both hardware and software designed specifically for use in testing environments where accuracy is paramount. With respect to written examinations delivered online via remote proctoring, candidate responses are recorded to a secure database on a response-by-response basis to ensure no candidate progress is lost in the event of a connection interruption. All raw data collected these processes is carefully examined for both accuracy and completeness before any analysis is conducted.
- Once the raw data has been validated, a statistical process known as item analysis begins wherein each and every item undergoes thorough psychometric review to ensure the required statistical parameters are met and that the item is functioning as intended. Items failing to meet these standards are flagged for review and brought before a panel of chiropractors at a post-exam item review meeting facilitated by our psychometrician. There, the items are discussed and decisions regarding their inclusion in scoring are made. Items identified for removal from scoring due to poor performance are removed for all candidates. The remaining items, having satisfied the required statistical parameters, are considered to be valid scoring items and, together, form the final set of items on the examination.
- Candidate scores are then calculated utilizing statistical software, with any candidate who is unsuccessful on the first scoring pass having their data reviewed to ensure accuracy. Additionally, unsuccessful candidates have their raw data re-checked to further ensure accuracy during the scanning process.
- Finally, once scoring is complete, results are prepared, including performance reports for unsuccessful candidates, and all data is transmitted back to CCEB to be communicated to candidates.
How the Pass Score is Set
Written Components
- For each administration of the written components, the CCEB holds a meeting of our Acceptable Competence Level Committee. This committee consists of a group of chiropractors from across the country who have graduated from chiropractic colleges all over the world, and who have been specifically trained in pass score setting by our psychometrician. Meetings of the committee are facilitated by our psychometrician to ensure best practice psychometric standards are followed, and the resulting pass score is reflective of the exam content and competencies being tested.
- The pass score is set using the modified Angoff method, which is an item-by-item review of the exam items on the test. Each item receives its own “Angoff value,” reflecting its difficulty level. The sum of the Angoff value for each item on the test becomes the pass score for the exam. Curved grading is not used and fail rates can vary from exam to exam. It is possible for all candidates who challenge the exam to be successful.
Clinical Component
- For each administration of the Clinical Exam (OSCE) the CCEB utilizes a pass score setting methodology known as Borderline Regression. The Borderline Regression method entails that assessors, during the course of the examination, place each candidate they assess onto an unscored global rating scale. Using station performance data from all first-time candidates along with their recorded placement on this global rating scale an overall pass score is calculated. Important to note is that the CCEB Clinical Exam (OSCE) employs a fully compensatory scoring model meaning that a candidate’s final score is base solely on their overall performance across all stations. There is no pass/fail status at the individual station level nor is there a minimum number of passing stations required. Further, it is possible for all candidates who challenge the exam to be successful.
Post-Exam Item Review
- Following the exam administration and item analysis process, a group of chiropractors meet for a post-exam item review meeting. At this meeting, the committee reviews items that have been flagged by our psychometrician. There, the items are discussed and decisions regarding their inclusion in scoring are made. Items identified for removal from scoring due to poor psychometric performance are removed for all candidates. The remaining items, having satisfied the required statistical parameters, are considered to be valid scoring items and, together, form the pass score for the examination.
Certificates
Certificates will be mailed following the receipt of a final transcript.
- Please provide notice of any address changes that occur after the exam.
- Duplicate/replacement certificates are available at a fee of $150.00 and can be ordered online https://cceb.ca/order/
- If your certificate has been damaged during postal delivery, please return it to the CCEB and it will be replaced free of charge.
- Graduation must occur within three months of taking the Component C exam. If graduation has not occurred within that three-month period, then the candidate has not maintained their eligibility status and the component C exam results will be voided.