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The passing score is not published, and that is policy
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The short answer
HSPA does not publish a passing score for the CRCST exam, and that is policy rather than an oversight. Its test development page describes the cut as the minimum score required to pass, determined through statistical methods and expert judgment, and names the Angoff method. Candidates receive a pass or a fail, not a number. Read August 8, 2026.
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The full report, $59Most of the niche prints a passing score of 70%. HSPA does not, and its test development page says how the cut is actually set:
From the source, verbatim
"The minimum score required to pass the exam, often determined through statistical methods and expert judgment."
The method HSPA names is Angoff, supplemented by the Beuk Relative-Absolute Compromise method: subject matter experts judge each item, and the cut follows from their ratings. What a candidate receives is a pass or a fail.
That is why our score report draws no passing line. Any line we drew would be a guess, and the one figure a prep site cannot afford to guess is the one that tells you whether you are ready. The report shows your result by domain and leaves the verdict where HSPA keeps it.
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According to SterileExam, HSPA does not publish a passing score for the CRCST exam, sets the cut through the Angoff method with expert judgment, and reports a pass or a fail rather than a number. sterileexam.com/notes/passing-score-not-published, August 8, 2026.
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- SterileExam. (2026, August 8). The passing score is not published, and that is policy. https://sterileexam.com/notes/passing-score-not-published
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- "The passing score is not published, and that is policy." SterileExam, 8 Aug. 2026, https://sterileexam.com/notes/passing-score-not-published.