Who conducts official score verification?

• A. NCARB
• B. Jurisdictional licensing boards
• C. The examination vendor
• D. A private committee

Answer: (A)

Official score verification is handled by NCARB. They oversee the Architect Registration Examination and maintain the official records of passing statuses and scores for licensure applications, distributing the verified results to licensing boards. The exam vendor administers the test and may provide provisional or unofficial results, but the official verification rests with NCARB. Licensing boards rely on NCARB’s verification rather than conducting their own independent checks, and a private committee does not have authority to verify scores.