Exam Results

You will get a notification email from Credentia when a new exam score has been posted to your online account. 

To see your score report, login to your Credentia account by clicking Login on the top of the District of Columbia web center page at http://www.credentia.com/test-takers/dc.

Score reports are generally available within a few hours after the day’s testing event is completed. If it has been more than 24 hours and you’re not able to see your score report in your Credentia Profile, please contact customer service at 800-457-6752. 

Score Reporting

Credentia will provide you with your official examination results within a few hours after a testing event is completed for the day. Score reports are provided online and are available for you to print or download. Examinations results will not be given over the telephone, nor can they be sent by Credentia to your employer.

Failing Score

• If you fail the Written (or Oral) Examination or the Skills Evaluation, your Score Report will tell you how to retake either or both parts.
• If you fail either part of the NNAAP® Examination three (3) times, you will need to complete either a remedial course or new program depending on your program completion date, and retake only the examination you failed.
• In addition, if you were scheduled to take the exam 3 times and did not become licensed — either as a result of failing the exam or absence(s) — you will need to retrain.

How to Read a Failing Score Report

If you do not pass the Skills Evaluation, you’ll get a Failing Score Report. The score report will list the five (5) skills that you performed and a score of Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory for each skill. Any skill with an Unsatisfactory result is considered a failed skill. You need a Satisfactory result on all five (5) skills to pass the Skills Evaluation.

Note: Use your Failing Score Report to help you study for when you retake the Skills Evaluation. A failed skill will show the reason for the failure, and you can use this information to make sure you do this the skill correctly when you retake it. Find the skill you failed, and study the steps, especially steps listed as Unsatisfactory on the score report.

In the example below, a candidate got an Unsatisfactory on the skill Hand Hygiene. The numbers 1, 5, and 10 printed below the skill refer to steps that were missed or performed incorrectly. To study for retaking the Skills Evaluation, you should turn to the Skills Listing in this handbook, look for the Hand Hygiene skill, and review all the steps, especially steps 1, 5, and 10.

District of Columbia NNAAP® EXAMINATION RESULTS Exam:

      Skill                                                                        Result: Fail

Passing

Once you have passed both the written (or Oral English or Spanish) Examination and the Skills Examination, you will be sent to the DC registry department who will validate your background check before placing you on the DC Nurse Aide Registry. A Registry Certificate (also known as a Notice of Enrolment) will be sent after you successfully complete both the Written (or Oral English or Spanish) Examination and the Skills Evaluation. You must show this card to your employer. Do not make any changes to your Registry Certificate. Any changes to the Registry Certificate could affect your status as a Nurse Aide.

Note: Certification is valid for the period indicated on the certificate and will expire if not renewed.

Eligibility Route Rules

If you fail the Written (or Oral) Exam or the Skills Evaluation, you will need to repeat the exam that you failed, also called a re-take. The number of attempts and timeframe will change based on the state selection and Eligibility route. 

The eligibility route rules for the District of Columbia states are:

• You are allowed three (3) attempts to pass the skills and written or oral examination.
• You must pass the exam within twelve (12) months from the application approval date.