Issue Sixty-Four - December 7, 2004
Update on Availability of Step 2 CS Results
As previously announced, the initial release of results for Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) has been delayed. The purpose of this delay is to allow for administration of the examination to a number of examinees that is adequate to permit completion of quality assurance, scoring, and equating procedures. This work is nearly complete for examinations at the Philadelphia and Atlanta centers, the first two centers to open for Step 2 CS administration. Similar work is progressing for the remaining three centers.
Step 2 CS results will be reported for most examinees who tested in Philadelphia and Atlanta from June through the end of September on December 3, 2004. However, it is possible that results for some examinees who tested in Philadelphia and Atlanta during this period will be reported in the weeks that follow. For examinees who tested in Philadelphia or Atlanta in more recent months, results will be reported by early January.
For examinees who tested at the Los Angeles and Chicago centers, the reporting of results will begin in early January. For examinees who tested in Houston, reporting of results is tentatively scheduled to begin in late January to early February. As with reporting for the Philadelphia and Atlanta centers, the first release for each center will consist of results for examinees who tested in the initial months of test administration for that center; reporting of results for more recent examinees will occur at later dates.
As previously published, a specific date for reporting of results cannot be guaranteed, regardless of the date on which Step 2 CS is taken. However, for those examinees who test prior to January 1, 2005, a high priority will be assigned to processing results as quickly as possible so that international medical graduates, who are required to have these results for the National Resident Matching Program ("the Match"), will have a good chance of meeting Match deadlines. Those who take Step 2 CS later than December 31, 2004 are unlikely to have results available for the Match.
After the start-up period for all centers is complete, it is anticipated that results will be available for most examinees approximately 6 weeks after test administration.