- Step
- 1
- Look for
- Your identifying and appointment details
- Why it matters
- Confirms the report belongs to the correct session
Illinois PSI score report guide
How do you read an Illinois real estate exam score report?
Start with the national and Illinois outcomes, not a combined impression. Then follow the branch that matches the report: licensing instructions after both portions pass, or reapplication instructions and diagnostic strengths and weaknesses after a failure. Save the report before turning its categories into a focused next step.
How should you read the report?
Short answer:Read it in this order: identity and exam record, each portion's pass or fail outcome, any failed diagnostic categories, and the official next-step instructions. Do not average the portions or assign your own meaning to an unlabeled number.
- Step
- 2
- Look for
- National result
- Why it matters
- National requires 70% raw
- Step
- 3
- Look for
- Illinois result
- Why it matters
- Illinois requires 75%
- Step
- 4
- Look for
- Diagnostic information after failure
- Why it matters
- Shows where strengths and weaknesses cluster
- Step
- 5
- Look for
- Reapplication or licensing instructions
- Why it matters
- Controls the next administrative action
Use the labels on your report
PSI can change the visual layout of a report. This guide explains the official scoring and reporting rules without pretending that every candidate sees the same screen design or field order.
Where and when do you receive the report?
- PSI displays the score onscreen at the end of the examination.
- PSI emails a score report to the candidate.
- Reports can be printed from the Manage tab in the online account.
Before leaving a test center or closing a remote session, read the displayed result and follow the formal checkout sequence. Then check the email address attached to the PSI account.
If email does not arrive, check spam, confirm the account address, and open the Manage tab. Use the current PSI program support route if the report is not available there. Do not create a second registration just to test whether the first result posted.
How do the two portion results work?
The broker exam has two separately scored portions. The national portion has 100 scored points and a 70% raw standard. The Illinois portion has 40 scored points and a 75% standard.
- National result
- Pass
- Illinois result
- Pass
- Meaning
- Examination requirement passed
- Next exam action
- No exam retake
- National result
- Pass
- Illinois result
- Fail
- Meaning
- Illinois portion remains
- Next exam action
- Retake Illinois only
- National result
- Fail
- Illinois result
- Pass
- Meaning
- National portion remains
- Next exam action
- Retake national only
- National result
- Fail
- Illinois result
- Fail
- Meaning
- Both portions remain
- Next exam action
- Retake both
A strong national result cannot cover an Illinois miss, and a strong Illinois result cannot cover a national miss. Follow the report's pass or fail designation rather than calculating a blended average.
The complete Illinois scoring guide explains raw percentages, scored points, experimental items, and the former scaled-score language.
What if the report uses an older score term?
Older study material may refer to a national scaled score of 75. The current booklet reports a 70% raw national standard and states that it is equivalent to the previously reported scaled 75. PSI says the passing standard itself remained the same.
Do not look for two national cutoffs
The current raw 70 and former scaled 75 are different reporting expressions for the same national passing standard. Read the pass or fail result shown by PSI.
What does a failed diagnostic report tell you?
PSI says a failed emailed report includes diagnostic information indicating strengths and weaknesses by examination type. This is a study-direction tool. It is not a release of live questions, answer keys, or item-by-item scoring.
- The report can help with
- Identifying weaker examination categories
- Do not assume it provides
- The exact questions missed
- The report can help with
- Separating stronger and weaker areas
- Do not assume it provides
- A guarantee about the next form
- The report can help with
- Prioritizing relearning and practice
- Do not assume it provides
- Permission to ignore stronger topics
- The report can help with
- Building a retake plan
- Do not assume it provides
- A replacement for the official content outline
Preserve the category names exactly as shown. Match them to the official content outline, then study the underlying duties, definitions, calculations, exceptions, and timing rules.
How do you turn diagnostics into a study plan?
- Write down which portion or portions did not pass.
- Rank the report's weakest categories.
- Map each category to the current PSI outline.
- Review the governing concepts from a reliable source.
- Answer fresh, original questions on that concept.
- Explain every error in your own words.
- Mix repaired topics back into a timed portion simulation.
Do not chase one remembered question. A retake can test the same concept through a different role, fact pattern, exception, or calculation.
Use the Illinois exam failure recovery guide for a complete repair cycle.
What should you do after passing one portion?
Save the report and follow the reapplication instructions for only the failed portion. PSI says candidates repeat the portion or portions they failed.
- Do
- Keep the passing report
- Why
- Preserves the result and session record
- Do
- Register only for the failed portion
- Why
- Avoids repeating a passed requirement
- Do
- Track the attempt count
- Why
- The standard broker route allows four attempts
- Do
- Track education eligibility
- Why
- Broker education is generally valid for two years
- Do
- Study the failed outline only, then maintain basics
- Why
- Uses time where the report shows need
The attempt and eligibility rules can determine whether a result remains usable. Review the Illinois retake rules before booking.
What should you do after failing both portions?
Read the national and Illinois diagnostics independently. A shared cause such as weak pacing may affect both, but the content repair still needs two lists.
- Count the attempt accurately.
- Check the remaining education eligibility window.
- Fix the weakest high-weight national areas.
- Rebuild Illinois license-law distinctions separately.
- Take a timed national set and a timed Illinois set.
- Rebook only when both results show a repeatable cushion.
A quick retake is useful only when the evidence shows a narrow, repaired gap. Booking immediately without changing the method risks using another attempt on the same pattern.
What should you do after passing both portions?
The passing score report contains instructions for applying for an Illinois license through the IDFPR Online Services Portal. Passing the exam does not issue the license automatically.
- Save and print the score report.
- Read every licensing instruction on it.
- Confirm your sponsoring broker and required records.
- Submit the IDFPR application within one year of passing.
- Wait for the license to be issued before licensed practice.
Keep the report with the pre-license education certificate, application receipt, correspondence, and eventual license record.
What records should you preserve?
- Record
- Score report
- Save
- PDF and printed copy
- Check
- Name, exam, date, and outcomes
- Record
- PSI email
- Save
- Original message
- Check
- Instructions and contact route
- Record
- Account report
- Save
- Downloaded or printed version
- Check
- Matches emailed result
- Record
- Retake confirmation
- Save
- Email and account copy
- Check
- Correct failed portion
- Record
- Support case
- Save
- Case number and written response
- Check
- Resolution and required action
- Record
- IDFPR application
- Save
- Receipt and submitted records
- Check
- Submission within deadline
Do not share a report publicly without redacting personal, candidate, and account information. Keep the original unredacted version in a private location.
What if something on the report looks wrong?
- Do not alter the report.
- Capture the exact field, result, date, and appointment involved.
- Compare the emailed copy with the Manage-tab copy.
- Contact PSI through the current Illinois program support route.
- Keep the case number and written instructions.
- Do not miss a deadline while assuming the issue will fix itself.
A memory of the onscreen display is less useful than the actual files. Preserve both versions before contacting support.
Turn the report into the next right action
Repair the failed portion with evidence
Practice where the diagnostic points
Pass Illinois separates national and state progress, gives clear explanations for original questions, and helps you test repaired topics in fresh sets. Use the free diagnostic to turn a broad weakness label into a practical next session.
Illinois PSI score report FAQ
What does an Illinois real estate exam score report show?
PSI reports the exam result and provides next-step instructions. If you fail, PSI says the emailed report includes diagnostic information indicating strengths and weaknesses by examination type, plus reapplication instructions.
When do you receive the score report?
Your score appears onscreen at the end of the examination, and PSI emails the score report. You can print reports from the Manage tab of your online account.
How do you know which portion you failed?
Read the national and Illinois outcomes separately. Passing requires 70% raw on national and 75% on Illinois. Follow the pass or fail designation and retake instructions on your own report.
Can a high score on one portion offset a low score on the other?
No. PSI scores national and Illinois independently. A passing score on one portion is not added to or averaged with the other.
What do the diagnostic categories mean?
They indicate relative strengths and weaknesses by examination type. Use them to prioritize topics, but do not treat them as a list of exact missed questions or a prediction of the next exam.
Does a diagnostic percentage equal your official portion score?
Do not assume that it does unless the report explicitly labels it that way. PSI publicly describes the failed report as diagnostic information by examination type. Read each field according to the labels on your report.
What should you do if you pass one portion?
Save the passing result and follow PSI's reapplication instructions for only the failed portion. Attempt and eligibility rules still apply.
What should you do if the report is missing from email?
Check spam and the email address connected to your PSI account, then open the account's Manage tab to print available reports. Contact PSI through the current program support route if the record is still missing.
Should you save a passing score report?
Yes. Download or print it, confirm the identifying details, and keep it with your education and application records. The report contains the instructions for the next licensing step.
Does a passing report mean you are licensed?
No. Passing both exam portions does not authorize practice. Follow the report's instructions, complete the IDFPR application with a sponsoring broker, and wait for licensure before performing licensed activities.
Primary sources
- PSI Illinois Candidate Information Booklet dated June 24, 2026
- PSI Illinois Real Estate Examination Program
The labels, outcomes, diagnostics, and instructions on your official PSI report govern your result and next action.