ATI TEAS guideRetakes & results
When Do ATI TEAS Scores Come Out? How to Read Your Score Report
Understand ATI TEAS score timing, adjusted overall and content scores, sub-content percentages, and school-specific release restrictions.
Short answer
ATI TEAS score timing depends on how you tested. School-proctored exams can score immediately unless the school hides the report. TEAS at ATI can show a preliminary result immediately and typically keeps that status for four business days. Paper-pencil scores are scored within 24 business hours of receipt and should post within four business days. TEAS at PSI may take up to 48 hours to appear, and the report date is the date the exam posts, not the date you tested. Your school decides how the report is used for admission.
When are ATI TEAS scores available?
Score timing depends on the administration. ATI's current guidance says:
- School or testing-center administrations: the test is scored immediately and the individual performance profile can appear under Results, but a school can disable immediate viewing.
- TEAS at ATI online: results can be viewed immediately, initially with a preliminary status; ATI says that status typically remains for four business days before finalization.
- Paper-pencil administrations: ATI says it scores the exam within 24 business hours after receiving it from the site and that the score should post within four business days.
- TEAS at PSI: results may take up to 48 hours to appear, because PSI sends them to ATI. The date on the score report is the date the exam posts in the ATI account, not the date you tested. ATI does not call this window business hours.
Use the window for the method you actually used. Where ATI says business days or business hours, weekends and holidays are outside that count. The PSI window is hours, not business days. If a program has restricted score visibility, another candidate's immediate result does not prove that your report is late.
If another attempt may be relevant, you can keep reviewing familiar skills in the Passy ATI TEAS prep app while you wait, without turning release timing into a score signal.
Where do you find the report?
When released, the assessment result appears under the Results tab in the ATI account associated with the exam. Use the same account used for registration; creating another account can separate records and make support more difficult.
If the expected result is not visible:
- confirm the release policy for your administration.
- confirm you are in the correct ATI account.
- allow the stated processing period.
- contact the testing institution or ATI channel identified in your instructions.
Do not infer a score from how quickly the report appears.
What is the adjusted overall score?
ATI reports an adjusted individual total score and adjusted content-area scores. ATI uses equating so scores account for differences in the difficulty of exam forms rather than functioning as a simple raw percentage of all items answered correctly.
That means you should not reverse-engineer the number into an exact count of correct answers. The exam also contains 20 unscored pretest items that candidates cannot identify.
What are content-area scores?
The report can show adjusted results for:
- Reading.
- Mathematics.
- Science.
- English & Language Usage.
Use these sections to locate broad patterns. A lower content-area score is a starting point for review, not proof that every topic in the section is weak.
How are sub-content results different?
ATI explains that sub-content information can be based on the percentage of scored items answered correctly in that narrower objective area, rather than the same adjusted-score scale used for the overall and major content scores.
Because sub-content groups contain fewer items, a small number of responses can move the percentage substantially. Treat those figures as focused evidence to combine with your practice history—not as separate admissions scores unless your program explicitly says otherwise.
What do percentile or comparison figures mean?
A comparison describes your position relative to a reference group. It does not replace your adjusted overall score, and it is not the score requirement for your nursing program.
Read every label carefully: national, program-type, and institutional comparisons answer different questions. Your school decides whether and how any comparison is considered.
Is the report a pass or fail?
ATI does not establish one universal admissions passing score. Programs set their own requirements and may use overall scores, section information, attempts, and other admissions criteria.
Use the ATI TEAS passing-score guide to separate the score report from a school-specific cut score. The guide What is a good TEAS score? explains how competitiveness adds another layer.
How should you use the report for a retake?
Before scheduling:
- verify whether a retake is needed for your target program.
- identify broad content and sub-content patterns.
- compare the report with errors from recent practice.
- choose a small number of repair priorities.
- check the applicable attempt interval and deadline.
The ATI TEAS retake guide explains that ATI does not set a waiting period and that a school still can.
Save and read your report
Download or save the report, read every score label, and compare the adjusted overall score with the current requirement for each target program. If access is delayed, follow the release window for your administration rather than interpreting the delay as a score signal.
Trust the source
Official sources
Exam policies can change. Use these primary sources for the most current details.