ARRT CHANGES NUCLEAR MEDICINE TECHNOLOGY CUT SCORE

Published May 2020

In January 2020, ARRT began using a new cut score for the Nuclear Medicine Technology (NMT) examination. Although we continue to report the exam’s cut score as a scaled score of 75, the minimum number of correct items necessary to meet this passing threshold is a few points higher than it was in previous years. 

The revised cut score reflects new performance expectations for entry-level nuclear medicine technologists. Since 2000, the field of NMT—and our NMT content specifications—have changed significantly, largely because of the increasing prominence of positron emission tomography (PET) and CT scans and the constantly changing availability of radiopharmaceutical compounds. ARRT last updated the NMT cut score in 2000.

We anticipate that the new cut score and our new performance expectations may lead to a slight decrease in the percentage of candidates who pass the NMT exam.