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A chart showing MPRE mean scores 2016-2020. In March 2016-2020 the mean score was 93.5, 92.7, 94.7, 93.8, and 95.8. In August 2016-2020 the mean score was 92.0, 93.7, 93.0, 93.4, and 98.6. In November/October 2016-2020 the mean score was 93.5, 94.1, 95.5, 97.0, and 98.8. The August 2020 mean score includes the following note: Comparability to prior results may be limited due to the lower examinee count in August and October 2020.A chart showing the number of MPRE examinees 2016-2020. In March 2016-2020 there were 19,823; 20,260; 20,346; 19,138; and 17,000 examinees. In August 2016-2020 there were 16,480; 17,326; 16,651; 17,066; and 12,688 examinees. In November/October 2016-2020 there were 19,821; 20,798; 20,580; 22,165; and 16,607 examinees.

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