Exam Moves to Scantron Testing Centers in 2021

October 9, 2020

ABO is excited to announce that the board certification exam will be administered at Scantron testing centers throughout the US beginning in 2021. This, coupled with the backlog of exams that testing centers have due to COVID, has prompted ABO to move the first 2021 exam period from January to March. The exam will run from March 1 – March 31, 2021. Registration for the exam will open in early December.

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