Exam Logistics

Eligibility

There are no exam prerequisites – no mandatory course, no minimum experience. There is an access gate:

• Registration runs through the Anthropic Partner Academy (anthropic-partners.skilljar.com).
• You need a work email on a domain tied to an organisation in the Claude Partner Network. Gmail, Outlook and other personal domains are rejected at sign-up.
• There is currently no individual sign-up route. Any organisation bringing Claude to market can join the Partner Network free at claude.com/partners.
• Partner-tier discounts, where they exist, are applied at checkout.

Registration and scheduling

1. Confirm you have an eligible partner-domain email.

2. Open your exam’s certification page on the Partner Academy and review the exam details.

3. Download the Exam Guide, the Certification Terms and the Exam Policy. Read all three – the exam guide blueprint drives your study plan.

4. Register and pay. If it is your first Pearson exam you receive an email with your Pearson VUE username and password.

5. Log in to Pearson VUE and schedule either an OnVUE online-proctored session or a test-centre appointment.

6. Run the OnVUE system test well before exam day if testing online. Corporate networks must allow Pearson’s domain list (*.onvue.com, *.pearsonvue.com, *.twilio.com, etc.).

Cancellation and rescheduling

Channel	Free change deadline (per Exam Guide)	Within the window
Online proctored / general policy	Up to 24 hours before	Fee forfeited
Test-centre appointments (Pearson programme page)	Up to 48 hours before	Fee forfeited

The two published figures differ; use the stricter 48-hour rule for test-centre bookings.

Exam day

• Identity: government-issued photo ID; the name must match your registration exactly. Send name corrections to certifications-support@anthropic.com before scheduling.
• Environment (OnVUE): clear desk, single monitor, webcam supervision, no phones, notes, headphones or second screens. Room scans are performed.
• Non-disclosure agreement: you must accept it at the start. Declining ends the session with no refund.
• Closed book, no penalty for guessing. Answer every item.
• Time: 120 minutes for 53–63 items ≈ 1.9–2.3 minutes per item. Scenario items are long; read the question stem first.

Scoring

• Scaled 100–1000, pass at 720.
• Criterion-referenced: the standard is fixed by a standard-setting study; you are not graded on a curve.
• Score report shows pass/fail, the scaled score, and percent-correct per domain. Domain breakdowns are diagnostic for a retake.
• The passing standard and exam content are not appealable. Result or programme-decision appeals go through Pearson VUE support within 14 days.

Retakes

Attempt	Waiting period after previous failure
2nd	14 days
3rd	30 days
4th	90 days

• Maximum 4 attempts per exam in any rolling 12-month period.
• Every attempt costs the full fee.
• Failing one exam does not restrict registration for another exam.

Credential and renewal

• Passing yields a Credly digital badge.
• Valid 12 months from award.
• On-time renewal is free and non-proctored: review what has changed since you certified and pass a refresher assessment on the Partner Academy.
• If the credential lapses, you sit the full proctored exam again at full price.
• Anthropic reserves the right to require a full re-exam if content changes significantly.

Accommodations

Candidates with documented disabilities may request reasonable accommodations through Pearson VUE. The request must be approved before you schedule – do not book first and ask second.

Partner-programme standing

Technical credentials (CCDV-F, CCAR-F, CCAR-P) count toward Claude Partner Network standing. Early reporting indicates the Associate credential may not count toward tier eligibility in the same way; confirm with your partner manager.