The ICVA® offers web-based NAVLE Self-Assessments (NAVLE SA) that aligns with the exam blueprint to help candidates identify relative strengths and weaknesses while familiarizing themselves with the test’s content and format as they prepare for the NAVLE®.
For the most useful performance feedback, it is best to take the NAVLE SA under conditions that closely resemble the actual exam. Candidates are advised to complete the NAVLE SA in a single session using the “standard-paced” mode, allowing optional short breaks between sections. Alternatively, the NAVLE SA can be taken in “self-paced” mode, which offers twice as much time — though performance feedback may be less useful if derived under these testing conditions.
Formats and Fees
Self-Assessment content is presented using the same platform as the NAVLE. Each NAVLE SA consists of 200 multiple-choice questions in four (4) blocks of 50 questions each, and offers two (2) modes:
|
Mode |
Section Timing |
Total Test Time |
Additional Information |
|
Standard-Paced |
55 minutes per section |
220 minutes |
Includes optional brief breaks between sections, partially aligning with the full exam. |
|
Self-Paced |
110 minutes per section |
440 minutes |
Provides twice the amount of time offered in the standard-paced option. |
The NAVLE SA is offered in regular and expanded feedback formats, in multiple forms, in English or French. Fees must be paid by Visa or Mastercard and are non-refundable and non-transferable.
|
Format |
Fee |
Forms |
Benefits |
|
Regular |
$50.00 (USD) |
English Form 1, English Form 3, French Form 1 (same items as English Form 1) |
A Self-Assessment Report with projected NAVLE score range* and performance breakdown of the blueprint areas. |
|
Expanded Feedback |
$65.00 (USD) |
English Form 4, French Form 4 (same items as English Form 4) |
Everything in the Regular Self-Assessment Report, plus an answer review of incorrectly answered questions. |
NOTE: A successful NAVLE SA score does not guarantee passing the NAVLE.
Thirty-Day Administration Period
The NAVLE SA must be completed within 30 days of launching the exam. No extensions or exceptions.
Pausing Or Ending The Navle SA
Pausing the NAVLE SA
During the 30-day administration period, you can pause your NAVLE SA at any time and resume it at the same section and item where you left off, as long as the time limit for that section hasn’t expired.
NOTE: If your section time runs out while you’re still answering, that section ends automatically, and its remaining questions can no longer be answered.
Ending the NAVLE SA
After completing a section, you must click “End” before proceeding to the next. Once a section is closed — or its time expires — you can’t revisit that section. After the entire NAVLE SA is complete, you can’t go back to review any part of your NAVLE SA.
Performance Feedback
A Self-Assessment Report is provided after finishing a NAVLE SA, along with:
- The performance of a comparison group on the same items.
- A projected NAVLE score range based on your performance.
Research shows the projected score range* from a standard-paced NAVLE SA is predictive of later NAVLE performance. Answers to individual questions aren’t provided for the regular forms (Forms 1 and 3); the expanded feedback form (Forms 2 and 4) includes a review of incorrectly answered questions. Instructions for accessing expanded feedback are available here.
NOTE: * A successful NAVLE SA score does not guarantee passing the NAVLE.
Free Sample Assessment and Tutorial
Two complimentary sample assessments are available — one in English, one in French — each with 10 items, a tutorial covering the delivery software, and an answer key.
For Faculty & Institutions
Faculty or staff wanting to purchase NAVLE Self-Assessment vouchers in bulk for a veterinary class can use the faculty voucher order form. Please allow at least seven (7) business days of processing time before your intended start date.
Troubleshooting: Locating an Activation Email
If you’ve purchased a NAVLE Self-Assessment and can’t locate the activation email:
- Check your junk or spam folder for an email from selfassess@icva.net.
- If you still can’t find it, go to the NAVLE SA login page and click “Forgot Password.”
- If you still don’t receive the email, check with your institution about spam filters, or try creating an account with a different email address.