The distribution of REAC scores is heavily "negative skewed," meaning that the mean (or average) score and median (middle) scores fall far to the left or negative side of the mode or high score. This is nothing like a "normal distribution" or bell curve, and it can be seen that there are distinct notches or bumps at 60, 80, and 90.  There is no published evidence of this, but it is my personal opinion that this results from appeals that target these critical scoring levels for passing, and for achieving a one or two years "earned skip" of REAC inspections. While it is not my opinion that an accurate assessment system would necessarily produce a bell curve, I believe that the scoring distribution seen in this chart is highly implausible.
		The scoring distribution looks even stranger and less plausible when we chart out a comparison between failing scores of 0 to 59 (4.3% of all scores) compared to scores above 89. 6.8% of all scores are 99 - nearly 60% more than scores from 0 to 59. Each scores from 98 down to 90 occurs at a frequency between 4.1% and 4.9% - so that each score occurs at about the same frequency as scores between 0 and 59. Scores from 90 to 100 occur at very nearly the same frequency as scores from 0 to our median score of 89.
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