For instructors
Free NCE Practice for Your Class
200 NCE practice questions with explanations, set as class practice in a minute. You see every student's progress and what the class keeps missing.
Create a free NCE classOr see the NCE practice test first.
How a class works
Step 1
Make the class
Sign in, pick NCE and name the class. It takes under a minute.
Step 2
Post one link
Put the class link in your LMS, a slide or a group chat. Students join with just the name you know them by.
Step 3
See what to reteach
Open the class page for scores, who practiced, and the topics and questions the class misses most.
What your students practice
The National Counselor Examination (NCE) is the National Board for Certified Counselors' exam for entry-level professional counselors, required for counselor licensure in many states and one of two exam options for the National Certified Counselor (NCC) credential. It has 200 multiple-choice questions in 3 hours and 45 minutes, 160 scored and 40 unscored field-test items, with a 15-minute break after question 100, taken at a Pearson VUE test center or online through OnVUE. The content outline has six domains: professional practice and ethics, intake, assessment and diagnosis, areas of clinical focus, treatment planning, counseling skills and interventions, and core counseling attributes. NBCC sets the passing point for each form by a modified Angoff method. From July 1, 2027 a new version has 170 questions with three options each and six new domains.
Tigertest's practice follows NBCC's NCE content outline and state licensure handbook (rev. September 2024), and the 2027 exam specifications, checked November 2026. Students train in short sets where missed questions come back until they are mastered, then take full practice tests.
- Professional Practice & Ethics
- Intake, Assessment & Diagnosis
- Areas of Clinical Focus
- Treatment Planning
- Counseling Skills & Interventions
- Core Counseling Attributes
Questions teachers ask
Is the NCE class free?
Yes. Classes are free for teachers. A student in your class also gets that test's full stats and every step of it at no charge.
Do my students need accounts?
No. A student opens your class link, types the name you know them by and starts practicing. An account is optional and keeps their progress across devices.
What do I see as the teacher?
Who practiced and when, each student's practice test scores, the NCE topics the class is weakest on, and every question the class answered with how many missed it and which wrong answer they picked.
Can I use my own questions too?
Yes. Any account can turn its own material into a Tigertest quiz and limit it to one class, so only your students can play it.