Effective November 10, 2026
Source hierarchy
- The exam owner, regulator, or licensing authority.
- The authority’s testing provider or official learning platform.
- Primary laws, regulations, handbooks, bulletins, and objective documents.
- Independent educational resources that visibly match the current official blueprint.
Independent material never receives an official label. Popularity alone is not evidence of accuracy.
Publication requirements
A public exam page needs a stable exam identity, authority, jurisdiction, version or effective date when available, official URLs, and a Credential Atlas review date. Thin pages created only to target a location or keyword are prohibited.
Automated monitoring
Official URLs are checked on a schedule for availability, redirects, expected content signals, document type, and content changes. Low-risk metadata can update automatically when the evidence is exact. Conflicts, missing signals, unexpected domains, or low-confidence extraction are quarantined while the last verified page remains available.
The site owner is not expected to manually review routine changes. Quarantine is resolved later by an agent or qualified specialist and does not block unrelated exams.
AI use
Automation and language models may organize sources, draft summaries, compare versions, and generate structured data. They may not invent a source, present an inference as an official rule, or automatically create high-risk advice. Every factual exam claim must retain a source path.
Questions and quizzes
Practice questions must be original, mapped to the published blueprint, and accompanied by an explanation. Secure, recalled, scraped, leaked, or copyrighted live questions are prohibited. A quiz is an optional diagnostic, not a substitute for the official resource pack.
High-risk boundaries
- Healthcare: official resources only until qualified clinical review exists; no individualized medical advice.
- Immigration: report USCIS test versions and resources; no individualized immigration advice.
- Tax and finance: report exam facts and learning concepts; no individualized tax, investment, or legal advice.
- State licensing: identify jurisdiction and effective date; direct users to the regulator for final eligibility decisions.
Advertising independence
Advertising is visually separated from source lists and explanations. Advertisers cannot buy an official label, alter editorial conclusions, or suppress corrections. Sponsored material, if introduced, will be clearly disclosed.