Exam preparation · BCBA Test Content Outline, 6th ed.
FrameRate
Practice. Rehearse. Perform.
Learn each TCO item to accuracy, then to fluency. A 16-week intensive plan, or a pace you set.
Developed by doctoral-level behavior analysts: professors with decades of experience training students to become BCBAs.
- Content areas
- 9
- TCO items
- 104
- Exam rehearsals
- 185 × 4h
- Retention checks
- 14 days
TCO item A.1 · Try a frame
Which level of scientific understanding involves systematic observations that can be quantified and classified?
One path, three steps
Frames are practice, exam rehearsals are the dress rehearsal, and the BCBA exam is the performance.
Practice
Untimed frames with feedback, then the same frames against the clock, until every answer is right and fast.
Rehearse
The whole exam on a screen like the testing center's. The result is a self-evaluation, never a prediction.
Perform
Your results choose what comes next, and retention checks 14 days later confirm it held.
What is inside
Every tool has a preview you can try without an account.
- PracticeAcquisition framesUntimed frames with a hint and feedback after every answer, until every first response is correct.Try it
PracticeFluency framesThe same frames against the frame set's time limit. Every frame correct within the limit makes the set fluent.Try it 
PracticeSAFMEDSOne-minute timings on the key terms of a domain, with an aim in correct per minute.Try it - RehearseExam rehearsalThe whole exam under real conditions, on a screen laid out like a testing center's.Try it
- PerformScore reportAfter a rehearsal, your score by content area in the layout of the BCBA score report, with the areas to study first.Try it
PerformBadges and progressMedals for what your practice accomplished, and progress pages that show what is fluent and what is due.Try it
Also inside once you are signed in: daily review, Leitner boxes, Match, baselines and post-tests, study time charts, and printable weekly reports.
How a week goes
- A weekly targetYour plan names the week's frame sets and shows your pace.
- A minute of SAFMEDSOne timing on 5 days, aiming for 30 correct per minute.
- Daily reviewA short set of frames you have met, weighted toward the ones you missed.
- What comes dueRetention checks after 14 days, a baseline before each domain, a post-test after.
Questions learners ask
How long does it take?
Your study plan spreads every frame set across 16 to 52 weeks and sets a weekly target. The 16-week plan is the intensive one; a longer plan lowers each week's target. The plan adjusts to your progress, and you can move the date.
What is a frame set?
A short set of questions on one part of a TCO item, the lines of the BCBA Test Content Outline. Each question is a frame: recall (a term or fact), example (identify an instance), or analysis (work through a scenario). A frame set is fluent when every frame is correct within its time limit.
Is a rehearsal score a prediction?
No. An exam rehearsal is a self-evaluation under exam conditions. Its score report shows what to study first; it never predicts a BCBA exam result.
Does it work on a phone?
Yes. Practice, SAFMEDS, and the reports fit a phone's browser. Exam rehearsals are best on a laptop or desktop, since that is what the testing center uses.
Who can see my work?
You, and the coaches of your cohort if your program enrolled you in one. Learners never see one another's names or results, and cohort standing shows only an anonymous list.
Who built FrameRate?
Doctoral-level behavior analysts: university professors who have trained students to become BCBAs for decades. The frames, the exam items, and the study path come from that teaching, written for this platform and not copied from any other prep product.
How do I join?
A program's cohort joins by invitation link or cohort code, with the dates and plan already set. When open sign-up is on, anyone can create an account and set their own plan.
Start with TCO item A.1
Create an account, set a completion date, and the first week’s frame sets are waiting. Or try every tool first.