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title: "Why is my accessibility diagnostics compliance score so low?"
date: "2023-04-24T12:32:17+00:00"
summary: "Understand why your accessibility compliance score seems low and learn how to filter results for a clearer view of critical issues."
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url: "/web-governance/help/59241-why-my-accessibility-diagnostics-compliance-score-so-low"
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**Why is my accessibility diagnostics compliance score so low?**

When you aim for 100% compliance, this diagnostics figure on the Accessibility Summary page might seem extremely low. Keep in mind that the default dashboard view is set to show ALL errors. Follow these steps to narrow the results and view only **Errors and Warnings** to get a better idea of why the score appears to be low.

*   Click **Showing All** on the top right of the section to filter for:
    *   Show All
    *   Only Errors
    *   **Errors and Warnings (recommended)**.
        
        ![The Accessibility dashboard with the Accessibility Diagnostics section highlighted.](https://acquia.widen.net/content/e51613d8-b2d1-4429-948e-1273b034d563/web/Mon_Opt_Accessibility-DiagnosticsSection.png)
        
*   The definition of the error categories in Web Governance:
    *   **Error**
        
        The issue is in direct conflict with the standard and needs to be fixed.
        
    *   **Warning**
        
        The issue is most likely in conflict with the standard, do a manual review and fix the issue.
        
    *   **Review**
        
        The issue cannot be programatically determined as an error or warning and requires human review . Do a manual review of the issue to determine if any fix can be done.