diff --git a/scripts/asvs/scorecard.py b/scripts/asvs/scorecard.py
index 663ad95d..55b3276a 100644
--- a/scripts/asvs/scorecard.py
+++ b/scripts/asvs/scorecard.py
@@ -49,6 +49,17 @@
 #: the first was never examined, the second was examined and left open on purpose.
 DECIDED_VERDICTS: Final[frozenset[str]] = frozenset({"pass", "partial", "fail", "na"})
 
+#: A verdict whose cell has been READ against the requirement text. Not the same set as
+#: :data:`DECIDED_VERDICTS`, and the difference is `needs-review`: that cell was examined and then
+#: left open on purpose, so it belongs in survey PROGRESS while staying out of the verdict counts.
+#:
+#: Survey progress used `DECIDED_VERDICTS` until the scorecard acquired its first `needs-review` cell
+#: (11.4.4, the V7/V11 baseline sweep). The page then reported "123 of 345 read … 222 have not"
+#: directly above its own table saying 221 unverified — two numbers for one quantity, on the page
+#: that IS the record. The bug had been latent since the renderer was written: with zero
+#: `needs-review` cells the two sets are identical, so no test and no CI run could tell them apart.
+EXAMINED_VERDICTS: Final[frozenset[str]] = DECIDED_VERDICTS | {"needs-review"}
+
 #: How far from the recorded line the expected token may drift before the anchor is considered broken.
 #: Anchors name a TOKEN rather than a bare line number precisely so that ordinary edits above a cell's
 #: evidence do not thrash every anchor in the file; the window keeps the line number meaningful without
@@ -458,8 +469,10 @@ def render_current(cells: list[Cell], *, anchor_sha: str) -> str:
     """
     n = count(cells)
     total = sum(n.values())
-    decided = [c for c in cells if c.verdict in DECIDED_VERDICTS]
-    examined = [c for c in decided if c.last_verified]
+    # EXAMINED, not DECIDED: a `needs-review` cell was read and then parked, so it is survey progress
+    # even though it carries no verdict. Counting it as unread made this line contradict the table
+    # below it (see EXAMINED_VERDICTS).
+    examined = [c for c in cells if c.verdict in EXAMINED_VERDICTS and c.last_verified]
     unexamined = total - len(examined)
     pct = (100.0 * len(examined) / total) if total else 0.0
     inherited = sum(1 for c in cells if c.verdict in DECIDED_VERDICTS and not c.last_verified)
diff --git a/tests/test_asvs_scorecard.py b/tests/test_asvs_scorecard.py
index ebd6502a..ffdc13c6 100644
--- a/tests/test_asvs_scorecard.py
+++ b/tests/test_asvs_scorecard.py
@@ -366,6 +366,33 @@ def test_render_leads_with_survey_progress_not_a_headline_score() -> None:
     assert "deadbeef" in out
 
 
+def test_render_counts_a_needs_review_cell_as_read_not_as_unexamined() -> None:
+    """Survey progress counts what was READ; `needs-review` was read and then parked on purpose.
+
+    Latent from the day the renderer was written and invisible until the scorecard acquired its first
+    `needs-review` cell: with none present, "decided" and "examined" are the same set, so nothing
+    could distinguish them. The symptom was two numbers for one quantity on the page that IS the
+    record — a survey line saying N have *not* been read, directly above a table whose `unverified`
+    row said N-1.
+
+    The assertion that matters is the LAST one: the two figures the page prints must agree, because a
+    reader comparing them is the only thing that ever noticed.
+    """
+    cells = [
+        Cell(id="1.1.1", level=1, verdict="pass", last_verified="2026-08-02"),
+        Cell(id="1.1.2", level=2, verdict="unverified"),
+        Cell(id="2.1.1", level=3, verdict="needs-review", last_verified="2026-08-02"),
+    ]
+    out = render_current(cells, anchor_sha="x")
+
+    assert (
+        "**2 of 3 requirements have been read against the ASVS text (66.7%).** 1 have not." in out
+    )
+    # ...and it stays OUT of the verdict counts, which is why the two sets differ at all.
+    assert "| Needs review | 1 |" in out
+    assert "| **Unverified** | **1** |" in out
+
+
 def test_render_flags_a_decided_verdict_carrying_no_verified_date_as_inherited() -> None:
     cells = [Cell(id="1.1.1", level=1, verdict="pass")]  # decided, but never dated
     out = render_current(cells, anchor_sha="x")