diff --git a/tests/test_score_kappafission/results.py b/tests/test_score_kappafission/results.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f2f03137bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_score_kappafission/results.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import sys
+import numpy as np
+
+# import statepoint
+sys.path.append('../../src/utils')
+import statepoint
+
+# read in statepoint file
+sp = statepoint.StatePoint('statepoint.10.binary')
+sp.read_results()
+
+# extract tally results and convert to vector
+results = sp.tallies[0].results
+shape = results.shape
+size = (np.product(shape))
+results = np.reshape(results, size)
+
+# set up output string
+outstr = ''
+ 
+# write out k-combined
+outstr += 'k-combined:\n'
+outstr += "{0:10.8f} {1:10.8f}\n".format(sp.k_combined[0], sp.k_combined[1])
+
+# write out tally results
+outstr += 'tallies:\n'
+for item in results:
+  outstr += "{0:10.8f}\n".format(item)
+
+# write results to file
+with open('results_test.dat','w') as fh:
+    fh.write(outstr)
diff --git a/tests/test_score_kappafission/results_true.dat b/tests/test_score_kappafission/results_true.dat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e0935803ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_score_kappafission/results_true.dat
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+k-combined:
+1.63626998 0.13749537
+tallies:
+191.58659270
+7456.15820695
+0.00000000
+0.00000000
+0.00000000
+0.00000000
+151.66906983
+4750.73833937
diff --git a/tests/test_score_kappafission/test_score_kappafission.py b/tests/test_score_kappafission/test_score_kappafission.py
index ca8daa9263..1cb3b704be 100644
--- a/tests/test_score_kappafission/test_score_kappafission.py
+++ b/tests/test_score_kappafission/test_score_kappafission.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import os
 from subprocess import Popen, STDOUT, PIPE
+import filecmp
 
 pwd = os.path.dirname(__file__)
 
@@ -21,8 +22,16 @@ def test_statepoint_exists():
 def test_output_exists():
     assert os.path.exists(pwd + '/tallies.out')
 
+def test_results():
+    os.system('python results.py')
+    compare = filecmp.cmp('results_test.dat', 'results_true.dat')
+    if not compare:
+      os.system('cp results_test.dat results_error.dat')
+    assert compare
+
 def teardown():
-    output = [pwd + '/statepoint.10.binary', pwd + '/tallies.out']
+    output = [pwd + '/statepoint.10.binary', pwd + '/tallies.out', 
+              pwd + '/results_test.dat']
     for f in output:
         if os.path.exists(f):
             os.remove(f)