How Assessment Scores Are Calculated

The total score for the assessment is determined by summing weighted scores for each assessment attribute as shown in the following equation:

eq_totalscore.png: Total_Score equals sigma, open parenthesis Weight I close parenthesis, open parenthesis Score I close parenthesis, where I equals 1 to n.

where: n is the number of assessment attributes in the template.

The score is also calculated as a percentage of the maximum score possible as shown in the following equation:

eq_maxtotalscore.png: Max_Total_Score equals sigma, open parenthesis Weight I close parenthesis, open parenthesis Max_Score I close parenthesis, where I equals 1 to n.

where: Max_Scorei is the largest score for any value in the Attribute Values list for the ith attribute. This value is the Max Child value shown in the Assessment Attributes applet. For example, the largest score for Attribute 2 is 6 and the largest score for Attribute 3 is 10 in the assessment example in the Scenario for Using and Administering Assessments.