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scoring

scoring

34 3.0
A way of giving a grade or number to work
  • noun
  • /ˈskɔːrɪŋ/
translation icon : calificación
  • A low-scoring game as we come to the end of the quarter.
  • scoring method
  • administration of scoring
  • scoring procedure

And, you know, things like dynamic scoring of tax cuts.

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Examples

  • Training included instruction on the standardized administration and scoring procedures for each measure.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Ladies and gentlemen, after 12 action-packed championship rounds of boxing, I give you the scoring by the judges as follows.

  • And this is literally the scoring that they expect to do for the exam.

  • No politics, no adjusted scoring or selection based on wealth and standing.

  • Practice continued until all three reviewers were in agreement on the scoring requirements for all seven items.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Whichever teacher has the highest-scoring class gets a bonus.

  • Several months ago, I started finding discrepancies in the risk scoring that was used to approve and deny Loan applications.

  • As illustrated in Appendix B, the highest scoring story was not necessarily the longest.

    Academic text (2012)
  • In addition, the correlation between the scoring of the researcher and two field experts was also calculated.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The scoring for the exam was based on a set rubric that evaluated each student's performance.

Synonyms

assessment
vsscoring
474 2.8

A decision about how good someone's work or skills are

focuses on assigning a numeric result rather than broad judgment
rating
vsscoring
460 2.6

A score that shows how good something like a film or restaurant is

is the activity that creates that number instead of the number itself
evaluation
vsscoring
329 3.7

A careful decision about how good or valuable something is

focuses on producing a numeric result instead of general consideration
grading
vsscoring
17 2.7

Giving a mark to show how well someone did

is used more widely beyond academic situations
marking
vsscoring
1 2.8

Giving marks or grades to students' work to show how good it is

is the same process but mentions numbers explicitly

Compounds

A set of rules for giving points that show how good something is

How Quantitative

rating
460 2.6
scoring
34 3.0
grading
17 2.7
evaluation
329 3.7

Surface Forms

scoring singular
scorings plural

Morphology

scoring = score (transparent) = score + ing

A straightforward nominalization/gerund from the verb 'score' using '-ing', indicating the action or process.

Etymology

Scoring comes from the old word score, which meant a cut or 'notch' people made on a stick to count things. So when a teacher gives a score or grade, they are putting a mark or number to show how well someone did.