The Process

Scores are defined during the design of instruction. In conjunction with stakeholders, Instructional Designers determine how scores will be used. Examples of decisions that need to be made are: what happens if a learner does not answer a question, how questions should be weighted, how scaled scores are calculated and what are the mastery criteria, such as the mastery score that needs to be reached.
Wise applications of Score integrate it with educational and business processes. When considering how to use Score, you will want to:

- Determine the needs and requirements of learners and stakeholders
- Identify and prioritize information and content that needs to be tracked
- Determine how the information will be used
- Define scoring strategies. This includes collaboration between Instructional Designers and Content Developers, particularly with regards to the development of the algorithms used to calculate scaled scores.