Defining scoring procedures

1.     What are your scoring criteria?

a.     How do these criteria capture the construct(s) and content domain being measured?

b.     How will component scores be combined into a total score?

c.     Does your total score either over-represent, or under-represent some aspects of the construct or content domains being measured?

2.     What is the range of scoring procedures available to you? 

a.     What are the strengths and weakness of each procedure?

b.     Which of the available procedures will you use to score student performances?

3.     How will scoring procedures achieve consistency (reduce irrelevant variance) while also supporting construct validity? 

4.     How will scoring procedures influence

a.     Assessment outcomes

b.     Student populations

c.     District, school, and/or classroom experiences