Knowledge Base Scoring System

📊 Scoring System Overview

Understanding how Evalo calculates evaluation scores using weighted requirements and transparent scoring methodology.

Last updated: 9/6/2025

1. Requirement Levels & Weights

Each requirement has a level that defines its importance and impact on the final score:

  • Must → weight 1.0 (critical)
  • Should → weight 0.5 (important, but not critical)
  • Nice → weight 0.25 (optional, small improvement)

👉 Key Insight

This means a "Must" requirement counts 4× more than a "Nice-to-have" requirement in the final score calculation.

2. Requirement Evaluation

Each requirement is evaluated individually with the following possible outcomes:

  • ✅ If a requirement is met → its full weight is earned.
  • ❌ If a requirement is not met → its weight is missed.

3. Score Calculation

The final score is calculated using a weighted approach that ensures fairness and transparency:

  1. 1
    Compute the maximum possible score by summing the weights of all requirements.
  2. 2
    Compute the earned score by summing the weights of all requirements that passed.
  3. 3
    Calculate final percentage:

Score Formula

Score = (Earned weight ÷ Total weight) × 100

4. Quick Example

Let's walk through a practical example to see how the scoring system works:

Assessment Setup

Let's say an assessment has:

  • 4 musts, 3 shoulds, 2 nice →

Total weight = (4×1.0) + (3×0.5) + (2×0.25) = 4 + 1.5 + 0.5 = 6.0

Results

Now if results are:

  • Must: 3 passed, 1 failed → earned = 3.0
  • Should: 2 passed, 1 failed → earned = 1.0
  • Nice: 1 passed, 1 failed → earned = 0.25

Final Calculation

Earned = 3.0 + 1.0 + 0.25 = 4.25

Final Score = (4.25 ÷ 6.0) × 100 = 70.8%

✅ The beauty of this approach is that it's simple, fair, and transparent:

  • Missing musts hurts the score a lot.
  • Shoulds and nice-to-haves let teams improve and optimize, but don't block them.

Understanding Score Ranges

Here's how to interpret different score ranges:

90+

Excellent (90-100%)

All or most requirements met, including most "should" and "nice" items

70+

Good (70-89%)

Most "must" requirements met, some "should" requirements completed

50+

Fair (50-69%)

Some "must" requirements met, room for improvement

<50

Needs Work (<50%)

Many critical requirements missing, significant improvements needed

Next Steps

Now that you understand how scoring works, here are some recommended next steps:

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