raw score
noun
: an individual's actual achievement score (as on a test) before being adjusted for relative position in the test group
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Final rankings were determined by a brand’s raw score (50%) and compared to others in its industry (50%).
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Rachel Rabkin Peachman, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
San Luis Obispo is said to have performed 661 tests per 100,000 during the one-week measurement period from Feb. 14 through Feb. 20, earning a 45 percent reduction of its raw score, falling to 6.8, two tenths of a case less than the red tier limit of 7.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2021
The raw score of 15 for naming animals in the language section became a 35 for whites and 41 for Blacks.
—CBS News, 15 May 2021
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Rachel Rabkin Peachman, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
San Luis Obispo is said to have performed 661 tests per 100,000 during the one-week measurement period from Feb. 14 through Feb. 20, earning a 45 percent reduction of its raw score, falling to 6.8, two tenths of a case less than the red tier limit of 7.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2021
The raw score of 15 for naming animals in the language section became a 35 for whites and 41 for Blacks.
—CBS News, 15 May 2021
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“Raw score.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/raw%20score. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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