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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Not only did all the labs pull up their raw scores by at least some degree, more AI companies agreed to submit data to FLI in order to be graded.
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Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 16 Dec. 2025
We've also been told that there will be feedback for teachers and parents within 48 hours of taking the exams and raw scores will be provided two days later, which is much faster than the current format, which took weeks.
—Matthew Davisson, CBS News, 4 Dec. 2025
For Morrise Harbour, founder of the Liberty Grove charter school, year-over-year improvement on a test is a more important metric on his school’s success, rather than raw scores alone.
—Amelia Pak-Harvey, IndyStar, 11 Nov. 2025
The raw scores for each domain are transformed into a standardized zero to 100 scale, where higher scores indicate better health.
—New Atlas, 12 Oct. 2025
Final rankings were determined by a brand’s raw score (50%) and compared to others in its industry (50%).
—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
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Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 16 Dec. 2025
We've also been told that there will be feedback for teachers and parents within 48 hours of taking the exams and raw scores will be provided two days later, which is much faster than the current format, which took weeks.
—Matthew Davisson, CBS News, 4 Dec. 2025
For Morrise Harbour, founder of the Liberty Grove charter school, year-over-year improvement on a test is a more important metric on his school’s success, rather than raw scores alone.
—Amelia Pak-Harvey, IndyStar, 11 Nov. 2025
The raw scores for each domain are transformed into a standardized zero to 100 scale, where higher scores indicate better health.
—New Atlas, 12 Oct. 2025
Final rankings were determined by a brand’s raw score (50%) and compared to others in its industry (50%).
—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
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“Raw score.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/raw%20score. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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