Scoring at Consensus

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| [Rules |   | **Reaching Consensus on Item Scores**                     |
| for    |   |                                                           |
| Con    |   |  The first opportunity to reach consensus on Item scores |
| sensus |   | is during virtual consensus. If consensus is reached at   |
| Sc     |   | this stage, each Item lead should merely be prepared to   |
| oring] |   | confirm the score with the team scorekeeper during the    |
| {.smal |   | review of scoring at the end of the Consensus Call.       |
| lcaps} |   |                                                           |
|        |   |  For those Items that are discussed during the consensus |
|        |   | call(s), the assigned Category/Item lead will propose a   |
|        |   | scoring range. Once team members reach consensus on the   |
|        |   | range, the Item lead will propose a percent score within  |
|        |   | the range. The team members then will attempt to reach    |
|        |   | consensus on a score.                                     |
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|        |   |  If, after a discussion, consensus cannot be reached and |
|        |   | the difference in proposed scores among team members      |
|        |   | participating on the call is 30 percent or less, the      |
|        |   | average of the proposed scores of team members            |
|        |   | participating in the conference call is used (the         |
|        |   | timekeeper may use the electronic Consensus Score Summary |
|        |   | calculating worksheet for these calculations).            |
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|        |   | **Calculating Item, Category, and Total Scores** (the     |
|        |   | electronic Consensus Score Summary calculating worksheet  |
|        |   | will automatically perform all of these calculations)     |
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|        |   | #######                                                   |
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|        |   | ####### **Item Scores**                                   |
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|        |   | -   The consensus **percent** score for each Item should  |
|        |   |     be a **whole** number with no decimal places. To do   |
|        |   |     this, use normal rounding rules (0.5 percent and      |
|        |   |     higher are rounded up; 0.49 percent and below are     |
|        |   |     rounded down).                                        |
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|        |   | -   The consensus **points** for each Item should be a    |
|        |   |     **whole** number. To do this, multiply the consensus  |
|        |   |     percent score (whole number) by the maximum points    |
|        |   |     possible for the Item. Round to the nearest whole     |
|        |   |     number using normal rounding rules.                   |
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|        |   | ####### **Category Scores**                               |
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|        |   | -   The consensus **point** score for each Category       |
|        |   |     should be a **whole** number calculated by adding the |
|        |   |     point scores from all Items in the Category.          |
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|        |   | ####### **Grand Total**                                   |
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|        |   | -   The grand total of consensus **points** is arrived at |
|        |   |     by adding the point scores for all seven Categories   |
|        |   |     or all Items. It will be a whole number because all   |
|        |   |     Item and Category point scores are whole numbers.     |
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|        |   | **Scoring Band Descriptors**                              |
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|        |   | -   The Scoring Bands are determined based on total       |
|        |   |     points accumulated for the process and results Items. |
|        |   |     The team reviews each identified band to confirm that |
|        |   |     the descriptor for the band constitutes the best fit  |
|        |   |     for the applicant's overall performance. In cases     |
|        |   |     where the score is on the margin of two bands, select |
|        |   |     the band that best represents the organization's      |
|        |   |     achievement level.                                    |
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