show scores

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post them here....


only adla please!

[MinCook]

There posted on the ADLA website.

[horns2thebachs]

what is the ADLA website?

[MinCook]

www.amdrumassn.org

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the only scores i see are from 2004....


put up a link to the new scores

[Bandmaster]

the only scores i see are from 2004....


put up a link to the new scores

Try freshing your browser! I posted them on www.amdrumassn.org yesterday morning. I am their website too....

I have a question... do you like the way I did the scores pages in the past or is it OK to post them in PDF format like I did this time? Should I leave them in PDF or re-format them like before?

[drummermom]

I like the PDF format, but the nice thing about having them in HTML was that I could pull the tables into Excel and create a running history for our line. However, I think the PDF format looks really nice.

I don't really understand the different scoring this year...does anyone have an easy explanation for how to read them? Last year it was expressed as a number and percentage (e.g. 79.3, 67.2, etc) but this year seems to be in whole higher numbers. Is it just not expressed in decimals or are there other differences?

[horns2thebachs]

Thanks Minh. I like the way that the scores are in the past if u want my opinion.

[fububoy310]

i think its the same you just need to shift the decimal point over.

[Teever]

The scores are still out of 100 points - the format shown does not include the necessary decimal, however.
In past years all the scores were out of the same 100 points. It is important to now realize that the scores are now "tiered" by division (similar to WGI scoring), so for example, an 80 in Scholastic does not equal an 80 in Open, and an 80 in Open does not equal an 80 in World.

[drummermom]

Thanks for the explanation! How does the tiering work? Or is that a dark secret of the drumline judging world?

[Teever]

Here's a simple analogy to tiered scoring:
A 4th grader, a 7th grader, and an 11th grader may all receive an "A" grade on their last essay, however, it would be expected that the essays were of increasingly greater quality as the grade levels increased. While all the students received the same grade, the criteria for that grade increased with their abilities.

In other words, a score of 100 for scholastic groups does not equal a score of 100 for the Open or World divisions. The Scholastic 100 is based on the criteria being met at a "basic" level, the Open 100 is based on the criteria being met at an "intermediate" level, and the World 100 points is based on meeting the criteria at an "advanced" level.

This helps achieve three things. For one, the overall scores of the groups are higher numbers (just looks and sounds better). Second, it establishes a clearer indicator of when a group is ready to advance to the next division (as they get closer to 100 in their current division), and third, it frees up more numbers to use (since those 100 points are "reuseable" after every division now) in evaluating groups, thus helping eliminate ties and encouraging appropriate point spreads.

Hope that sheds some light on it!

[nrdrummer13]

Does SCPA use this method of scoring?

[MinCook]

The scores are still out of 100 points - the format shown does not include the necessary decimal, however.
In past years all the scores were out of the same 100 points. It is important to now realize that the scores are now "tiered" by division (similar to WGI scoring), so for example, an 80 in Scholastic does not equal an 80 in Open, and an 80 in Open does not equal an 80 in World.

Was this in effect last year?

[Teever]

No Minh, the tiered scoring system was adopted this year after reviewing recommendations made at circuit forum and the board's decision at judges retreat this summer.

SCPA and WGI utilize tiered scoring systems.