Summary: In this article, you will learn what a CodeSignal Assessment Score is, how to interpret a test-taker's General Coding Assessment (GCA) Assessment Score.
The Assessment Score
There are two types of insights delivered by Assessment Score:
- Overall Assessment Score: Each Skills Evaluation Framework completion will result in a single Assessment Score that is an overarching metric for quantifying a test-taker’s overall skills. This is the data point you can use to determine if they have the core skills to do the job. This number will range from 200-600, with higher scores indicating that a test-taker successfully completed more questions in their assessment. For more information about converting historical coding score thresholds to an equivalent Assessment Score value, see the article here.
- Skill area proficiency: Skills measured also gives you and your test-takers insight into a test-taker's level of proficiency across the various skills each Skills Evaluation Framework measures. Note: Skill area proficiency data is not meant to be used to make hiring decisions, but it can give you directional information on test-taker differences, and inform test-takers of areas where they may need more development.
What’s a skill area?
A skill area represents a collection of skills evaluated in the Framework. It is made up of one or more question(s) or level(s). Each question/level can have a different contributing weight to the skill area. The candidate’s raw score across all relevant question(s)/level(s) makes up the candidate’s skill area label. The skill area do not have any influence on the Coding Score. Instead, they are a visual element in the Coding Report to help companies understand:
- What skill areas are evaluated in the Framework?
- Show candidate aptitude in each
skill area.
What are the different skill area labels?
It is the qualitative description we attach to each skill area in a Framework. There are four possible labels to describe each skill area:
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Expert, if the candidate scores ≥ 1.0 of the possible points in the skill area. -
Advanced, if the candidate scores between 0.67 and 0.99 of the possible points in the skill area. -
Intermediate, if the candidate scores between 0.34 and 0.66 of the possible points in the skill area. -
Developing, if the candidate scores between 0.00 and 0.33 of the possible points in the skill area.
What’s a module?
A module is a collection of one more question(s) or level(s). Each question/level mapped to a module can have a different weight that contributes to the candidate’s module score. All modules within an assessment add up to determine a test-taker's coding score. A module is like a Lego block we use internally to organize questions together. In the future, we will re-use the same module across Frameworks to create more custom-tailored assessments to evaluate skillsets (this is what “modularization” means in our context).
Relationship between questions, modules, and skill areas
Here is a breakdown of coding scores and relevant skill areas.