How Scoring Works

Smarterer's scoring system uses two components: Score and Level

Score:

Similar to the GMAT or SAT we use an 800 point scale to represent people's skill-level. This scale provides the cleanest approach that reflects the adaptive nature of our scoring algorithm and where you rank against the community of users. (you want a grade like A, B or C? C'mon, no one likes grades anymore…)

Level:

Where you are on the 800-point scale maps to five levels:

Other Things You Might Want to Know About Tests and Scoring

• Your score decays over time. As each test gets ‘smarter' every day, with new questions and a tightening confidence band for each question, you need to keep your score up-to-date. You won't need to take a test every day, but you will notice the decay if you wait three months.
• Test questions are adaptive. You will see easier and harder questions based on which questions you answer correctly.
• You'll never see the same question twice. In order to ensure scores are valid, you'll only get one chance to see each question (the correct answer is shown if you get the question wrong, so you can learn!)
• Each question is a competition. Our scoring algorithm has been developed so that each time you answer a question, you're validating your score, but also are helping the system get smarter(er).
• Adding questions can increase your score. One way to help your score improve is to add questions. The better they perform in the system, the more value they'll provide to your score (by better, the Smarterer algorithm has a high confidence that the question is challenging for expert users – and it doesn't get flagged often).