The feedback a student receives from this type of assessment does not emphasize a score, percentage, or statistical average, but information about the expectations of performance as compared to the standard.
A standards-based approach does not necessarily dismiss a summative grade, percentage, or a measure of central tendency (such as a mean, or median).
The United States federal government, under No Child Left Behind can further require that all schools must demonstrate improvement among all students, even if they are already all over proficient.
Rather than using computers to log responses to multiple choice tests, rubrics for state assessments such as in North Carolina[13] ask scorers to look at the entire paper and make judgments.
The Analytical Writing section of the GRE test is scored using a six-point holistic scale in half-point increments.