There's a reason the judges are told to use 1-10 and not 1-5. -- America's National Teenager aka ANTSO

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Date Posted: 09:08:32 01/03/11 Mon
Author: Former Judge in Other Systems
Subject: There's a reason the judges are told to use 1-10 and not 1-5.
In reply to: amazed 's message, "A 14 for a score...." on 09:00:33 12/30/10 Thu

I've judged in numerous pageant systems, including the teen pageants in both MAO and USA...in those judging orientations, you're told explicitly to use the full spectrum of scores from 1-10. 5 should be considered an average contestant. A score less than that should indicate that there is room for improvement. If a contestant scores above a 5, she should be proud of that accomplishment, since she is 'above average.' As someone who has also served as auditor at local MAO pageants, I can tell you that the full spectrum of scores should also be encouraged to help alleviate ties. When judges use only 6-10, they end up creating a very tight race for the top placements, and surprising results have been witnessed due to their constrained scores. You want the most well-rounded contestants to be awarded, based upon the equation for that pageant system. That's the reason the judges are told to score 1-10, and not 1-5.

>My daughter has over 2,700 hours of community service
>& has won Vounteer service 3 times at the national
>level (NAM, Coed & NPP). She has ever hour documented.
>
>Take a giant guess what her community score was....a 14
>Yep ----> at ANTSO 2,700 hours of community service
>earned her a 14.
>
>Anyone care to enlighten me on how that is even
>remotely possible?

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Re: There's a reason the judges are told to use 1-10 and not 1-5. -- mom, 02:09:21 01/05/11 Wed