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Method and evidence

What the scores are, and what they are not.

This page explains the method and evidence behind every stage of SignalCheck Teams. It says plainly what a SignalCheck score is, what it may be used for, and what evidence stands behind it today. It is written to be read before anything is booked.

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Behind every score
A clear definition of what each score measuresFixed
Standardised delivery conditionsFixed
Five dimensions, fixed bandsFixed
Human review of every reportAlways
Formal validation studiesIn progress
The scores

Five numbers, one fixed scale

What the scores are

  • Standardised delivery conditions, every session
  • The same five dimensions and fixed bands
  • Structured expert judgement against published bands
  • Reviewed by a person on every report

What they are not

  • A psychometric norm table
  • A language test
  • A personality assessment
The use boundary

What the scores may be used for

SignalCheck is built for development and team-level insight. It is not built for hiring, promotion, performance rating, disciplinary action or dismissal decisions. Individual scores must not be used for any of those purposes.

No hiring, promotion, performance-management, redundancy or disciplinary decision may be based on SignalCheck or SignalResponse data.

Reassessment

Why reassessment uses equivalent scenarios

Plainly: repeating the exact same questions would measure memory, not change. So the second assessment uses different situations at the same level of difficulty.

Assessment A
  • One set of pressure situations
  • The five dimensions, the fixed bands
  • Standardised delivery conditions
Reassessment B
  • Different situations, matched for pressure, timing and difficulty
  • The same five dimensions, the same bands
  • The same delivery conditions

Reassessment across the same dimensions and equivalent conditions provides structured evidence of directional movement: what improved and what still needs work.

Evidence status

What is established, and what is in progress

EstablishedThe bands and the scoring rubric come from sixteen years of live sessions. The dimensions, the bands and the review protocol are fixed and documented.

In progressValidation work is continuing: formal studies of scoring consistency between reviewers, and of reassessment stability. We publish what is established and we say plainly what is not yet.

Established

  • The same five dimensions, bands and delivery conditions, every session
  • A trained reviewer applies the same scoring rules to every report
  • The bands and rubric come from sixteen years of live sessions, documented

In progress

  • Formal studies of scoring consistency between reviewers
  • Formal studies of reassessment stability

Not claimed

  • Psychometric validation or a normed instrument
  • A promise that scores will rise, or a proven financial return
  • That any single cause explains a change in score

Participant outcomes

Fairness

How scoring stays fair

Scoring instructions require reviewers to score observable delivery, not accent, and to separate a thinking pause from a lost thread.

Standardised sessionThe instrument delivers every session under the same conditions, every time.
Automated scoring supportThe software produces a draft analysis of the session.
Trained human reviewA SignalCheck expert reads the draft against the session and can change the result.
Final reportThe written report is delivered to the person it belongs to.

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