pisteytys

Pisteytys is the process of assigning points, marks, or grades to a performance, response, or product according to predefined criteria. It serves to quantify quality, compare performances, and determine outcomes such as advancement, eligibility, or ranking. The term is used across fields and languages, but in Finnish it commonly refers to scoring or assessment.

Pisteytys is employed in many contexts, including education (exams, assignments, and portfolios), sports and games (official scores and judging), arts and culture (jury-based competitions), and consumer or product evaluations. The approach can be purely numerical, qualitative, or a mix, with scoring often expressed as points, percentages, or letter grades.

Common methods include rubrics that describe performance levels for each criterion, checklists that verify the presence of required elements, and point-based systems that sum scores across criteria. Scoring can be criterion-referenced (based on defined standards) or norm-referenced (comparing to others). Judging panels, referees, or automated systems may perform pisteytys, depending on context.

Quality considerations focus on reliability and validity. Inter-rater reliability, calibration of scorers, transparency of criteria, and avoidance of bias are important. Challenges include subjectivity, cultural differences in judging, and potential inflation of scores. Standardization and documentation of the scoring scheme help ensure fairness and comparability.

In practice, pisteytys aims to provide a fair, repeatable, and interpretable measure of performance, supporting decision-making, feedback, and accountability across diverse activities.