# Numerical Grading
**Domain:** Education / Measurement
**Doc Type:** Concept
**Maturity:** Developed
**Related:** [[Psychometrics]], [[Error Signal]], [[Educational Telemetry]], [[American Educational Measurement System]], [[Schedule and Loop]]
## Definition
**Numerical grading** converts a situated judgment about performance into a portable, comparable value.
## Schedule–Loop Context
The grade acts as an error signal: it represents distance from an institutional reference and can travel beyond the classroom. It increases administrative legibility while discarding context, making interpretation and [[Model Contestability]] essential.
## Backlinks
- [[Schedule and Loop]]
- [[Russia and Prussia Kybernetiks]]
- [[articles/Russia and Prussia Kybernetiks|Russia and Prussia Kybernetiks]]