Reading the results
Scores per area, a band that says what to do about it, and the change since last time.
Every scored question belongs to an area — belonging, prayer, teaching, whatever that assessment measures. Answers roll up into a percentage per area, and each percentage lands in a band: Needs attention, Growing, Healthy or Strong.
The band matters more than the number. 58% is not a grade; it is a prompt to have a particular conversation, and the band tells you which one.
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Read the areas, not the total
The overall figure averages the areas. It is useful for spotting a change between rounds and close to useless on its own — a church can sit at a comfortable 71% with one area quietly in trouble.
Areas with nothing to score do not appear at all. A written-answer question has no number behind it, so an area made only of those reports nothing rather than a zero.
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Compare with last time
Send the same assessment again and the results show the change per area. That comparison is the point of running one twice: a single round is a snapshot, two rounds are a direction.
Results stay hidden until enough people have finished, so a handful of early answers cannot be mistaken for the whole church.
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Act on one thing
Take the lowest area and name one next step with a person against it. A results page that produces nothing but a conversation about the results has not helped anyone.