In the world of mortgage, credit scores are numerical rankings which tell a lender whether you're likely to pay them back. (themortgagereports.com)
And probably sensible, but a lot less fun than a straight numerical ranking. (blogs.wsj.com)
While the state is developing a system that will incorporate some of the new data CORE now includes, such as graduation rates and English learner performance, it has not committed to a single numerical ranking system like CORE provides and may instead use more of a «dashboard» approach that would give a school several different scores. (laschoolreport.com)