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Education: Course Component Pass Rule Clause Tool

Evaluate one explicitly supplied required/optional course-component pass clause, including threshold equality policy; no full course grading or policy inference.

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Description

criterionPassed uses score >= threshold when equalityPasses, otherwise strict >.

Scoring rules combine points, item weights, boundaries and policies for omission, extra credit or missing items. A computed mark is meaningful only under those explicit rules; applying a rule does not establish its fairness or official status.

criterionPassed uses score >= threshold when equalityPasses, otherwise strict >.

When to use this tool

Use Education: Course Component Pass Rule Clause when checking one supplied scoring contribution or policy boundary.

How to use the tool and how it works

  1. Enter score, threshold, required, equalityPasses. Use the units and conventions below.
  2. Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
  3. Read result. Expand result to inspect the returned fields.

criterionPassed uses score >= threshold when equalityPasses, otherwise strict >. clauseSatisfied = !required || criterionPassed.1

Input fieldMeaning and unitsAccepted input
scoreScoreRequired. Finite number.
thresholdThresholdRequired. Finite number.
requiredRequiredRequired. Boolean.
equalityPassesEquality PassesRequired. Boolean.
Output fieldInterpretationReturned shape
resultObject containing the named calculated members below.Required. Object.
result.criterionPassedCriterion PassedCalculated result member: boolean.
result.clauseSatisfiedClause SatisfiedCalculated result member: boolean.
json
{
  "input": {
    "score": 5,
    "threshold": 5,
    "required": true,
    "equalityPasses": false
  },
  "output": {
    "result": {
      "criterionPassed": false,
      "clauseSatisfied": false
    }
  }
}

Limitations and assumptions

  • An optional component can satisfy the clause despite failing its criterion. This returns one supplied policy clause, not a complete course-pass decision.
  • Outputs are nested inside result. Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
  • Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Numeric signed-zero results are exported as zero.

Alternative or Complementary methods

Use the complete approved rubric and score record for an official outcome, and examine measurement quality separately.

References

  1. Calculation and input contract: education/course-component-pass-rule-clause — tool.io

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