Every score means more next to another one.
A number in isolation tells a respondent little. Ascent benchmarks every score against an average, a percentile, or a target you set — and keeps the comparison current as responses accumulate.
Three ways to give a score context.
Average
The mean score across every response to date — the simplest way to show a respondent where the pack sits.
Percentile
Show where a respondent or cohort ranks relative to everyone else who has taken the assessment, not just the raw mean.
Seeded
Set a fixed target — a pass line, an industry norm, a leadership goal — independent of your own response data.
Stack every comparison a respondent needs.
Add up to three benchmark lines to any chart in the report builder alongside a respondent's or cohort's own score. Mix and match freely — an average with a seeded pass line, or a percentile alongside last iteration's result.
- Average
- Percentile
- Seeded target
- Up to 3 per chart
Up to three per chart
Layer an average, a percentile, and a seeded target on the same chart so a respondent sees their score against multiple frames of reference at once, without needing three separate tiles.
Refreshed automatically
Average and percentile benchmarks recalculate as new responses come in — no manual recompute, no stale comparisons sitting in a published report.
Benchmarks apply at the individual level and the cohort level — compare one person, or compare whole teams.
Give every score somewhere to stand.
Start free — benchmarks are built into every report.