Glossary · Optimization and failure dynamics
Rigid trajectory grading
2InstrumentGrading that requires one canonical sequence of steps when the process is not part of the construct, so valid novel strategies fail. Grade observable constraints, not one path.
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Handbook · PracticeAnti-patterns and failure vocabularySeventeen named ways evaluator systems fail, each with its tell, its layer and its fix.Related terms
- Process evaluation
- Judges intermediate steps, actions, states, or evidence acquisition. Justified when the path itself matters; harmful when it forces one canonical chain.