Why we will never publish a DRep score
A single number collapses judgment into a leaderboard. Here is what we do instead, and why it protects independence.
A single number collapses judgment into a leaderboard. Here is what we do instead, and why it protects independence.
The request we keep declining
Every few weeks someone asks us to rank DReps. The appeal is obvious: delegation is hard, and a number feels like help. We decline every time.
What a score would actually measure
Any composite score has to weight its inputs, and every weighting encodes a political preference. Weight participation and you reward voting on everything. Weight agreement with expert analysis and you have built a soft whip.
The Institute exists to raise the floor on process, not to arbitrate outcomes.
What we publish instead
Factual, unranked profile information: whether disclosures are current, which standards a member has committed to, which Academy work they completed, and their published rationales. Delegators draw their own conclusions from primary material.
Sources and references
- [1]DSC Standards Framework v0.1 - Internal reference
- [2]Membership Assembly minutes, May 2026 - Source link placeholder
Author
Priya Raman
Steward
Writing for the Institute on process and method.