Scored Reports
CID checks how public reports are built: definitions, sources, evidence, and transparency. A score is not an endorsement or rejection of the report's conclusions.
USCIRF 2026 Annual Report — India Chapter
27 years after its first report, USCIRF's India chapter shows the same core gap: no published definitions, no classification criteria, no engagement with criticism. The institutional transparency is genuine. The analytical methodology is still missing. India Hate Lab and CSOH continue to appear as sources despite their own documented methodological limitations.Read the methodology review
Reports can shape public debate.
Many reports influence hearings, news coverage, policy debates, and community trust. CID gives readers a clear way to check the methods behind them.
Eight questions, fixed weights, visible evidence.
Each report is checked for definitions, sampling, independent sources, verification, transparency, and how it handles criticism. The same rubric applies no matter who published it.
44 reports from 14 organizations.
The set spans 1999-2026. Each score links back to source data and the rubric version used when the report was reviewed.
All Scored Reports
Filter by grade, year, organization, or typeEvery row is a public report reviewed by CID. Use the filters to see reports by grade, or sort by year, score, organization, and report type. The score checks method and evidence, not whether CID agrees with the report.
- 1 Research-Grade
- 8 Adequate
- 21 Deficient
- 14 Advocacy-Grade
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Organizations Reviewed
14 organizations with at least one scored reportEvery organization with at least one scored report appears here. Organizations with several reports get summary cards. Organizations with one reviewed report are listed below so no one mistakes them for missing or unscored.
Reviewed once so far
These organizations are already in CID. They do not yet have enough reviewed reports for a pattern page.
Citation Loops
4 tracked patternsA citation loop happens when one organization is treated as independent proof, even though the same people, funding, or sources sit behind both claims.
How Scores Work
Score areas · hard caps · grade bandsEvery report is checked with the same eight questions before its score becomes a grade band.
| Score area | What it measures |
|---|---|
| D1 Definitional Precision | Are the key terms defined clearly enough that someone else could apply them the same way? |
| D2 Classification Rigor | Would different analysts looking at the same data sort it into the same categories? |
| D3 Case Capture & Sampling | Does the data actually represent what the report claims it represents? |
| D4 Coverage Symmetry | Does the report cover its topic evenly, or does it only look in one direction? |
| D5 Source Independence | Can readers check the sources on their own, or do they all trace back to the same place? |
| D6 Verification Standards | Could an outside reader check the claims against the underlying evidence? |
| D7 Transparency & Governance | Is it clear who funded the work, who wrote it, and whether they have conflicts of interest? |
| D8 Counter-Evidence | Does the report address criticism and say what it cannot prove? |