I would suggest a percentage of points dropped is a good measure of improvement if you are talking about indoor rounds (it wouldn't work so well outdoors).
For instance say I shoot a 590 and then a 591, I would have improved 10%. Also if I shot 450 and improved to 465. You couldn't use this for comparing compounds and recurves though as the improving to the 10 is harder for compounds but improving to the 9 much easier.
I'm sure you could base something around this sort of system.
Our cubs shoots are generally handicap based though:
FOBB Club Shoots.
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Originally Posted by darthter  One option could be based around arrow average.
At the end of the season, an award is given to the archer with the best imrovement in average score per arrow.
This would completely eliminate the final score and allow novice/juniors to compete on a level basis |
This would bias archers shooting at a lower level more than my way, as does using a handicap system.