Paper vs in-app sections

A reading section can run in two very different layouts. Which one you see depends on the option you pick on the App As Stimulus? screen at the start of the section (see Running a pupil assessment, step 2).

App shown to pupil

The app fills the screen with one large card per item: a letter, word or sentence in big print. The pupil reads directly from the device. Correct / Incorrect / No Response buttons sit at the bottom of the card, and tapping any of them advances to the next item.

This is the cleanest layout for the pupil because they only see one item at a time.

Paper shown to pupil, Answers recorded in the App

The pupil reads from the printed booklet and you keep the device on your side. The app shows every item in a compact scrolling list, each with its own Correct / Incorrect / No Response row. You can tap any item to score it, you don’t have to follow the list in order. The timer, Pause and End Test sit in the control bar at the bottom.

Enter a paper based assessment

Same compact list as the paper mode, but with no timer on screen (the pupil already finished on paper). When you confirm the section at the end you’ll be asked to type how long the pupil took.

Same scoring rules

The scoring rules do not change between the three modes. What changes is who looks at what, and whether the timer is on the screen.