Running a pupil assessment

Each section of a pupil assessment is run on its own from the assessment home. The steps below cover a timed reading section.

1. Tap Start on a section

Each section card has its own Start button. Tap the one you want to run.

2. Choose how the assessment is performed

Reading sections open with App As Stimulus?. Pick one of the three options:

• App shown to pupil: the app displays the items full-screen for the pupil to read.
• Paper shown to pupil, Answers recorded in the App: you read from the printed material and tap the answers here.
• Enter a paper based assessment: copy in the answers from an assessment the pupil already did on paper.

The first two options run live with the pupil, so the on-screen timer runs while you score each item. The third option is different: the pupil has already finished on paper, so there is no timer to start. For sections that normally have a time limit (the ones with a countdown), the app will ask you at the end to type how long the pupil took, either from the time written on the paper or your best estimate.

The running screen looks different depending on which option you pick. See Paper vs in-app sections for a side-by-side overview of the three layouts.

3. Read the instructions

The next screen shows the script for the section: what to say, what to demonstrate and how the timer behaves. Tap View Scoring Guidance for a refresher on what counts as correct, or Start Assessment when you’re ready.

4. Start the timer (timed sections only)

On timed sections, after Start Assessment a Tap to start screen waits so the timer only begins when the pupil is ready. Tap the screen the moment they read the first item. Sections without a time limit skip this and go straight to the scoring screen.

5. Score each item

The first item appears (with the timer counting down on timed sections). For each item, tap Correct, Incorrect or No Response. On timed sections, Pause stops the timer briefly. End Test finishes the section early; otherwise it ends on its own once every item has been answered.

6. Confirm the assessment completion (only on some sections)

On some sections a Complete Assessment dialog appears between the assessment and the results, so you can review the last attempted question and the duration before saving. It only shows up when the section is timed, lets you end early, or needs the duration typed by hand. When it does appear: on timed sections the duration is filled in from the timer (tap the field to edit it if needed) and you just tap Confirm Assessment Completed; on the paper based option the Confirm Duration field starts empty and the confirm button stays disabled until you type how long the pupil took. If none of those apply, the dialog is skipped and the results open straight away.

7. See the results

The summary screen opens at the end (right after confirming the dialog, or directly if it was skipped). It shows the status, start time, duration, score, and every item with its result and time. Items the pupil didn’t reach are marked Not Attempted and don’t count against the score.

Next: Deleting a section