Assessments

School Admin Teacher

The Assessments module manages tests, exams, and continuous assessment tasks (CATs). Teachers enter marks which feed directly into the Report Packs module.

Creating an Assessment

1. Go to Academic → Assessments.
2. Click New Assessment.
3. Fill in the details:

Field	Description
Name	e.g. "Term 1 Mid-term Exam"
Type	Exam, CAT, Assignment, Practical, etc.
Subject	The subject being assessed
Class	The class being assessed
Total Marks	Maximum possible score
Date	Date of the assessment
Assessment Group	Group this belongs to (for report weighting)

4. Click Save.

Entering Marks

1. Open an assessment from the list.
2. Click Enter Marks.
3. The student list for the class is shown. Enter each student's score.

tip

Use Tab to move between score fields quickly. Scores that exceed the total marks are highlighted in red.

4. Click Save Marks.

Assessment Groups

Assessment groups allow you to weight different assessment types in report calculations (e.g. exams count for 70%, CATs count for 30%).

Go to Settings → Assessment Groups to configure groups and their weights.

Grading

EMS can automatically convert numerical scores to letter grades and comments based on your school's grading scale.

Go to Settings → Grading to set up your grading scale.

Related Pages

• Report Packs →
• Settings → Grading →