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For school leaders
Cohort level scores per parameter each cycle, so you can see which concept is weak across a grade and not only which child is.
Outcomes
Numbers you can trace, all the way back to a published standard.
We show our working. Here is exactly how we measure a child, the standard we mark against, and a sample report card you can read end to end.
Quick answer
NASCA assesses every learner twice a year on six parameters: concept, application, structure, development, programming and analytical skills, and presentation. Each cycle combines a written assessment tagged to specific concepts with a project presented and defended in the lab. Scores are cumulative across the year and produce an annual report card and a level based certificate.
The full rubric is published openly, and a complete sample report card is available with no form to fill.
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Assessment cycles every year
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Parameters behind every score
The method
Two assessments. Six parameters. One score that means something.
The same model runs for a Grade 3 child in a maker space lab and for a professional taking a specialisation year.
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The knowledge layer
A written assessment where every question is tagged to a sub-stream and a concept, so a weak score points at a topic rather than at a child.
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The project layer
A build presented in the lab with live questions. The child has to explain a choice they made and defend it, which is the part that cannot be memorised.
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Cumulative, not a snapshot
Two cycles a year, carried forward, so the report card shows a direction of travel and not one good morning.
The standard
What we actually mark.
Published before the first class of the year, not written afterwards to fit the results.
Concept
Does the student understand the idea, not just the steps?
Application
Can the student use the idea on a problem nobody solved for them?
Structure
Is the work organised, planned and documented?
Development
Does the thing actually work, and did it get better through iteration?
Programming and Analytical Skills
Is the logic sound and the reasoning evidenced?
Presentation
Can they explain it, and hold up under questions?
How we report
Every number we publish is one you can verify.
Measured, then published
We report what our own rubric measures, cycle by cycle, so every figure on a report card traces back to a marked piece of work.
Our own assessments
Our scores come from NASCA assessments and lab defences, marked to the published standard. Credit for school exams stays with the teachers who run them.
Schools named with consent
Partner schools decide when their name appears in public. Many do, and we introduce you to them directly during a pilot conversation.
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For parents
An annual report card in plain language, with the six scores, the projects built, and what the teacher suggests next.
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For governments and universities
The same rubric aggregated at district or department level, which is what makes a pilot comparable to a rollout.
Ask us to walk you through a real cycle.
Fifteen minutes on a call and you will see the written paper, the project brief and the marking sheet.