How do Cambridge Insight assessments work?
Cambridge Insight assessments work alongside teachers' professional judgements to inform learning plans.
The purpose of a baseline assessment is to understand a learner's skills in key areas at the point they take the test. It is NOT about getting top marks.
Insight assessments are designed to be taken without any need for preparation or study in advance.
Most Insight baseline assessments are adaptive - they use the learner's responses to decide whether to progress to more challenging questions or return to easier ones. Essentially, the assessment automatically adapts to the learner's ability.
The assessments are all computer-based. Younger children complete the test with one-to-one support from a teacher or a classroom assistant. Older students take the assessment independently but will have administrative support on hand to access the test.
From baseline assessment to wellbeing checks, Cambridge Insight assessments help teachers and schools to better understand your child as a whole. Armed with this information, your child's teachers are better equipped to unlock their full potential.
Baseline assessment and the Cambridge Pathway
What do Cambridge Insight assessments test?
Cambridge Insight baseline assessments measure a range of verbal, non-verbal and mathematical skills. These are the key areas which decades of research has shown are the best indicators of academic achievement across every subject.
The Cambridge Wellbeing Check assesses how students are feeling and how they are functioning. The check allows schools to monitor wellbeing during specific points in the year when emotions may be heightened like transitioning to a new stage or in the run-up to exams.
Our assessments are grounded in over 40 years of research, and proven to measure skills that are excellent indicators of future academic achievement."
- Kate Bailey, Director of Digital Testing, Data & Reporting