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Grading systems

A mark becomes a grade according to your rules, not somebody else's.

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Why it matters

01

Different scales for different sections

A CBC performance level and a KCSE mean grade are not the same kind of number — and neither is any other pair of scales a school runs side by side. Msomi lets you define each as a separate grading system and attach it to the levels it applies to, so none of them get mixed.

02

Change the boundaries without re-marking

Grade ranges are configuration. If the school revises its boundaries or its pass mark, the change applies to reporting without anyone touching a single learner's raw mark.

03

Remarks that write themselves

Each grade range carries its own remark and points value, so report cards, merit lists and analytics all describe a result the same way.

Assessment is where school management systems most often impose somebody else’s assumptions. A system that hard-codes an A at 80 and a pass at 50 is useless to a school that grades differently, and worse than useless to a school running two curricula with genuinely different scales.

In Msomi a grading system is a named object you define. Inside it, grade ranges specify a lower and upper bound, the grade awarded, the points it carries and the remark that should appear. Bands group ranges into broader categories where a school reports at that level. A pass mark is set per system.

Systems are then attached to the levels they apply to, within a framework. That attachment is what stops a CBC performance level from being averaged with a KCSE mean grade, and what allows a school to change its boundaries for one section without disturbing another.

Next step

See Grading systems working on your school data

A demo runs about forty minutes and uses your own class lists, frameworks and grading — so you are looking at your school rather than a sample database.

Or try it first — the Trial tier gives you a full term, free, with every module unlocked. See plans.

Either way we confirm your school by phone before activating it, so you are live usually within one working day.