About Cambridge Insight assessments
Together, we make a measurable difference
Cambridge Insight (formerly CEM) assessments help schools and groups of schools to better understand, increase and demonstrate the value they can add to students' lives.
Working with teachers, department heads and school leaders, Cambridge Insight assessments, reports and guidance reveal each student's and cohort's unique qualities. Allowing schools to make strategic decisions to improve teaching practices and allocate resources.
Our digital tools are at the forefront of educational insight, spanning across a broad range of insight assessments and using the highest-quality data to provide detailed reports and accurate exam predictions.
Helping teachers help their students achieve success through insight was what started the Centre for Evaluation & Monitoring (CEM) 40 years ago. Now part of Cambridge, that continues to be the driver for every Cambridge Insight assessment we develop. We will always prioritise the needs of the classroom to create the innovative technologies necessary for improving future outcome for all students.
Over 40 years of developing and delivering digital baseline and attributes assessments
Used by schools, groups, ministries and associations in 127 countries
Known for rigorous, evidence-based approach, analysing 43 million data points every year
480,000 students assessed each year
650,000 assessments used to standardise each year, ensuring our data is as reliable as possible
“Over the years, I have seen time and again the impact that having the Cambridge Insight (formerly CEM) assessments has on our students. It tells you things that you just wouldn’t have known otherwise. They help you to identify potential issues early and it supports students across the whole spectrum of ability. [...] The tech support, the customer service, the quality of the data and the training have always been really good, but the new initiatives like the Cambridge Insight Networks mean that we get that additional layer of support with the data.”
Karen Barker, Deputy Head at Finborough School
History of Cambridge Insight
First monitoring system established in Newcastle: COMBES (Confidential Measurement Based Self Evaluation)
Technical Vocational and Educational Initiative Report published
Alis project
Yellis piloted
Primary (PIPs) assessment begins
PIPS early years assessment
Relocated to Durham to pilot MidYIS
Value-added National Project published
Primary PIPS goes to Australia
CEM assessments available in New Zealand
ASPECTS introduced
CEM assessments in Hong Kong
InCAS, a new primary assessment, introduced in schools
Fully computer adaptive MidYIS assessment
Over 1 million assessments delivered
CEM baseline assessments introduced into primary schools in Abu Dhabi
Working with 55 Chinese tutoring schools with over 23,000 students taking InCAS
CEM assessments used in over 70 countries
CEM joins Cambridge
CEM adapts and offers home testing during the pandemic
Research into students' and teachers' wellbeing during the lockdown published
Cambridge Wellbeing Check released
Cambridge Primary Insight Assessment launched
Cambridge Personal Styles Questionnaire (CPSQ) introduced
Cambridge CEM becomes Cambridge Insight