Over 480,000 students assessed each year
Part of Cambridge University Press & Assessment
Used in 109 Countries
About the assessments
Most of our assessments are computer-based. All are administered by your child’s school, and your child will be given instructions and support in school to access the test.
Our assessments for younger children are done with the support of a teacher or classroom assistant. Older children take the assessments independently.
Most of our assessments are adaptive – they use a child’s responses to decide whether to progress to more challenging questions, or to return to easier ones. Essentially, the assessment automatically adapts to a child’s ability.
Each assessment measures a range of verbal, non-verbal and mathematical skills. Your child’s school then receives reports showing how they scored overall, and in each section. Some of our assessments for older children also offer reports showing the likelihood of achieving different grades in exams including GCSE, (I)GCSE, A-Level and the IB Diploma.
Your child’s school will choose if and how they share the results with you and your child. Many schools use the CEM assessment reports to support discussions with students about goal setting, areas of support needed, and learning plans to help them achieve their full potential.
Our assessments are grounded in nearly 40 years of research, and proven to measure skills that are excellent indicators of future academic achievement."
- Dr. Irenka Suto, Assistant Director of Assessment, CEM
Case Studies
Find out how schools around the world are using insight from CEM assessments to support their students.
