Part of Cambridge University Press & Assessment
Over 480,000 students assessed each year
Computer-based, takes just one lesson
About the assessments
Most of our assessments are computer-based. They are all set up and run by your school. You will be given instructions from your teachers before sitting the test.
Our InCAS (now Cambridge Primary Insight), MidYIS, Yellis and Alis/CEM IBE assessments are taken independently – once the computer is set up, you will take the assessment without any help from your teacher or classmates. The assessment will normally take you between 45 and 60 minutes.
Our computer-based assessments (apart from our entrance tests) are adaptive – they use your answers to decide whether to progress to more challenging questions, or to return to easier ones. The assessment automatically adapts to your ability. You won’t see if you have answered the questions correctly or not as you take the test.
Each assessment measures a range of verbal, non-verbal and mathematical skills. Your teacher will then receive a report showing how you scored overall and in each section. Some of our assessments for older students also offer reports showing the likelihood of achieving different grades in exams including GCSE, (I)GCSE, A Level and the IB Diploma.
Your school will choose if and how they share the results with you and your parent(s). Many schools use the CEM assessment reports to support discussions about goal setting, areas of support needed, and how to help you reach your full academic potential.
