How it works

We have an easy-to-use online platform that will guide you and your child through the assessment process. Some questions are multiple choice, others require answers to be typed in online. Other questions require uploads of reading and writing samples which are then sent to the Assess by Lauren WhatsApp number. Once the assessment/s are complete, a report will be emailed to you which can be sent to the department of education. If you prefer pen-and-paper, you are welcome to print out the PDF version (which will be emailed to you as soon as you sign up).

Yes! These assessments are CAPS aligned to assess whether children have met the minimum CAPS requirements. The English, Maths and Afrikaans assessments are mostly skills based and are a helpful measure of whether your child is at the skill level required by the CAPS documents. These skills will be similar across curriculums.

Our assessments are aligned with the CAPS requirements. Most homeschooling curriculums exceed this standard. This means that your child should be competent in the basic categories of each subject, and will already be familiar with the content in the assessments.

Our assessments are carefully crafted to allow us to pinpoint your child's educational progress. As such, some questions may be easy and others may be challenging. Our assessments are not pass/fail based (like an exam). Instead, the results will highlight key areas that may need improving.

Yes! All of our assessments are available either online (through our convenient online portal), or PDF format. You are welcome to print the PDF assessment out, and send it back to us when you are done.

The DBE requires reports by competent assessors at the end of the junior, intermediate and senior phases (grades 3, 6, and 9). We are working to make assessments for additional grades available soon. Grades 6 is in the works (we hope to have them available by the end of November) and Grade 9 will become available next year.

While we do not currently have other grades available, the plan is to make assessments available as a pdf for the in-between grades soon (i.e not the end of phase grades). These will be available for download with the option of being marked by either the parents, or being returned to us for review.