Aptem Assess

Overview

Aptem Assess is a cognitive assessment tool that identifies whether a learner has learning support needs. Learners complete the assessment and receive a report highlighting areas where additional support may be needed.

Aptem Assess provides the following benefits:

• Embeds the cognitive assessment as an onboarding step, keeping learners within the workflow.
• Provides an adaptive, mobile-friendly interface that is quicker to complete than comparable tools.
• Generates a summary report for learners who require support, with guidance on adapting learning activities and making reasonable adjustments for EPA (End-Point Assessment).
• Removes the administrative overhead of managing a separate assessment system.

Getting started

Some Aptem Assess features are available to customers on all new packaging tiers. Additional features are available to Enterprise customers only. If you have not yet moved to the new packaging tiers, the cognitive assessment is an additional paid-for service.

For more information on getting started with Aptem Assess or about pricing tiers, contact your Customer Success Manager.

Using Aptem Assess

This section covers Aptem Assess features available to customers on all new packaging tiers.

Add an assessment to the onboarding wizard

Once Aptem Assess has been enabled for your tenant, administrators can add an assessment to all learners on a programme by adding it as an onboarding step.

1. Select the Onboarding token.
2. Scroll down and select Add assessment step.
   
3. Navigate to the new step. In the configuration tab, select Aptem Assessment from the dropdown.
   
4. Select Confirm.
5. To rename the step, select the pencil icon and enter a new name. To reorder steps, use the arrows on the right. Some steps are dependent on others, so certain orderings are not permitted — a warning is displayed if you create an invalid order.

Completing the cognitive assessment

Once a learner has been assigned an assessment, they will receive instructions explaining what to expect and how to complete it. A Cognitive assessment notification also appears on the Requires attention card on their dashboard.

If the assessment is part of onboarding, the learner must complete it before they can progress to the next onboarding step.

Starting the assessment

Learners see a welcome screen with instructions and must select Continue to begin. If a learner does not complete the assessment and returns to onboarding later, they will need to start the assessment again from the beginning.

The assessment

The Aptem Assess assessment consists of eight testlets:

1. Symbols
2. Similar Words
3. Number Recall
4. Picture Completion
5. Fake Words
6. Missing Numbers
7. Object
8. Shapes and Colours

Notes

• Each testlet has a short diagnostic version and a longer version.
• The learner begins with the diagnostic version. If they meet the pass threshold within the time allowed, they move to the next testlet's diagnostic version. If not, they complete the longer version of the same testlet.
• If the learner closes or refreshes the page during the assessment, they will need to restart from the beginning.
• Once the learner completes the assessment, the Start assessment button is disabled.
• For information about testlet thresholds, see Aptem Assess testlet thresholds.

Viewing the cognitive assessment report

You can view the learner's assessment status and report from their learner profile. Navigate to the Learning support tab on the Learner profile screen.

The cognitive assessment report provides:

• Whether a learning support need has been identified in any of the eight cognitive areas assessed.
• For each identified area, what adjustments should be considered within the learning plan.
• For each identified area, what adjustments should be considered for the End-Point Assessment (EPA).

The report also shows the assessment date, the learner's age at the time of assessment, the assessment category, the result, and the quality score.

The assessment category helps learning support teams identify appropriate next steps for each learner. For more information, see Aptem Assess categorisation.

The quality score assesses the learner's answering patterns and engagement during the assessment. A low quality score may indicate that the learner did not engage carefully (for example, selecting the first answer to every question). A high quality score indicates the learner paid attention throughout. This helps administrators identify results that may not accurately reflect the learner's support needs. For more information, see Aptem Assess quality score calculations.

Cognitive areas that require support can be expanded to view the relevant details, including recommended adjustments for the learning plan and for EPA.

Enterprise-only features

This section covers Aptem Assess features available to Enterprise customers only.

Contact your Customer Success Manager for more information on pricing tiers.