How mastery tracking works

Mastery tracking answers one question: for this student, which topics are solid and which still need work? Rather than leaving that judgement in a tutor's memory, every topic in the curriculum carries an explicit status on the student's profile.

The four statuses

• Not assessed — no evidence yet. This is the starting state for every topic.
• Gap — the student attempted work on this topic and the results indicate it is not yet understood.
• Developing — partial evidence of understanding, typically inconsistent results across items.
• Mastered — results support moving on, though the status can move back if later work contradicts it.

What updates a status

Diagnostics feed the tracker directly, which is why a readiness check at intake is worth the session time. After that, each assessment updates the topics its questions map to. Assessment items are linked to specific skills, so a single test can raise one topic and flag another.

Paper scores count too. When a session happens in person, entering the scores updates the same tracker that online submissions do — the delivery mode is a flag on the session, not a separate system.

Using it to plan

Because gaps are already listed, session planning starts from evidence instead of guesswork. When adaptive practice is enabled, it can rank the next items by the skills a student is least likely to know. A tutor can also keep a fixed order when a specific sequence matters more.