Entering test scores

Monitors, supervisors, and administrators enter PACE test scores from Grading, then Score Entry. The page has a Single tab for one score at a time, a Batch tab for entering several scores in one pass, and a Prior PACE tab for recording PACEs a student finished before joining Zion.

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Single entry

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Entering already-moderated marks

If the student is at a grade the school moderates (Grade 8 and up by default), a checkbox appears: “Enter already-moderated marks.” Turning it on replaces the single score field with three: the first mark, the internal mark, and an optional external mark, so a school that already marked the test on paper can key in all three straight from the paper record. The score finalizes right away using the internal mark, and skips the moderation queue entirely. Because the marks were already decided on paper, one person can enter all three; this is the one place score entry does not require a different person to moderate.

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Batch entry

The batch tab lets you enter multiple scores in one session instead of repeating the single-entry flow for each student. Each row still runs through the same checks: score range, test date, PACE assignment, and duplicate checks apply per row.

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Prior PACE entry

Use the Prior PACE tab to record PACEs a student completed before joining Zion, for mid-year onboarding.

• One PACE: record a single PACE for one student, with the date they actually completed it.
• Multiple PACEs: onboard a student’s entire backlog of finished PACEs at once.
• Activity PACEs: mark score-less activity PACEs (mostly at the earliest readiness levels) done in bulk, with a completion date and no score.

A prior PACE entry finalizes immediately, since it documents work already completed outside Zion. It still respects a closed academic term: you cannot backdate an entry into a term your school has locked. If the student already had this PACE assigned, entering a passing prior score keeps the date they were originally assigned it.

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Pass/fail feedback

As soon as a score is entered, Zion calculates a pass threshold from the student’s grade level and shows pass or fail immediately. An administrator can move the grade cutoff between these two bands from the Moderation Queue page. A failing PACE Test or Final Test score notifies the student’s centre supervisors, monitors, and administrators that a retest is needed. A failing Self Test does not trigger this notification, since a Self Test is an ungraded readiness check.

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Duplicate detection

Zion blocks a duplicate entry for the same student, PACE, test type, and attempt number. The check runs before submission and is also enforced underneath, so a duplicate cannot slip through even from two people entering the same score at once. An entry is not blocked when it is a different test type for the same PACE, a retest (attempt number 2 or higher), or a different term. If you hit a duplicate error, check whether the score was already entered before retrying. To correct an existing score, contact your administrator.

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Possible duplicate students

When you pick a student, Zion is only matching what you selected. Duplicate detection for the roster itself (the same child added twice under a different school ID) happens when a student is created or imported, not here. See Student roster overview.

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Rejected scores

If an internal moderator rejects a score instead of entering their own mark, it comes back to the original grader with a rejection reason, shown in the Rejected Scores section of this page. Re-entering the corrected score resubmits it for moderation, and the prior rejection no longer shows once the resubmission is logged. A score that has already been finalized can only be corrected by an administrator or supervisor as a documented exception, not by re-entering it here.

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