Gradebook & continuous assessment.
The teacher's daily surface. Where scores enter the platform, multi-grading systems coexist peacefully, and every change has a name attached to it.
- 9user stories
- 8features
- 5cross-module bridges
- ≈14 minto read
The problem#
A teacher writes 75 in the paper register. The report card prints 57. The parent calls. Nobody can prove which number was right — and the term is over. Spreadsheets lose formulas. WhatsApp screenshots argue with each other. Two teachers share a subject and submit conflicting averages.
The school's most-watched number — your students' grades — lives in the place where errors are hardest to catch.
How YESS solves it#
One gradebook per (teacher × subject × class), built by the teacher who actually teaches it. Every score is timestamped, signed, auditable. Multi-teacher subjects split scores by assessment component without conflict.
The grading system (GCE 0-20, IB 1-7, GPA 4.0, custom) is the school's choice — and the same school can run two systems in two programmes side by side. Parents see CA scores through the term, not just the report card. Edits require a reason and an approver.
The number on the report card is the number the teacher entered. Never more, never less.
The eight features.#
Pick one from the rail on the left. Read what it does, see the teacher behind it, look at the screen, learn the steps. One feature at a time — your own pace.
Feature 01
The teacher's gradebook
What it does. A teacher opens her gradebook for Form 5B Biology and sees every student in the class. She enters scores against the assessment components she set up at the start of the term (CA1, CA2, Mid-Term, Final). The system auto-calculates percentages, letter grades from the configured grading system, and a running class average. A red warning appears if she enters a mark above the maximum.
How to use it
- 01Open the gradebook for the subject + class.
- 02Pick the assessment component (e.g., CA1).
- 03Type the score directly into each student's row, or paste from a spreadsheet.
- 04Save — the row publishes immediately to the student's portal and the parent's app.
- 05Shift+Click to bulk-fill ranges; Tab to move to the next student.
A term, from CA1 to report card
Term start
- Teachers set up gradebooks (components, weights).
- Teachers enter CA1 marks (weeks 3-4).
- Parents see CA1 on the portal the moment teachers save.
- Teachers enter CA2 marks (weeks 6-7).
- Parents see the cumulative CA running average.
- Mid-term exams; mid-term progress reports go home.
- Teachers enter CA3 marks (weeks 9-10).
- Final exams (weeks 11-12).
- Exam eligibility check: fees current? attendance ≥80%?
- Marks entered (paper) or auto-graded (online).
- Teachers submit grades for approval.
- HOD reviews; approves or requests corrections.
- Admin generates report cards.
- Class teacher comment.
- Principal remarks.
- Report cards published; parents notified.
- Promotion engine runs.
Term end
Where this connects
What makes this elite
- 01
Multi-grading-system coexistence
GCE 0-20 alongside IB 1-7 alongside GPA 4.0 in the same school. No competitor we surveyed (PowerSchool, Classter, Alma, Gibbon) supports concurrent grading systems with this fluency.
- 02
Immutable grade-edit audit trail
Every change carries a name, a timestamp, a reason, and an approver. No admin can delete the trail. Mandatory justification, end of story.
- 03
Rubric grading visible to students
The student doesn't just see a number — she sees which criterion lost her marks. Rubrics raise the bar from "fair grading" to "instructive grading."
- 04
Multi-teacher splits without conflict
Two teachers sharing a subject each own their components; the system combines correctly. Most competitors collapse to one teacher per subject row.
- 05
Parents see CA scores live
No "wait for the report card." Every save is published; the term's trajectory is visible from week 3 onward.