> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://educontroldoc.pixelspectivetech.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Assessments and marks entry

> Setting up continuous assessment and exams, entering marks quickly, and recording an absent pupil honestly.

## Components and their weights

A subject's final mark is built from weighted components. A new school starts with the standard Ghanaian split:

| Component   | Weight |
| ----------- | ------ |
| Class Score | 50%    |
| Exam Score  | 50%    |

Weights are held in basis points and **must total 10,000** — that is, exactly 100%. The system checks the set rather than trusting arithmetic, so a misconfigured scheme is refused rather than quietly producing marks that are all slightly wrong.

Change the split if your school weights differently — 40/60 is common. What you cannot do is leave it not adding up.

## Creating assessments

Within a component, create the individual pieces of work: class tests, homework, projects, the end-of-term paper. Each carries its own maximum score, so a test out of 20 and a paper out of 100 sit together correctly.

<Tip>
  Create the term's assessments at the start, not as you go. Teachers entering marks find an empty grid waiting for them, and you avoid the end-of-term rush of creating a test and entering its marks in the same sitting.
</Tip>

## Entering marks

The gradebook is a grid built for speed: move with the keyboard, paste a column from a spreadsheet, and see percentages and grades calculate as you type.

Half marks are supported — 7.5 is a valid score.

A score cannot be negative, and cannot exceed the assessment's maximum. Entering 85 on a test out of 20 is refused with a message saying so.

## Absent is not zero

<Warning>
  A pupil who missed a test is marked **absent**, not given a zero. These are different states and EduControl stores them separately.

  A zero says the pupil sat the paper and scored nothing. That is a claim about their work, and if it is not true it produces an aggregate and a class position the school cannot defend to a parent.
</Warning>

An unentered mark is a third state again — nobody has recorded anything yet. The grid shows you which pupils are still missing marks, which is how a form master knows the class is not yet ready.

## Who enters what

Subject teachers enter marks for the subjects they teach. The form master sees the whole class across every subject, which is what lets them check the class is complete before marking it Ready.

## Who can do this

The `enter_marks` permission.