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What are assessments in Kodable Basics?

Track progress and support every student with built-in assessments in Kodable Basics.

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Written by Danielle Schulte
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What Are Assessments in Kodable Basics?

Assessments in Kodable Basics are built right into the learning experience. As students complete missions and learn new coding concepts, they’ll encounter special levels with colorful stars (instead of the usual yellow ones) that check their understanding—no extra setup required.

Assessments help you:

  • Measure student understanding without hints

  • Automatically provide extra practice when needed

  • See who’s mastering key coding concepts at a glance

How Assessments Work

Course Missions

In Kodable Basics, students explore galaxies and complete interactive missions that introduce and reinforce coding concepts. Before each assessment, they move through adaptive practice levels that adjust to their performance.

Students earn one of four coding badges as they progress:

  • Beginner

  • Intermediate

  • Advanced

  • Mastery

Assessment Levels

At the end of each mission, students face an assessment level—a challenge that checks for understanding of the concept just learned.

Here’s what makes these assessments unique:

  • No hints – Ensures students solve independently, giving you an honest snapshot of their understanding.

  • All-stars scoring – Students must earn all stars in the level to demonstrate mastery.

If a student doesn’t pass, Kodable automatically provides Free Play mode with extra practice.

Free Play

Kodable automatically supports struggling students with extra practice:

  • Students enter Free Play to retry similar puzzles

  • Once they build confidence, they can retake the assessment

  • No intervention needed from you—it’s all built in!

View Progress on the Teacher Dashboard

Keep track of student progress easily from your Teacher Dashboard. You’ll see how students are doing in each course, who’s earned which badges, and view progress in Basics and Creator.

To check progress:

  1. Go to the "My Classes" page.

  2. Select the class you want to view.

  3. Click the "Progress" tab.

Want to dig deeper?

Click on a student’s name to see:

  • Lessons they've passed

  • Stars earned in each level

  • Any extra practice completed

  • Assessment results

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