Exams that grade themselves.
Knowledge checks, screening tests, and standards-based certification — automatically scored into a clear pass/fail outcome, delivered securely under your brand.
Who examines on Ascent
Training providers
Turn a course into a graded assessment with an automatic pass/fail outcome — no manual marking for closed questions.
Professional bodies
Run standards-based certification against your own criteria, with consistent scoring every candidate is held to.
Compliance & onboarding
Screen candidates or verify policy understanding, and keep a scored, tenant-isolated record of every attempt.
Consistent, defensible scoring.
Every candidate is scored against the same rules — no marker drift, no spreadsheet. A rating band converts the mark into a Pass/Merit/Distinction outcome you define.
Author the exam
Mix single- and multi-choice, matrix grids, and ranking questions with free-text where judgment is needed. Each answer option carries its own score and weight.
Score it automatically
The automated model rolls answers up to an overall mark; a rating band turns that mark into a clear Pass / Merit / Distinction outcome with the feedback text you write for each band.
Deliver it securely
Every attempt is tenant-isolated, admins are protected by TOTP MFA, and each respondent runs through their own resumable session — so results are attributable and tamper-resistant.
Grade the judgment calls
For written answers, AI Interpret scores the response against your rubric so open questions don't force a return to manual marking — or route them to a human assessor when stakes are high.
Pass / fail rating bands
A band maps the overall mark to an outcome and the exact feedback each candidate should read.
Objective + judgment
Closed questions score instantly; written answers go to AI Interpret or a human assessor.
Attributable records
Each attempt is a scored, tenant-isolated response tied to its respondent.
Related: scoring models, rating bands, and security.
Build a self-grading exam.
Start free — author, score, and deliver under your own brand.