What is Cambridge Lower Secondary Checkpoint and what is it used for?

What is Cambridge Lower Secondary Checkpoint?

Cambridge Lower Secondary Checkpoint is a series of assessments designed to assess learners at the end of the Cambridge Lower Secondary programme. It enables schools to obtain an international benchmark of learner performance to identify and address learning needs.

For English, English as a Second Language, Mathematics and Science, Cambridge Lower Secondary Checkpoint tests are fully marked by Cambridge International. The Cambridge Lower Secondary Checkpoint assessment for Global Perspectives is an individual Research Report. Teachers mark the work and Cambridge moderates the marking.

What can Cambridge Lower Secondary Checkpoint be used for?

There are a number of ways in which Cambridge Lower Secondary Checkpoint can be used. Some of these are outlined below:

• To help learners understand more about their strengths and weaknesses at the end of Cambridge Lower Secondary and prior to upper secondary education.
• To help teachers, parents and learners identify strengths and weaknesses, which can then act as a basis for cooperative action planning.
• To enable teachers and schools to help learners make the most of their educational opportunities.
• To give schools an international benchmark of learner performance to identify and address learning needs.