What Is a Learning Passport?

A learning passport is a record of a learner's progress that builds up over time, topic by topic, from the work they actually do. A school report usually summarises a learner's formal assessment for a term or reporting period. A learning passport answers a more specific question: which parts of the subject are solid right now, and which need more practice?

The term is used in different ways by different organisations. This guide explains the general idea first, then how the ReClass Learning Passport works.

What a learning passport tracks

The core of a learning passport is a per-topic picture rather than a single mark. In Grade 9 Mathematics, for example, a learner might be comfortable with algebraic expressions but still unsure about data handling. A single subject mark can hide that difference. A per-topic record can make that difference easier to see.

A useful learning passport records three things for each topic:

• How well the learner is doing, based on the questions they have answered.
• How much evidence that rests on, because one question says very little.
• Which way it is moving, so a topic that is improving looks different from one that is slipping.

How it differs from a school report

A school report and a learning passport answer different questions, and one doesn't replace the other.

• A school report summarises formal assessment over a term: tests, assignments and exams, marked by the school. It is the official record.
• A learning passport is built from everyday learning: practice questions, short checks and homework. It changes as the learner works, not only at the end of a term.

That makes a learning passport most useful between reports, while there is still time to act on what it shows.

Where the evidence comes from

A learning passport is only as good as the evidence behind it. On ReClass, the Learning Passport draws on:

• Learning Checks: short, curriculum-aligned checks for a subject, where one is available for the learner's grade.
• Practice and quizzes: topic practice, and quizzes or checks set around tutoring sessions.
• Homework Assist: each question a learner works through step by step is recorded as evidence for its topic.

A topic only gets a score once it has at least three pieces of evidence, so one lucky or unlucky answer never defines it. Recent work counts more heavily than older work, so the picture can reflect more recent learning.

What the ReClass Learning Passport shows

For each topic with enough evidence, the Passport shows an understanding level and a band:

• Strong: 70% or higher.
• Developing: 50% to 69%.
• Making progress: developing, and trending upwards.
• Needs support: below 50%.

It also highlights a current focus: the scored topic, across subjects, that currently needs the most attention, with suggested next steps.

Who can see it

A learner can see their own Passport, and a parent sees it for their child on the parent dashboard. A tutor can see it only once the family has booked a session with them, or when a tutoring centre on ReClass has assigned the learner to them. That way a session can start where the learner actually needs help.

Why parents might find it useful

A mark tells you how a learner did on one assessment. A per-topic record helps with the next question: what to practise now. It can help you see:

• a topic that may need more attention even when the overall mark looks fine;
• whether a topic's evidence is improving over time;
• which topics may be useful to discuss with a teacher or tutor.

It can't tell you everything. A learning passport reflects the work a learner does on the platform, so a topic they haven't worked on yet simply won't appear. And it is a guide to what to practise, not a diagnosis of why a learner finds something hard.

What happens next

Families can start with a free, short Learning Check, where one is available for the learner's grade and subject, to begin building the Passport's evidence. After that, practice and Homework Assist keep it up to date.

• How the ReClass Learning Passport works
• How to identify learning gaps
• How to track your child's learning progress