Tests Reporting

Performance Levels

Divide the score range into named bands — like Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced — so every result carries a meaningful level instead of a bare number, in reports, tables, and exports.

Updated 2026/07/13

Performance levels divide the score range into named bands — “Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced”, “A1–C2”, “Needs Improvement / Meets / Exceeds” — so every result carries a meaningful label instead of a bare percentage. A 68% means little to a hiring manager; “Upper Intermediate” communicates instantly.

Building the Level Scale

  1. Open the test's reporting settings and enable Performance Levels.
  2. Define your levels: each level has a name and a score range (from–to, as a percentage of the maximum score).
  3. Cover the whole 0–100% range without gaps or overlaps — the visualization shows the bands side by side so holes are immediately visible.

Example scale for a language placement test: 0–20% Starter · 21–40% Elementary · 41–60% Intermediate · 61–80% Upper Intermediate · 81–100% Advanced.

How Levels Appear

  • On score reports — the level name is displayed with the score (and to candidates, if your report template includes it).
  • In session results tables and exports — filter or group candidates by level.

Designing Good Bands

  • Name levels in the vocabulary your report readers use — CEFR grades for language tests, competency labels for HR.
  • Don't over-slice: 3–5 bands are readable; 8 bands imply precision the test rarely has.
  • Validate band edges against a pilot cohort's distribution so the labels match reality.
Levels, Pass/Fail, and Interpretations are complementary layers on the same score: the level names the band, pass/fail states the decision, and an interpretation adds explanatory text for the band. Use any combination.
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