When it’s time to report on student progress, the workload can quickly add up – juggling assessments, comments, deadlines and expectations across year levels and subjects. But it doesn’t have to be a race to the finish line.
With Compass, schools are simplifying the entire reporting process – reducing duplication, improving consistency, and making student data easier to manage and more meaningful to share.
From the first assessment to the final report, here’s how Compass simplifies every step – and saves hours in the process.
1. Capture assessment data as you go
One of the most effective ways to reduce pressure at the end of term is to capture assessment data progressively. With the Learning Task module, teachers can manage assessment end-to-end in one place – from task creation to submission and feedback.
Teachers can:
- Create and schedule tasks aligned with curriculum outcomes.
- Accept student submissions electronically and communicate directly through the task.
- Organise due dates and automatically notify parents via Push Notifications and SMS if a task is overdue.
- Provide grades and qualitative feedback that students and parents can access at any time.
Because all assessment data is collected in-platform, it flows directly into Semester Reports and Student Progress Reports – reducing duplication and ensuring consistency.
2. Build clarity and consistency with rubrics
The Rubrics module in Compass helps schools create structured, consistent marking tools that integrate seamlessly into teaching and reporting. These rubrics can be customised to suit your curriculum and be reused across subjects or year levels.
With Compass Rubrics, schools can:
- Build and apply rubrics directly within Learning Tasks.
- Share rubrics across faculties to support moderation and consistency.
- Align assessment criteria with learning outcomes to improve feedback clarity.
- Automatically feed rubric results into the reporting process.
This reduces the time spent writing individual comments and ensures all teachers are speaking the same assessment language.
3. Turn assessment into polished reports
Semester Reports brings all assessment data into a single, professional reporting workflow. Designed to match your school’s structure and community needs, these reports can be customised in both format and content.
Schools can:
- Tailor report layouts to meet educational priorities and government requirements.
- Pull marks, comments and rubric results directly from Learning Tasks.
- Upload reports from previous school years to maintain full academic histories.
- Publish completed reports securely to parents and carers through the Compass portal.
This approach reduces manual formatting and helps ensure timely, accurate reporting every term.
4. Share timely updates with Student Progress Reports
Student Progress Reports support regular, structured feedback throughout the school year – offering a clearer view of student growth beyond formal assessment points.
With Compass, schools can:
- Create and publish mid-term or termly student updates.
- Include ongoing qualitative feedback on academic progress.
- Track and report on student effort and behaviour.
- Give parents a clearer, more regular understanding of their child’s development.
These reports not only support early intervention and meaningful conversations throughout the year – they also contribute to a longer-term record of growth, helping teachers and leaders track development over a student’s full journey at school.
5. Connect everything in one place
Compass functions as an integrated platform that unifies key school processes. By connecting learning tasks, assessment tools, communication, and reporting workflows, it helps streamline effort and reduce repetitive tasks across the school.
Instead of navigating between disconnected systems or duplicating work across platforms, teachers can support learning from start to finish within one connected environment – from setting expectations and tracking progress to providing feedback and sharing outcomes. For school leaders, this means more dependable information, fewer missed details, and greater clarity when it comes to supporting staff and students.
Compass also works alongside the learning and co-curricular tools your school already uses, bringing that information into a shared environment. Whether it’s an LMS or a program used to record student involvement in sport, leadership or enrichment, Compass brings that information together – helping staff access a more complete and timely picture of each student’s development, without needing to move between systems.
When key data is connected across teams, schools can collaborate more effectively, respond sooner, and support student growth with greater confidence.
A smarter, more connected way to report
From setting assessments to sharing final reports, Compass gives schools a more efficient and consistent way to manage reporting – reducing workload and strengthening communication with families.
By connecting the dots across Learning Tasks, Rubrics, Semester Reports and Student Progress Reports, Compass simplifies the entire process – so teachers can focus less on admin, and more on what really matters: student learning.
Want to see it in action? Book a demo and learn more about Learning management and reporting with Compass.
