Computer Based Testing | Gagner for Schools

Build an assessment your way

Three ways to build your question bank.

Creating a CBT assessment does not have to mean starting from scratch. Questions can be entered manually, generated with AI, or uploaded in bulk from an Excel spreadsheet. All three feed into the same question bank, so a teacher can combine methods instead of being forced into one workflow.

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Write them yourself

Create questions directly inside Gagner for Schools and have complete control over the wording, answers, marks, and structure.

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Generate with AI

Give the system the subject, topic, and class level, and AI helps create questions suited to the assessment, verified before they ever reach an exam.

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Upload from Excel

Already have a question bank? Upload it in bulk instead of entering every question one by one.

Speed, without cutting corners

AI that helps create questions, with verification built in.

AI can make assessment creation significantly faster, but speed should never come at the expense of accuracy. Questions generated by Gagner for Schools' AI do not simply go straight into an examination.

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AI generates the questions

From the subject, topic, and class level a teacher gives it, matched to the same curriculum foundation the rest of the platform runs on.

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A separate verification pass checks it

Generated content passes through a dedicated check before it becomes part of an assessment, an additional step between AI generation and student use, not a rubber stamp.

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The teacher stays in control

Teachers remain in control of the final assessment and can review every question before it is ever used with students.

More than multiple choice

Real examinations do not always fit one format.

Gagner for Schools' CBT supports both objective and theory questions, so a single assessment can reflect how a school already examines students, without reducing everything to a multiple-choice test.

Objective Questions

Marked instantly

Multiple choice, digital

Students work through objective questions on-screen, marked and scored the moment they submit, no manual grading required.

Mixed freely with theory

A single assessment can carry objective questions alongside written or essay-style ones, in whatever mix a school's own exams already use.

Theory Questions

Reviewed by the teacher

Written responses, kept together

Theory answers are captured digitally alongside the objective section, not scattered across separate scripts to be collected and sorted by hand.

Marked individually by the teacher

Every theory response is reviewed and marked individually, keeping human judgment exactly where it belongs.

Every exam, its own rules

The exam follows the rules the school sets.

Teachers and administrators define how an assessment behaves before students ever begin it, so different assessments can run under entirely different conditions.

Duration & Timing

Set exactly how long the examination runs, down to the minute.

Question Mix

Determine how many objective and theory questions each student receives.

Shuffled Order

Choose whether questions appear in a different order for each student.

Result Visibility

Show a score immediately after submission, or hold results until ready to release.

A focused exam experience

Everything a student needs, nothing that distracts them.

When an examination begins, Gagner for Schools moves the student into a dedicated testing environment. It is designed to feel like an examination, not a casual online form.

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Question Navigator

See at a glance which questions are answered, unanswered, or flagged for a second look.

A Visible Countdown

Remaining time is always on screen, and changes colour as it runs low.

Answers Saved Automatically

Progress is saved as a student works, not only at final submission.

Built with examination integrity in mind

A digital exam needs more than a timer.

Gagner for Schools' CBT includes controls designed to detect common behaviours that can be used to leave the examination environment or access outside assistance, detected while the assessment is taking place, not just reviewed afterwards.

Leaving Fullscreen Mode

Exiting the dedicated exam window is detected immediately.

Switching Tabs or Apps

Moving to another browser tab or application is flagged.

Right-Click & Browser Menus

Attempts to access browser functions are blocked and logged.

Copy, Cut & Paste

Moving content in or out of the exam window is not allowed.

Opening Developer Tools

An attempt to open browser dev tools is detected on the spot.

Losing Window Focus

Focus moving away from the examination window is monitored.

Warning, with a way back

First attempt

The student receives a clear warning explaining that the examination environment has been interrupted. A ten-second countdown gives them the chance to return to the assessment.

Automatically submitted

Second attempt

If the behaviour happens again, the examination is automatically submitted using the student's current answers. The student knows exactly what happened, rather than an incident being recorded silently.

Different students, different question orders.

When question shuffling is enabled, Gagner for Schools can randomise the order of questions for each student. The assessment stays the same, but the sequence differs from one student to another, making it harder for students sitting beside each other to simply follow the same sequence.

For schools running assessments in computer labs or shared environments, this adds a layer of examination control without requiring teachers to build multiple versions of the same test by hand.

Highest score: 98 Lowest score: 41

Results that tell teachers more than a score.

Once an assessment is complete, teachers and administrators can move beyond individual scores to see the highest and lowest results and the full distribution across the class.

If most students performed well, the topic may have been understood. If scores cluster at the lower end, it may point to a class that needs more teaching, practice, or revision. The result becomes another source of information, not just a number attached to a student.

One connected workflow

One assessment, from creation to results.

Schools do not need one system for creating questions, another for delivering the exam, another for collecting answers, and another for analysing results. The assessment stays in one place from start to finish.

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Create or import questions

Written by hand, generated with AI, or uploaded from Excel, feeding one shared question bank.

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Configure the assessment

Duration, question mix, shuffling, and when results become visible, all set before students begin.

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Students take the exam

Inside a dedicated, monitored testing environment built to keep attention on the assessment.

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Answers saved automatically

Progress is recorded throughout, reducing the risk of losing completed work along the way.

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The system records what's completed

Objective answers are marked instantly; theory responses wait for individual teacher review.

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Results are ready to review

Individual scores and class-wide analytics are available to teachers and administrators.

Who sees what

School-wide visibility for administrators. The normal process for parents.

We would rather describe exactly how this works today than overstate it.

Live today, for administrators

Visibility across the school

Administrators can see assessments across the whole school, without relying on individual teachers to compile and share results manually.

One connected academic system

CBT connects to the rest of Gagner for Schools, curriculum, students, teachers, and academic records, rather than sitting apart as a separate examination tool.

For parents

Through the normal results process

A parent's visibility into their child's CBT performance depends on the school formally publishing that result through the normal report card and result delivery process, the same SMS, email, and parent portal result flow used for every other assessment, rather than seeing CBT scores appear live the moment a child submits.

See the full CBT workflow for yourself.

Book a twenty-minute demo and we will walk you through building a question bank, configuring an exam, and reviewing results, end to end.

Exams, built for the way schools actually run them.