The studies and assessment are based on the Finnish national core curriculum and its objectives. During the studies we are also using the IB Language Acquisition criteria. - Emergent level with the 7th graders and the Capable level criteria with the 8-9th graders (A2-language). These criteria are used as one way of ensuring varied assessment methods. They can be used as such or the teacher can create a task specific assessment rubric based on them.
Even the work during the lessons, completing the homework etc. are a part of the assessment. When assessing the lesson work, the teacher follows the Ressu guidelines for assessing working.
In optional languages the student has even a possibility to choose a grade "passed" instead of the numeric grade for their final report card.