School-Based Assessments

At Springfield, we believe assessments should do more than evaluate performance, they should help Springfielders learn from feedback, embrace growth, and strive towards becoming better versions of themselves.

Assessment Schedules

Important Information for School-Based Assessments

Make-Up Assessment Policy

• Weighted Assessments (WA). Students who miss a WA due to valid reasons, such as medical leave supported by a medical certificate, are required to sit for a make-up assessment within five school days of the original paper. The marks obtained for the make-up assessment will be reflected in the result slip.

• Preliminary Examinations / End-of-Year Examinations (EYEs). No make-up papers will be conducted for the Preliminary Examinations and EYEs. Students absent from an examination must submit a valid Medical Certificate (MC) issued by a medical practitioner registered under the Singapore Medical Council. 

• You may verify the list of registered practitioners via Singapore Medical Council Practitioner List: https://go.gov.sg/smc-practitionerlist.

Integrity of Examinations

• Any form of improper conduct or misbehaviour during the examination (e.g., talking, disturbing other candidates, disobeying instructions from examination personnel) is strictly prohibited.

• Students are expected to bring their own stationery, including dictionaries and mathematical instruments for the examination. Borrowing is strictly not allowed, including from teachers before the examination starts.

• Acts of dishonesty, including cheating or supporting dishonest acts, will not be tolerated. Consequences may include: disqualification from the examination(s), expulsion from the examination premises, refusal of entry for subsequent papers, and/or annulment of results (i.e., zero marks awarded).

Other Important Reminders

• Students must not have the following items in their possession:

• Unauthorised electronic, communication, smart or computerised devices in your possession. This includes, but is not limited to: Personal Learning Device, eBook, Smart watch, Mobile phone and Earphones / Wireless earbuds.

• Unauthorised materials. This includes, but is not limited to: Question paper(s) from previous examinations, Writing paper, Sticky note, Book, Notes / reference materials, Conversion table / Formulae sheet in mathematical set or calculator cover 

• All stationery / belongings taken into the examination venue (e.g., pencil case, calculator(s), mathematical set, ruler) must not have any unauthorised notes / information written on them. Students are responsible for checking their belongings before entering.

• Communication or attempts to communicate with other candidate(s) / unauthorised person(s) during the examination (i.e., verbal communication, such as whispering or non-verbal, such as hand signals) is not allowed.

• Students should always face the front and not attempt to look around during the examination to avoid suspicion of dishonesty.

• Students must not flip open or turn over the question paper or start the examination until you are instructed to do so.

• Writing or drawing anything that is offensive or obscene in your answers is prohibited.

• Students must stop writing/working on your answers and close the answer booklet (if applicable) immediately when the invigilator makes the announcement to end the examination. 

• Students should lower your screen and cover/close your answer booklet(s) so that other candidates cannot see your screen / booklet during the exams. 

• Only approved calculators and dictionaries are allowed into the examination venue for examinations which allow the use of calculators and dictionaries.