AI assessment for early childhood education competency
Rubric-graded, human signed-off. Not a quiz generator.
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Scorafy is the assessment-feedback layer for early childhood education training. It reads a student's observations, planning documents, reflective writing and uploaded video, audio or files, then scores them against your own rubric with cited evidence taken from the submission. A qualified assessor reviews every result and signs off before it is recorded, so no judgement is made by software alone. It is not an LMS or a student-management system - it handles grading and feedback alongside the tools you already use.
What you assess for early childhood education competency
- Planning and running a play-based learning experience linked to the Early Years Learning Framework
- Observing a child and documenting development accurately, then using the observation to plan a next step
- Supporting children's behaviour positively, including guiding interactions without shaming or punishment
- Child protection and duty of care, including recognising and responding to a disclosure or sign of harm
- Building respectful relationships with children and families, and communicating in a culturally safe way
A worked rubric criterion
You define the criteria and levels. Scorafy grades each answer against them, with the evidence.
Criterion
Uses an observation of a child to plan a developmentally appropriate next step
Why a quiz won't cut it
Working with young children is about observation, judgement and relationships, none of which a quiz can capture. You cannot tell from a multiple-choice answer whether a student writes a useful developmental observation, plans an experience that actually extends a child, or responds well to a disclosure. That lives in their writing and in what they do with children. Scorafy grades that open-ended evidence against your rubric, so the real practice is assessed.
Written, video, audio or file
Video adds a lot in early childhood education because so much of the competency is in the interaction with children. A student can upload a recording of themselves running a play experience or guiding a group, and Scorafy assesses the actual practice against your rubric rather than a written account of it. Uploaded planning documents and observation records are assessed alongside the recording.
A qualified person signs off
Scorafy drafts the scoring against your rubric and references the evidence. A qualified assessor reviews every result, overrides anything, and finalises it. The AI score is kept alongside the human-final score as an audit trail, so no decision is solely automated and every result can be explained.
Compliance and defensibility
Evidence in this field involves children and their families, so privacy and careful handling are central. Scorafy is built compliance-first under the GDPR and the EU AI Act. Because a competency decision in child-facing work matters, a qualified assessor reviews and signs off every result - there is no solely-automated decision. Every score keeps an audit trail showing the cited evidence and the assessor who confirmed it, which is what you need at validation and audit.
Frequently asked questions
Can Scorafy assess a video of a student running a play experience with children?
Yes. A student can upload a recording of a play-based experience or guiding a group, and Scorafy assesses the practice against your rubric, citing the moments that support each judgement. An assessor then reviews and signs off.
Can the rubric reference the Early Years Learning Framework?
Yes. You write the rubric, so it can require students to link observations and planning to the framework learning outcomes you teach. Scorafy grades the evidence against those criteria and shows the reasoning behind each score.
How is evidence involving children handled?
Scorafy is built compliance-first under the GDPR and EU AI Act, with an audit trail on every result. You set the rubric and your assessors control what is recorded, so evidence involving children and families is handled within your existing privacy obligations.
Is Scorafy a student-management system for our childcare course?
No. Scorafy is the assessment-feedback layer. It grades open-ended evidence and gives feedback against your rubric, and it works alongside the LMS or student-management system you already run.
See it on your own rubric
Start free, build one rubric, and run a real submission through it before you decide.