The assessment is continuous and integrated. "Continuous" means that assessment takes place throughout the course. "Integrated" means that each assessed component contributes to the overall grade and that any one assessed component can cover a number of topics and objectives in the syllabus.

There are three components which are assessed:

• teaching practice
• written assignments
• professional development

At the end of the course, candidates are awarded either a PASS A, PASS B or PASS grade. For more information on the grades please refer to the syllabus which can be found on the Cambridge ESOL website