> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.gradingpal.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Track standards mastery > Read the mastery levels on the class Standards tab, and see the evidence behind any one of them. export const updated_0 = "19 September 2026" export const page_0 = "/teachers/insights/mastery" Mastery is layer two of Standards. It's off by default, and until you turn it on the Standards tab shows class averages with no mastery language anywhere. ## Where it lives Open the class and select **Standards**. With **Track standards mastery** on, a **Mastery / Scores** toggle appears, and **By standard / By student** pivots the grid. ## The levels The names depend on the scale you chose. On the default **4-level performance scale** they are **Below**, **Approaching**, **Meets** and **Exceeds**. Until a student has enough graded work on a standard, the cell reads **Insufficient evidence** with a count, such as "2 of 3". Three graded evidence points is the default minimum; you can change it. Three tiles at the top summarise the class: **Standards on track**, **Students needing support** (at the lowest level on two or more standards), and **Insufficient evidence**. ## The evidence trail Select any cell to open the **Evidence trail**. It shows the student's level, a chart of how it moved, **How this was calculated** with the roll-up method and the count of evidence points, and every graded item that contributed: the assignment, the criterion or question, the score, the assessment category and its weight. **View submission** opens the work itself. ## Assessment purpose Each assignment can carry an **Assessment purpose**, set under **Settings > Standards**, which maps to a category and its weight. A 2× category counts twice as much toward mastery; a 0× category still appears in the trail but never moves the level. The presets are **Summative / Formative** and **Practice → Final**. ## Overrides From the evidence trail, **Set level** or **Change level** lets you set a student's level yourself, with a reason such as "Re-assessed one-on-one after the exam". The cell then reads **set by teacher**, and **Revert to computed** puts the calculation back. **Adjust** on one piece of evidence changes what that result counts as toward the standard without touching the grade on the assignment. ## What this does not mean * **Turning mastery on doesn't regrade anything.** It fills in from work already graded. * **A class average is not a mastery level.** The Scores view shows averages; the Mastery view shows levels with thresholds, weights and a minimum. Conflating the two is the most common confusion in the feature. * **Changing the settings doesn't keep the old levels.** "Previous calculated levels are not saved." ## What to read next The settings behind the levels. Something to take to a conference.

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