Practice report metrics

Summary

The student sees the report for a Speaking practice when they finish, and so does their teacher. Since October 16, 2026, its figures follow these rules:

• The activity grade is built by section: words 25%, phrases 25% and interactive conversation 50%.
• The grade, practice time and counts combine all of the student’s attempts at the activity, not just the last one. An attempt is each practice of the activity: the first one, and each time the student practices it again after finishing it.
• A section the activity has and the student didn’t practice counts as 0. A section the activity doesn’t have doesn’t count, and its weight goes to the others.
• Grades are rounded with halves rounded up: 72.5 is shown as 73.

A grade calculated before that date keeps the previous rule until it is recalculated: see Grades calculated before October 16, 2026.

The “See how this report’s metrics are calculated” button, next to the report’s grade, opens this page. This document walks through the report from top to bottom, using the names shown on screen: first the figures in the header, then each section, and finally the file you download. Then it explains a grade’s details in Grades and what happens when there are several attempts.

Overall performance

This is the activity grade, from 0 to 100: the one in the report’s circle. It is also the “Final grade” in the section breakdown and, in Grades, the “Overall Score” in that grade’s details. It is calculated in four steps.

Grade for each section

A Speaking activity has up to three sections. Each one is worth the average of the criteria it measures.

Section	Criteria it measures	What counts
Words	Pronunciation and fluency	The best recording of each word
Phrases	Pronunciation and fluency	The best recording of each phrase
Interactive conversation	Pronunciation, fluency, grammar, vocabulary and cohesion	Each assessed turn by the student, across all their finished conversations in the activity

• The student can record each word and each phrase several times. Their best recording is the one with the highest score.
• A criterion that couldn’t be measured is left out of the average; a measured 0 does count.
• A conversation counts toward the grade when it ends, usually because the student finishes the practice; it also ends if the platform closes it because of an inappropriate message. Words and phrases count as soon as they are assessed, even if the practice is still open.

What each criterion measures is in Grading and tracking.

Share of the list practiced

For words and for phrases, the average is multiplied by the share of the list the student practiced. A word counts as practiced when at least one of its recordings has been assessed.

If they practiced 5 of the 10 words with an average of 90, the section is worth 90 × 5/10 = 45.

Only the activity’s current lists count: if a list was replaced, what was practiced only on the previous list doesn’t count. The conversation has no list: it is worth the average of its assessed turns.

Weight of each section

Section	Weight
Words	25%
Phrases	25%
Interactive conversation	50%

• Section not practiced. If the activity has the section and the student didn’t practice it, it is worth 0 and keeps its weight.
• Section the activity doesn’t have. It doesn’t count, and its weight is split among the others in the same proportion. In an activity without phrases, words weigh 1/3 and the conversation 2/3. In one without words or phrases, the conversation weighs 100%.

The screen shows those weights rounded, 33% and 67%, but the calculation uses the exact fraction: 70 × 2/3 = 46.67, not 70 × 0.67 = 46.9.

Sum and rounding

The grade is the sum of what each section contributes, that is, its value times its weight. Each step is calculated to two decimal places and the grade is shown without decimals. All rounding takes halves up.

Examples

The first three are activities with words, phrases and conversation.

What the student practiced	Calculation	Grade
Only the 10 words, with an average of 95	95 × 25% + 0 × 25% + 0 × 50% = 23.75	24
All the words with 79.45 and the conversation with 70.74; no phrases	79.45 × 25% + 0 × 25% + 70.74 × 50% = 19.86 + 0 + 35.37 = 55.23	55
The 10 words with 90, 6 of the 8 phrases with 80 and the conversation with 70	90 × 25% + (80 × 6/8) × 25% + 70 × 50% = 22.5 + 15 + 35 = 72.5	73
In an activity without phrases, all the words with 90 and the conversation with 70	90 × 1/3 + 70 × 2/3 = 30 + 46.67 = 76.67	77

Level, XP and practice time

Level

This is the activity’s CEFR level, for example B1: the level the activity is designed for, not an estimate of the student’s level. Grammar, vocabulary and cohesion are assessed against that level. If the activity has no level, a dash appears.

XP earned

These are the experience points this practice earned. It is not the sum of the XP from all attempts: each practice earns its own XP when it is graded.

• 50 points for the practice,
• plus the whole-number part of the activity grade: 72.5 contributes 72,
• plus 5 points per minute of practice, also without decimals. The minutes are how long this practice’s conversation lasted plus the length of the best recordings of the activity’s words and phrases.

Since October 16, 2026, each conversation counts for at most 24 hours in that calculation. This change does not recalculate XP that was already saved.

XP is 0 if this practice’s conversation has no assessed turns and the activity has no assessed words or phrases. When the grade changes because of another attempt or a recalculation by LingoQuesto, the XP already earned is kept; if it changes because something new from this practice was assessed, its XP is recalculated.

Practice time

This is the time the student spent practicing the activity, adding up all their attempts, including the ones they didn’t finish. It is the same time the student sees on the assignment card and the one shown in the grade’s details in Grades.

• It is shown in whole minutes: 15 minutes and 47 seconds is shown as 15.
• Each conversation counts for at most 24 hours, and the activity’s total never exceeds 24 hours for each conversation the student has in it. That is why a practice left open can still add up to a lot: with two conversations, up to 2,880 minutes.
• It can be greater than the sum of the “Your conversations” cards, which only show finished conversations.

Words, phrases and conversations

Words and phrases

“Words” counts the activity’s words the student practiced, adding up all their attempts: those on the current lists with at least one assessed recording. “Phrases” counts phrases the same way.

• It is the same number as in the section breakdown, for example “6 of 8 practiced”. A recorded word that hasn’t been assessed yet doesn’t count.
• If the activity has no words, the figure is 0 and the breakdown says “Not included in this activity”. The same goes for phrases.

Conversations

Counts the activity’s finished conversations, adding up all attempts, in which the student sent at least one message. A conversation in which they didn’t speak doesn’t count.

Section breakdown

Shows how the grade is calculated, section by section.

• Each card (Words, Phrases and Interactive conversation) shows the section’s average and the score for each measured criterion. It also says how much was practiced: “6 of 8 practiced” for words and phrases, or the assessed turns for the conversation.
• “Not practiced yet”: the activity has the section and the student didn’t practice it. It is worth 0.
• “Not included in this activity”: the activity doesn’t have the section. It doesn’t count.
• The “How the final grade is calculated” block shows, for each section, the value that goes into the calculation times its weight, and what it contributes; at the end, the final grade. If a section was partly practiced, it also shows where its value comes from, for example “45 = 90 × 5/10”.

A card’s percentage is the average of what was practiced. What goes into the grade is that average times the share of the list practiced: a words card with 90% and 5 of 10 practiced goes into the calculation as 45.

In a grade calculated before October 16, 2026, the “How the final grade is calculated” block doesn’t appear, and a “Not practiced yet” section didn’t count in that grade: see Grades calculated before October 16, 2026.

Your speaking skills

Shows the five criteria across the whole activity.

• Pronunciation and fluency combine words, phrases and the conversation. Each section is weighted by its duration: that of its recordings for words and phrases, and that of the conversation. Since the conversation is usually longer, it usually weighs more.
• Grammar, vocabulary and cohesion come from the conversation.
• Only criteria with a score greater than 0 appear.

The grade is not the average of these five criteria: it comes from the section breakdown. That is why the average of the bars may not match the overall performance.

Learning progress

“Words practiced” and “Phrases practiced” list the words and phrases that count as practiced, each with the score of its best recording.

• They are the ones counted in the “Words” and “Phrases” figures above, unless the student practiced, or the list changed, after the last time that grade was calculated: see Several attempts in the report.
• The breakdown section averages the pronunciation and fluency of those recordings, not the score shown in the list, so the list’s average may not match the section’s.

Your conversations

There is one card for each finished conversation in the activity, from all attempts.

• Each card has the grade for that conversation alone: the average of the criteria measured in its turns. It is not the activity grade.
• Cards with assessed turns also show how long that conversation lasted, up to a maximum of 24 hours.
• “Best” marks the conversation with the highest grade, and “Improved” the one that beat the previous one. The signed number next to the grade, for example “+5%”, is the difference from the grade of the previous assessed conversation. Only conversations with assessed turns are compared.
• “Conversation not assessed”: the student spoke, but no turn has been assessed yet or none could be assessed. It counts in “Conversations” and does not contribute to the grade.
• “Conversation not practiced yet”: the student didn’t speak. It doesn’t count in “Conversations”.
• “Blocked for safety”: the platform closed that conversation because of an inappropriate message. It counts as finished.

Downloaded report

Since October 16, 2026, the file the student downloads from their report with “Export” (Excel or PDF) has the same figures as the screen:

• the final grade, rounded the same way;
• practice time in whole minutes, with all attempts;
• XP;
• the words and phrases practiced, for example “6 of 8”;
• the conversations in which the student sent at least one message;
• each section with the value that goes into the grade, its weight and what was practiced, as in a grade’s details in Grades.

If the grade was calculated before October 16, 2026, the file includes the other figures, but not the rows for each section: see Grades calculated before October 16, 2026.

The file is built from the grade saved at the moment it is requested. The labels for those figures and for each section are in the activity’s language. The file also includes the score for each criterion, with its decimals, and other practice data, with labels in English.

In the report the teacher opens, the button is “Download student report”: a PDF with the student’s profile, not just this activity.

Grade details in Grades

Clicking a grade in Grades opens its details. Since October 16, 2026, they show, in this order:

Field	What it shows
Overall Score	The activity grade, the same as in the report, without decimals.
Activity status	Whether the activity counts as finished in that cell’s assignment.
Practice time	The same as in the report: all attempts, in whole minutes.
Assessed Skills	The five criteria from “Your speaking skills”. A dash indicates a criterion that wasn’t measured.
Section breakdown	Each section with its weight, for example “Words · 25%”, and the value with which it goes into the grade. Below, it says how much was practiced: the words or phrases practiced, or the assessed turns.

A grade calculated before October 16, 2026 shows the overall score, the status, the time and the assessed skills, but not the section breakdown: see Grades calculated before October 16, 2026.

In the breakdown, whatever the student didn’t practice from a list counts as 0. If they practiced 5 of the 10 words with an average of 90, the words row shows 45/100 and, below the name, “5 of 10 practiced · average 90”: the same 45 that the report explains with “45 = 90 × 5/10”. A section not practiced says “Not practiced yet”, and one the activity doesn’t have, “Not included in this activity”.

“How this grade is calculated” opens this part of the page. “View feedback” opens the report for that grade; if the student hasn’t finished any conversation in that attempt yet, there is no report yet and the platform says so.

Activity status

Status	What it means	Counts as finished?
Finished	The student finished the practice and the assignment considers it completed, on time if it has a due date.	Yes
Finished late	They finished it after the due date and the assignment accepts late submissions.	Yes
Submitted late: doesn’t count	They finished it after the due date and the assignment doesn’t accept late submissions. The practice and its grade are kept.	No
Not finished: the student didn’t finish the practice	The student hasn’t finished the practice yet. The grade reflects what has already been assessed.	No
Finished, but doesn’t count for the assignment yet	The student finished the practice, but the assignment doesn’t consider it completed yet; for example, because it requires a minimum practice time not yet reached.	No
Not finished: due date passed	The due date passed and the assignment wasn’t completed.	No

The two statuses that count have a check mark; the others, a warning. While the activity doesn’t count as finished, the cell shows the grade with a dotted border and, on hover, “Graded, still in progress: this grade may change”. Without a dotted border, the grade can also change: it is recalculated when another attempt is graded (see In Grades).

There are two more statuses that are rarely seen today. “Exempt” is not used: the platform doesn’t mark any student as exempt. “Canceled” is uncommon: if a student is removed from an assignment, their cell shows “Unassigned”, with no grade to open.

Several attempts

An attempt is each practice of the activity: the first one, and each time the student practices it again after finishing it. If they leave in the middle of a practice and come back, they are still in the same attempt. The activity grade combines all their attempts:

• Words and phrases. The best recording of each word and each phrase counts, regardless of the attempt in which it was made.
• Conversation. All assessed turns from all finished conversations count, and each turn weighs the same. A new conversation goes into the average: if it is better, it raises it; if it is worse, it lowers it.
• Nothing resets to 0 when practicing again. What was already practiced keeps counting. An attempt in which the student only has a conversation doesn’t erase the words from an earlier attempt, and one in which they only practice words doesn’t erase their earlier conversations.

In the report

A report shows the grade, the breakdown and the “Words” and “Phrases” figures from the last time its grade was calculated, if it was calculated on or after October 16, 2026. The “Learning progress” lists, the “Conversations” figure, the “Your conversations” cards and practice time, on the other hand, always include all attempts. If the student practiced another attempt that didn’t recalculate that grade, for example after the due date (see In Grades), the report may show more practice than the grade reflects.

In a grade calculated before that date, the section breakdown and the “Words” and “Phrases” figures are built from current practice, so they may include practice after the grade: see Grades calculated before October 16, 2026.

In Grades

Since October 16, 2026, in a Speaking activity, the grade in Grades is the activity grade with all its attempts: when another attempt is graded, the cell’s grade is recalculated. In two cases, another attempt does not recalculate the cell on its own:

• Due date passed. The assignment has a due date, doesn’t accept late submissions and the student practiced the other attempt after that date. What matters is when they practiced, not when the grade was calculated.
• Assignment archived, deleted or canceled. The assignment is archived or deleted, or was canceled for that student: it no longer accepts attempts.

That cell’s grade can still change if the same practice also counts for another open assignment of the activity, if something from its own attempt finishes being assessed, or if LingoQuesto recalculates saved grades. In any of those cases, the calculation includes all assessed practice in the activity, including practice after the due date.

When the cell is recalculated because of another attempt or a recalculation by LingoQuesto, the grade and its breakdown change, but the XP the student earned in each attempt is kept. If it is recalculated because something from its own attempt was assessed, that attempt’s XP is also recalculated.

In Reading activities, Grades keeps the grade from the practice with which the student completed the assignment.

Grades calculated before October 16, 2026

Until October 15, 2026, the activity grade was the simple average of the five criteria, and a section not practiced didn’t count. The rule change does not, on its own, recalculate grades that were already saved: they keep the previous rule until they are recalculated.

• When they move to the new rule. The grade in Grades and the report opened by “View feedback” are recalculated when the student practices the activity again, except in the two cases in In Grades. Reports for other earlier conversations, for example one from an attempt the student made after completing the assignment, are not recalculated because of this: they keep the previous rule. All of an institution’s saved grades move to the new rule when LingoQuesto recalculates them, which is always announced in advance.
• What they show in the meantime. The report doesn’t show the “How the final grade is calculated” block, the grade’s details in Grades don’t show the section breakdown, and the downloaded report doesn’t include the rows for each section. In the report, the section breakdown and the “Words” and “Phrases” figures are built from current practice: they may include practice after the grade, and a “Not practiced yet” section didn’t count in it.
• XP. When a grade moves to the new rule because of another attempt or a recalculation by LingoQuesto, the XP the student already earned is kept. If it moves because something new from that same attempt was assessed, for example because the student kept practicing in an attempt they had left open, that attempt’s XP is recalculated with the new rule.