A portfolio, not a score

Assessment is the documentation you already captured. The yearbook is the point.

An open yearbook on a wooden table — the year’s record, not a grade.

Early years are easy to fake-measure. A flashcard pack will give you a number. A worksheet will give you a tick. Neither tells you whether the morning was warm, whether she stayed with the pouring, or whether Dhivehi had any hours.

Yearkeep treats documentation as the assessment. Photos, quotes, outdoor minutes, and Sunday reviews are the record. There are no child-facing badges. There is no IQ claim. The child cannot “level up.”

Why this is stricter, not softer

A portfolio is harder to keep than a scoreboard. You have to be there. You have to notice. You have to write “she said” in the language she used. The yearbook at the end of the year is made of that, not of a test you sat in April.

Mastery ladders exist as five rungs the child may move, with a parent confirm. They are invitations. They are not grades.

If you want a number, you are in the wrong product.