The Pace and Progress feature in Sora Home gives students and families a clear view of your learning journey. Whether you're in middle school tracking yearly progress or in high school preparing for graduation, this feature highlights important milestones and helps identify areas for growth and improvement.
Progress at Sora is measured by mastery levels in units and abilities. Want to learn more about Sora's curriculum? Check out our guides:
How do I find the Progress page?
You can find your Progress page by clicking My Progress in the left-hand sidebar on Sora Home.
Your Progress page is divided into two tabs:
Progress tab
Reports tab (learn more: Viewing Mid and End Cycle Reports)
Progress Tab Overview
The progress tab is divided into different cards, with different indicators for your progress.
Abilities
In the Abilities table, you can track each time you’ve shown mastery of a specific ability. Each time you demonstrate mastery, it gets its own tile, and the icon on the tile shows where you're at with that ability.
Middle School Abilities Table
Here's what the abilities table looks like if you're a middle school student.
When you hover over any tile, you'll see where you demonstrated that ability.
High School Abilities Table
Here's what the abilities table looks like if you're a high school student.
When you hover over any tile, you'll see where you demonstrated that ability, along with your mastery level.
Abilities Table Tiles
Within the abilities table, you'll see the following icons for each tile:
Empty square: not started
E icon: student is exempt
Clear 'loading' icon: student ability demonstration in progress
Light purple empty square: Attempted
Light purple checkmark: Exposure
Mid-purple checkmark: Deeloping
Bright purple checkmark: Demonstrating
Dark purple star: Extending
Only icons with a checkmark/star (exposure, developing, demonstrating, or extending) indicate credit earned in that ability.
Units
The units card gives a snapshot of units where you've demonstrated mastery.
Middle School Units Table
If you're in Middle School, you'll see a table with your mastery level demonstrations!
You can click on any of these units to see an overview of mastery levels in each middle school subject.
You'll see the following Middle School subjects:
ELA
Math
Social Studies
Electives
World Language
On this page, can click into any topic to see all of the topics within that subject, as well as a breakdown of units within a topic.
Within this table, you can search for specific unit names as well.
You can click on any unit to pull up a list of demonstrations (times you've earned a mastery level in that unit).
High School Units Table
If you're in High School, you'll see a table with your mastery level demonstrations ,along with a progress bar of units left to demonstrate before graduation.
You can click into any topic to see all of the topics within that subject, as well as a breakdown of units within a topic.
Within this table, you can search for specific unit names as well.
You can click on any unit to pull up a list of demonstrations (times you've earned a mastery level in that unit).
High School Program Labels
As a high school student, some of your units will may program labels next to their name, depending on your program. (If you've got questions about your program, check in with your House Advisor.)
Here's a list of the program labels you might see:
Wildcard: Required topic of student choice
Elective: Elective topic of choice
Exempt: Topic completed outside of Sora
Legacy Exempt: Topic completed on a legacy program at Sora
Off-Program: Topic that's not on the student's program
Graduation (High School Only)
If you're in high school. you will also see a Graduation card which indicates your unit/ability progress towards graduation and GPA forecast.
Graduation Progress Labels
Hovering over your graduation progress label brings up a tooltip explaining what it means, and what you can do about it - this is a great conversation to have with your House Advisor!
Here are a few examples of what you might see:
GPA
GPA is updated once per cycle. Hovering over the GPA brings up a tooltip indicating when it was last calculated and when it will be calculated next.
Learn more about GPA the Sora Way here: How to Calculate GPA (the Sora Way)
School Year
The School Year card helps you and your family track your progress throughout the academic year. It shows the number of new units and abilities you've completed in each cycle, with clear markers for your targets, making it easy to see how you're staying on track to reach your academic goals.
You can click on any cycle to jump to your cycle overview.
The Cycle Overview lets you and your family measure your engagement and progress in past and current cycles.
You can keep an eye on important metrics like your attendance in Expeditions and how many tasks you've completed, helping you spot areas for improvement and stay on track with your goals.
You can also review the unit and ability mastery levels you've demonstrated in past cycles. You'll see a New label will appear next to any new units or ability demonstrations you've completed.
Reports Tab
The Reports tab has links to download your past mid-cycle and end-cycle reports.
If a report is ready, you'll see a link to download it as a PDF. If a report isn’t available yet (like for future cycles), it will be labeled as not available yet.
Learn more: Viewing Mid and End Cycle Reports
Can I download my transcript from the page?
Middle School students need to request their transcripts from their School Director - if you're in Middle School, you can start this process by reaching out to your House Advisor.
If you're a High School student or parent/guardian, you can access and view unofficial transcripts in the Progress tab, under the graduation progress/GPA section of the progress page.
Learn more: Downloading an Unofficial Transcript
You won't be able to download an official transcript, which includes your GPA, from your Progress page. To request an official transcript, you'll need to contact our registrar team - learn more: Requesting an Official Transcript