A High Performing School Seeking Smarter, Faster Assessment

Garden International School (GIS), an Apple Distinguished School with about 2000 students, is known for academic excellence, character development, and a forward looking digital learning approach. The school regularly sends students to top universities including Harvard, Cambridge, and Imperial.

Even with strong academic outcomes, teachers were spending considerable time creating assessments and waiting for slow feedback cycles to complete. Departments also needed better alignment and consistency, and Malaysia’s PDPA requirements made compliance a priority.

GIS sought a modern assessment platform that would accelerate feedback, reduce teacher workload, and support diverse learners without compromising instructional quality.

As an administrator noted,

“Wayground showed our commitment to modernizing how we assess students while giving us a trusted, compliant partner.”

A Unified System That Made Instant Feedback the New Norm

After implementing the Wayground School Plan, teachers across departments began using it for bell work, daily formative checks, homework, and lesson review. Quizizz AI quickly became an essential part of planning and assessment.

AI Create enabled teachers to generate assessments in seconds, while AI Analyze explained misconceptions immediately. Feedback that once took days now reached students during the same lesson, allowing teachers to adjust instruction in real time.

Teachers described this shift clearly:

“AI creates quizzes very quickly.” – Adeline Chan

 “Wayground has the right balance of gamified elements and Accommodations to motivate all students.” – Kev Allat

How Departments Integrated Wayground Into Daily Practice

Adoption spread naturally as heads of department embedded Wayground resources into schemes of work. With high quality assessments readily available, teachers no longer needed to create everything from scratch, reducing duplicated effort across the school.

Learning support teams also benefited. Accommodations and flexible modes allowed teachers to tailor activities for students who needed additional scaffolding, especially in small group English sessions. This made daily lessons more accessible without adding extra planning time.

Teachers adapted rankings, pacing, and hosting modes depending on student needs. This maintained engagement while ensuring equity and reducing over competitiveness.

Wayground aligned closely with GIS’s digital learning ethos. The school has been teaching AI concepts since 2015 and has been deliberate about choosing tools that support responsible and relevant use of technology in the classroom.

From Slow Feedback Cycles to Immediate Insight

The most significant transformation at GIS has been the shift from delayed feedback to immediate visibility into student understanding. Teachers now run quick checks, review results instantly, and address misconceptions within the same class period.

With feedback cycles reduced from days to seconds, teachers began:

• Conducting more frequent formative assessments
• Opening lessons with self paced activities
• Using AI Analyze to identify patterns in student errors
• Guiding students to correct misunderstandings independently

With around 100 active teachers using Wayground, rapid feedback has become a consistent part of instruction across the school.

More Inclusion, More Alignment, More Time Saved

Wayground helped GIS create more inclusive learning environments. Accommodations supported learning support groups and students who benefited from adapted pacing and scaffolds. Flexible activity settings ensured all students could participate meaningfully.

At the department level, shared resources improved alignment, reduced duplication, and saved teachers hours each week. Leadership also gained confidence knowing that Wayground met PDPA compliance standards.

Preparing for the Next Stage of Digital Learning

GIS views Wayground as a key component of its long term digital strategy. As the platform expands its curriculum aligned and AI supported capabilities, the school anticipates deeper integration across teaching and learning.

For GIS, Wayground now supports:

• Faster and more actionable feedback
• Reduced teacher workload
• Consistent instructional practices across departments
• Inclusive and adaptive learning experiences
• A future ready digital ecosystem that aligns with their vision

Garden International School demonstrates how even high performing schools can elevate learning by modernizing their assessment workflows. With Wayground, feedback has become immediate, meaningful, and teacher friendly, improving instruction and supporting every learner on campus.