> ## Documentation Index
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# How does scoring build an athlete's skill mastery?

> How submitted evaluations roll into each athlete's all-time skill progress and mastery.

<Note>
  **Must know**

  * Available on plans that include **Training** — if you don't see it, ask your Uplifter contact.
  * Progress only ratchets **up** — Not attempted → Attempted → Succeeded — and never drops back down.
  * A skill counts as **mastered** once its best result reaches **Succeeded**.
  * Only **submitted** evaluations roll in. An open or still-pending session doesn't move progress until you submit it.
</Note>

Every skill result you record doesn't just live on that one evaluation — it feeds each athlete's **all-time skill progress**, the running picture of what they've worked on and mastered that guardians and athletes see in their own portal.

**What gets tracked.** For each athlete and skill, Uplifter keeps a best result, a first-attempted date, a first-succeeded date, and how many times they've attempted and succeeded. When you submit an evaluation, each scored skill rolls into that record:

* A skill you marked **attempted but not there yet** lifts the athlete's best result to **Attempted** (if it was still Not attempted).
* A **passed** skill lifts the best result to **Succeeded** — and that's the moment the skill counts as **mastered**.

**Why it only goes up.** Progress is increment-only. Once an athlete has mastered a skill, a later evaluation can add another attempt but can never pull the best result back down. That's what makes correcting a score safe: if you re-score a skill lower while fixing an evaluation, you won't erase a mastery they already earned. When editing, only the skills whose results actually improved are rolled in, so a correction never double-counts.

**When it happens.** The roll-up runs right after your evaluation is saved — whether from a class submit, a custom evaluation, or an edit. Skills you never attempted on a given evaluation are left out of that athlete's counts.

**Related:** [What do the scoring types mean?](/coaches/coach-athletes-evaluations/scoring-types-explained) · [What happens when an athlete earns a badge?](/coaches/coach-athletes-evaluations/athlete-earns-achievement) · [How do I fix or update a recorded evaluation?](/coaches/coach-athletes-evaluations/view-edit-recorded-evaluation)