Century
Product by Century-Tech Limited
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Our take (not a Learning Standard rating). This label applies to learning-science judgments throughout this overview.
Our take (not a Learning Standard rating)
While CENTURY has not yet been formally evaluated by The Learning Standard, its underlying mechanics rely on algorithmic personalization and retrieval practice to target knowledge gaps. It appears highly effective for structured exam preparation like GCSEs and SATs, though its reliance on automated pathways may lack the nuance of human-led intervention.
Pros
- Uses diagnostic assessments to map individual knowledge gaps and construct personalized learning pathways.
- Employs retrieval practice through frequent low-stakes quizzing to reinforce long-term memory.
- Breaks down complex curriculum topics into manageable micro-lessons to reduce cognitive overload.
- Aligns directly with specific standardized testing frameworks like the International Baccalaureate, GCSEs, and SATs.
Cons
- Obscures its pricing structure behind a sales contact form, preventing easy cost-benefit analysis for home users.
- Relies heavily on multiple-choice and closed-ended questions, which limits the assessment of higher-order critical thinking.
- Requires significant self-regulation from students to navigate the AI-generated pathways effectively.
What Do We Know About Century?
CENTURY provides an effective, highly structured environment for your child to drill core academic concepts and prepare for standardized exams, though its formal evaluation by The Learning Standard is still pending. The platform operates primarily as an AI-driven tutoring engine. It diagnoses what your child already knows and serves up bite-sized lessons to address specific gaps in their understanding. This approach relies heavily on mastery learning; your child must demonstrate competence in one area before the algorithm advances them to more complex material. For parents, this means the platform handles the pacing and progression without requiring you to build a curriculum. However, because CENTURY relies on automated pathways, it is best used as a supplement to traditional instruction rather than a complete replacement. The system excels at building factual recall in math, science, and humanities through repeated exposure and retrieval practice. It is less effective at developing open-ended problem-solving or deep analytical writing skills, as the automated feedback loop favors easily gradable inputs. Keep in mind that setting up CENTURY for home use requires contacting the vendor, making it slightly more cumbersome to adopt than typical consumer-facing applications.
How Does Century Work?
CENTURY uses an adaptive, mastery-based progression model combining micro-learning with continuous diagnostic assessment. When a student first logs in, they complete baseline quizzes that map their current understanding against a specific curriculum, such as the English national curriculum or the IB. The platform's algorithm then generates a personalized recommended path. This path consists of short, focused modules that include instructional content followed immediately by low-stakes assessment questions. This immediate transition from instruction to assessment forces active recall, a core principle of learning science. If a student struggles with a concept, the algorithm automatically routes them to prerequisite material to build foundational knowledge before attempting the difficult topic again. Teachers and parents have access to a data dashboard that visualizes progress, highlighting specific areas for intervention. Because the AI continuously adjusts the difficulty based on ongoing performance, it effectively scaffolds the learning experience to keep students in their optimal zone of proximal development.
Strengths and tradeoffs of Century
CENTURY's biggest strength is its precise application of spaced repetition and algorithmic gap analysis, while its biggest weakness is its heavy reliance on closed-ended assessments that fail to measure deep conceptual synthesis. The platform excels at identifying exactly where a student's foundational knowledge breaks down. By constantly feeding students micro-assessments, CENTURY effectively uses retrieval practice to interrupt the forgetting curve and lock factual information into long-term memory. This makes it an incredibly efficient tool for memorization-heavy subjects or rigid exam frameworks like GCSEs and SATs. Furthermore, the platform minimizes cognitive overload by breaking dense curriculum standards into discrete, manageable learning chunks. However, the learning science limitations of AI-driven platforms apply here. Because the system must automatically grade student inputs, the assessments lean heavily on multiple-choice or fill-in-the-blank formats. This means CENTURY struggles to evaluate higher-order thinking skills, such as constructing a nuanced historical argument or designing a novel scientific experiment. While it successfully automates the drilling of procedural math and factual recall, it cannot replicate the complex feedback a human educator provides during open-ended inquiry.
Who Might Benefit From Century?
CENTURY is best for middle and high school students who need targeted, data-driven intervention to prepare for high-stakes standardized exams. Because the platform aligns directly with the English national curriculum, IB, GCSEs, and SATs, it serves as a powerful supplementary tool for students aiming to boost test scores. It is highly effective for learners who thrive in structured, self-paced environments and need to systematically close knowledge gaps in math, science, or the humanities. It is less suitable for early elementary students or learners who require hands-on, project-based instruction to stay engaged.
Data Transparency
Does Not Meet Data Transparency Standard
Century does not meet our data transparency standard. Its privacy policy does not document basic protections, including a statement that it does not sell data, a commitment against targeted advertising and limits on sharing children's data.
15 of 35 checks passed
Evaluated October 2026
CENTURY Tech Privacy Notice 010526 revised →Level 1 · Basic protections
Does not sell data or target ads at students, limits sharing, and lets parents see and delete their child's data.
Not documented: a statement that it does not sell data, a commitment against targeted advertising, limits on sharing children's data, a COPPA or FERPA commitment, parents' right to delete their child's data
Level 2 · Parent control (meets the standard)
Families can get their data out, know who processes it, and know how long it is kept.
Not documented: self-service deletion
Level 3 · Direct data access
Families or schools can pull their own data through an API, in a stated format.
Not documented: an API for retrieving their own data, a named export format
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Parent Access4/8
Does the policy mention parents specifically?
“If you are a parent or guardian and your child is using our Platform through a direct relationship that we have with you, via our home learning product”
Can parents view their child's data?
“We share personal data of students / children with the relevant account holder (e.g., our school, parent, tutor etc) as they will have access to your profile, activity, performance etc within their account functionality.”
Can parents modify their child's data?
The policy gives the right to correct data only to the data subject and does not say parents can change their child's data.
Can parents delete their child's account?
The policy says the user or their organisation can ask for deletion, but it does not say parents can delete their child's data or account.
Is there a dedicated Children's Privacy section?
“15 PERSONAL DATA OF MINORS”
Does it reference COPPA compliance?
The policy does not mention COPPA.
Does it reference FERPA compliance?
The policy does not mention FERPA.
Is parental consent required for child accounts?
“you are responsible for providing to us all necessary consents and permissions for your child to use the Platform and for Century to receive, collect and process any personal data relating to your child.”
Data Portability2/5
Can users access their personal data?
“If you ask us, we will confirm whether we are processing your personal data and, if so, provide you with a copy of that personal data (along with certain other details).”
Can users download/export their data?
“You have the right, in certain circumstances, to obtain personal data you have provided to us (in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format) and to reuse it elsewhere or to ask us to transfer it to your chosen third party.”
Is there a self-service data access tool?
The policy says rights are exercised by contacting the company and describes no self-service tool.
Is a specific data format mentioned for export?
The policy only says "structured, commonly used and machine-readable format" and names no specific format.
Is there an API for data access?
The policy does not describe an API for users to retrieve their data.
Data Minimization1/6
Is data collection itemized?
“Identity Data | First name; last name. | Teachers / Staff; Parents / Guardians / Tutors; Students / Children.”
Can the app be used without a real name?
The policy says students' first and last names are collected as Identity Data.
Can the app be used without an email?
The policy does not say student email addresses are never collected, and it allows login through Microsoft or Google accounts.
Does it state collection is limited to what is necessary?
The policy does not say collection is limited to what is necessary.
Is IP address anonymized or truncated?
The policy says IP addresses are collected and does not mention anonymising or truncating them.
Is location tracking explicitly excluded?
The policy rules out precise geolocation but says it collects network location data to roughly identify where a device is.
Third-Party Protection4/7
Does it explicitly state no selling of data?
The policy does not say the company does not sell personal data.
Are third-party providers named?
“We may share your email address (usually in an encrypted or ‘hashed’ form) with third-party providers of social media platforms and other services, such as Facebook, LinkedIn, X and other similar platforms”
Are providers contractually restricted?
“When we share personal data with others, we put contractual arrangements and security mechanisms in place to protect the personal data shared and to comply with our data protection, confidentiality and security standards and obligations.”
No-targeted-advertising commitment?
The policy describes custom-audience, lookalike and cookie-based retargeting advertising, and makes no promise against targeted ads.
Is AI/ML data sharing addressed?
“We do not use your personal data as input to any AI systems we operate — whether these are models we have developed and trained ourselves, or third-party AI services and APIs.”
Child-specific sharing restriction?
The policy does not set any sharing restriction specific to children.
Cookies/tracking limited or opt-out?
“For more information about the cookies we use and how to change your cookie preferences, please see our Cookie Policy.”
Deletion & Retention3/5
Can users delete their account?
“In some circumstances you (or the organisation through which you use our Services) can ask us to delete your personal data sooner.”
Self-service deletion mechanism?
The policy describes deletion only by request and gives no self-service deletion tool.
Specific data retention timeline?
“if you are using our Services via your school or other organisation (we are their Data Processor) then we may keep your personal data until six months after our contract with that organisation ends.”
Auto-deletion of inactive accounts?
The policy does not mention automatically deleting inactive accounts.
Post-deletion handling described?
“You can ask us to delete or remove your personal data in some circumstances, such as where we no longer need it or where you withdraw your consent (where applicable). If we have shared your personal data with others, we will let them know about the erasure”
Advertising1/4
Advertising model explicitly disclosed?
“Where there is a successful match, we will display our advertising to you when you use the relevant Social Platform (e.g., on your Facebook newsfeed). This is known as “custom audience” advertising”
Free from third-party advertisements?
The policy does not say whether the product shows third-party ads.
Children excluded from ad targeting?
The policy's cookie-based retargeting section applies to students/children, and it does not explicitly exclude children from ad targeting.
Ad-free option available?
The policy does not mention an ad-free option or say the product has no advertising.
What This Means
The policy review did not meet our data transparency standard. The checks above show the documented findings and unknowns. A missing statement does not establish how the app handles data in practice.
About this evaluation: Based on automated analysis of CENTURY Tech Privacy Notice 010526 revised against 35 policy-disclosure questions, including questions adapted from the Common Sense Privacy Program's published evaluation questions. TLS is not affiliated with Common Sense Media, and this is not a Common Sense rating. Quoted text is copied from the policy; unquoted notes are our summary. Results describe what the policy documents, not the company's actual practices. Privacy policies can change: this review reflects the version we analyzed and does not determine legal compliance.
Sources and review method
TLS combines product information and editorial analysis to explain how Century works, its tradeoffs, and the questions to ask before choosing it. Product features, an instructional rationale and evidence of learning outcomes are different kinds of information.
Formal Learning Standard assessment: not yet completed. Data Transparency findings are reported separately and do not establish learning effectiveness. Read our methodology.
Frequently Asked Questions About Century
Is CENTURY free?
No, CENTURY is a paid platform primarily sold to schools and educational institutions. Pricing is not publicly listed on their website, and interested parents or educators must contact the vendor directly for a quote based on their specific needs and number of users.
Is CENTURY good for high school students?
Yes, CENTURY is particularly effective for high school students preparing for major assessments like the IB, GCSEs, and SATs. The platform targets specific curriculum standards and uses algorithmic gap analysis to drill the exact concepts students need to master before taking high-stakes exams.
What does CENTURY teach?
CENTURY teaches core academic subjects, specifically focusing on Mathematics, Science, and the Humanities. The content is explicitly aligned with major international and UK-based curricula, making it a targeted tool for mastering formal academic standards rather than a platform for casual, exploratory learning.
How does CENTURY compare to Khan Academy?
While both use mastery-based progression, CENTURY relies on a more sophisticated, proprietary AI to map hyper-specific knowledge gaps across formal UK and international curricula. Khan Academy offers entirely free, comprehensive video instruction and practice for a wider variety of subjects, but CENTURY provides deeper data analytics tailored for institutional tracking.
Has The Learning Standard formally evaluated CENTURY?
CENTURY is pending evaluation and has not yet been formally rated by The Learning Standard. Once sufficient data is gathered, we will assess its pedagogical efficacy against our rigorous methodology to determine its exact impact on student outcomes.
Has The Learning Standard evaluated Century?
TLS has not yet completed a Learning Standard evaluation of how well Century teaches. Its privacy policy has been reviewed for Data Transparency and does not yet document the basic protections (Level 1).
Is Century COPPA compliant?
A COPPA reference was not found in the reviewed privacy policy. This does not determine whether the app complies with COPPA. Policy review note: The policy does not mention COPPA.
Is Century FERPA compliant?
A FERPA reference was not found in the reviewed privacy policy. This does not determine whether the app complies with FERPA. Policy review note: The policy does not mention FERPA.
Does Century have a children's privacy policy?
The reviewed policy includes a dedicated children's privacy section. Policy review note: The policy has a section with its own heading on minors' personal data.
Does Century sell student data?
A statement ruling out data selling was not found in the reviewed policy. This does not establish that the app sells student data. Policy review note: The policy does not say the company does not sell personal data.
Can you delete your data from Century?
The reviewed privacy policy describes account deletion. We have not tested the deletion process. Policy review note: Users or their organisation can ask for their personal data to be deleted.
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