Hello Tony,

PTSAs are designed for practice and diagnostic feedback to the student. They are intended to prepare the student for the final Hands-On Skills Assessment. The scoring structure that is presented is partially scored. We structure the scoring to highlight areas where configurations may not be complete or meet the functional requirements that were specified in the assessment. For example, if a customer requests setup of their Internet for their home office and the service technician sets up the correct IP address but does not include or incorrectly configures the default gateway, then the interface will not come up and the requirement to setup service was not fulfilled.
In earlier stages of learning, we are more flexible with scoring. In the example above, when the student is first learning IP addressing, we would score the interface address separately from the gateway to isolate problems and misconceptions. However, when the student is further in their learning, i.e. in later courses, we would expect them to bring the entire interface up that leads to connectivity, which includes the interface address, subnet mask, gateway and activation of the interface.
As an instructor, you have access to detailed score reports that show each configuration item that a given student got right or wrong. If you wish, you can override the final grade in the NetSpace gradebook to reflect your grading rubric. In addition, Packet Tracer has a rich interface for creating custom assessments and there are tools available to help with automating score reporting.

Thank you