RM partners with iChemLabs to make chemistry assessments more authentic
Milton, Abingdon, OXON, October 23, 2025 –
RM Assessment is pleased to announce the integration of iChemLabs’ ChemDoodle® Web Components into RM Ava®, our adaptive virtual accreditation platform.
RM currently helps customers deliver online exams across subjects including maths, languages, and science to millions of students globally.
Integrating ChemDoodle into RM Ava will make the online science exam experience even better for future cohorts. Students will be able to draw chemical structures, equations, and reactions directly within their digital exam. Questions can be more interactive and responses more accurate, improving both the candidate experience and the way practical and visual chemistry knowledge is assessed.
ChemDoodle Web Components is a leading software toolkit for drawing, visualising and editing chemical structures. It is used by many organisations to create interactive chemistry interfaces within their products. Bringing this capability into RM Ava represents a major step forward in how science assessments are delivered online.
Andrew Inganni, Head of Product Management, said, “We are really excited to be working with iChemLabs, allowing us to move forward with our ambitions of a better test experience as we explore some of the subjects more difficult to assess digitally.”
Kevin Theisen, President of iChemLabs, said, “RM’s products and services are incredibly innovative. iChemLabs’ partnership with RM will lead to superior experiences and results for the assessors and students seeking the latest and most intuitive tools for digital learning. We are proud to have ChemDoodle tools integrated into RM’s platform.”
About RM
RM was founded in 1973, with a mission to improve the educational outcomes of learners worldwide. Fifty years on, we are a trusted Global EdTech, digital learning and assessment solution provider, transforming learners, educators, and accreditors to be more productive, resilient, and sustainable. Our simple approach enables us to deliver best in class solutions to optimise accreditation outcome. RM is focused on delivering a consistently high-quality digital experience, acting as a trusted consultative partner to provide solutions that deliver real impact for learners worldwide. Our three businesses include:
- Assessment -a global provider of assessment software, supporting exam awarding bodies, universities, and governments worldwide to digitise their assessment delivery.
- TTS (Teacher Technology Solution) –an established provider of education resources for early years, primary schools, and secondary schools across the UK and to 80 countries internationally.
- Technology -a market-leading advisor and enabler of ICT software, technology and bespoke services to UK schools and colleges.
Contacts:
RM plc
Claire Matthews
Email: cmatthews@rm.com
Tel: +44 (0)7359 682092
About iChemLabs
Since 2007, iChemLabs has produced high-quality, affordable, and sustainable tools for chemists. The company specializes in cheminformatics and chemical graphics software. Its products are used by thousands of institutions worldwide and power many of the most essential tools and companies in the chemical sciences industry.
About ChemDoodle Web Components
The ChemDoodle Web Components (CWC) library is a pure JavaScript chemical graphics and cheminformatics library derived from the ChemDoodle® application and produced by iChemLabs. ChemDoodle Web Components allow the wielder to present publication quality 2D and 3D graphics and animations for chemical structures, reactions and spectra. Beyond graphics, this tool provides a framework for user interaction to create dynamic applications through web browsers, desktop platforms and mobile devices such as the iPhone, iPad and Android devices. This library also has complete access to the entire ChemDoodle desktop API through AJAX, allowing for quick access to one of the most robust chemical graphics and informatics packages in existence directly through JavaScript.