The CRITON project focuses on distance education and e-learning systems, aiming at offering accurately and timely prediction of the final performance of distance learners / e-learners. This project will enable teachers and tutors of different educational levels (primary / secondary / tertiary education, adult education, VET) to predict on time whether an e-learner succeeds or fails at the end of the academic year.The CRITON project will result in the enhancement of the distance/e-learning process as well as to the improvement of assessment methods leading to better learning outcomes and more personalized learning. This will be achieved through the development of the CRITON platform, based on the appropriate research of the most dominant assessment methods in distance education and e-learning.