diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 2445346..71d154b 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -36,6 +36,15 @@ Two paths (see `README.md` for full detail):
 `.env.example` is the authoritative, sectioned list of env vars (DB connections, JWT,
 VATSIM SSO/OAuth, AWS, Moodle, Swagger).
 
+**`compose.dev.yml`'s Redis does not work out of the box.** `config/database.php`'s
+`redis.default` connection hardcodes `'scheme' => 'tls'` (for the real, TLS-only managed
+Redis used in staging/prod), but the compose file's `redis:7-alpine` service is plain,
+non-TLS Redis — so anything that touches the default cache store (e.g.
+`CloudflareServiceProvider::boot()`, which runs on every request/artisan invocation) fails
+with a Predis TLS handshake error. Workaround for local runs: override
+`CACHE_DRIVER=array` (and `SESSION_DRIVER=array` if needed) rather than editing
+`config/database.php`.
+
 ### Testing & CI
 
 - Tests are **smoke tests only** right now (in-memory SQLite, no external services). Real
diff --git a/app/Classes/VATUSAMoodle.php b/app/Classes/VATUSAMoodle.php
index 9882316..7989872 100644
--- a/app/Classes/VATUSAMoodle.php
+++ b/app/Classes/VATUSAMoodle.php
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ class VATUSAMoodle extends MoodleRest
     /** @var array|null Memoized cohort idnumber => id map for the lifetime of this instance */
     private $cohortIdMapCache = null;
 
+    /** @var array Memoized quiz grade/sumgrades rows, keyed by quiz id */
+    private $quizMetaCache = [];
+
     /** @var int Seconds to bound each Moodle HTTP request to */
     private const HTTP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 30;
 
@@ -961,9 +964,33 @@ function unenrolUser(
             ["enrolments" => [0 => ["roleid" => $rid, "userid" => $uid, "courseid" => $cid]]]);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get quiz grade/sumgrades, memoized per quiz id for the lifetime of this instance.
+     *
+     * @param int $quizId The Quiz ID
+     *
+     * @return object|null
+     */
+    public
+    function getQuizMeta(
+        int $quizId
+    ) {
+        if (!array_key_exists($quizId, $this->quizMetaCache)) {
+            $this->quizMetaCache[$quizId] = DB::connection('moodle')->table('quiz')
+                ->where('id', $quizId)
+                ->first(['grade', 'sumgrades']);
+        }
+
+        return $this->quizMetaCache[$quizId];
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get quiz attempts
      *
+     * Grades are computed from the Moodle database (quiz.grade/sumgrades and
+     * quiz_attempts.sumgrades) rather than via the mod_quiz_get_attempt_review web service,
+     * which returns the entire rendered attempt review (~2 MB) to read a single number.
+     *
      * @param int      $quizid The Quiz ID
      * @param int|null $cid    The user's CID
      * @param int|null $uid
@@ -985,14 +1012,20 @@ function getQuizAttempts(
             $attempts = $this->request("mod_quiz_get_user_attempts",
                     ["quizid" => $quizid, "userid" => $userid])['attempts'] ?? [];
 
-            for ($i = 0; $i < count($attempts); $i++) {
-                $review = $this->request("mod_quiz_get_attempt_review",
-                        ["attemptid" => $attempts[$i]['id']]) ?? [];
-                if (!empty($review)) {
-                    $attempts[$i]['grade'] = round(floatval($review['grade']));
-                } else {
+            $quiz = $this->getQuizMeta($quizid);
+            if (!$quiz || !$quiz->sumgrades) {
+                return [];
+            }
+
+            $sumgrades = DB::connection('moodle')->table('quiz_attempts')
+                ->whereIn('id', array_column($attempts, 'id'))
+                ->pluck('sumgrades', 'id');
+
+            foreach ($attempts as $i => $attempt) {
+                if (!isset($sumgrades[$attempt['id']])) {
                     return [];
                 }
+                $attempts[$i]['grade'] = round($sumgrades[$attempt['id']] / $quiz->sumgrades * $quiz->grade);
             }
 
             return $attempts;
diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/SendAcademyRatingExamEmails.php b/app/Console/Commands/SendAcademyRatingExamEmails.php
index 8264d28..6395c3a 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/SendAcademyRatingExamEmails.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/SendAcademyRatingExamEmails.php
@@ -144,12 +144,11 @@ public function handle()
                 $passingGrade = config('exams.BASIC.passingPercent');
                 $testName = "Basic ATC/S1 Exam";
 
-                $review = $this->moodle->request("mod_quiz_get_attempt_review",
-                        ["attemptid" => $attemptId]) ?? [];
-                if (empty($review)) {
+                $quiz = $this->moodle->getQuizMeta(config('exams.BASIC.id'));
+                if (!$quiz || !$quiz->sumgrades || !isset($attempt->sumgrades)) {
                     continue;
                 }
-                $grade = round(floatval($review['grade']));
+                $grade = round($attempt->sumgrades / $quiz->sumgrades * $quiz->grade);
                 $passed = $grade >= $passingGrade;
 
                 $result = compact('testName', 'studentName', 'attemptNum', 'grade',