by David Pott | Dec 4, 2019 | Analysis, Assessment, Power BI
After a first page that should consist of the most important ‘headline’ measures for a school, the next page in any SIMS + Power BI report is probably attendance. Partly, this is because of it’s importance to schools and partly because it is one of... 
by David Pott | Jun 16, 2019 | Analysis, Assessment, Beginner, Intermediate
Why many schools have ‘official’ and ‘unofficial’ results… I find that schools often have two sets of statistics: the official set of statistics that includes the results of all the pupils who will be included in the year’s key... 
by David Pott | Jun 9, 2019 | Advanced, Analysis, Assessment, Demonstration, Intermediate, Performance 8, Power BI, Primary, Progress 8, Secondary
You can’t just throw a few Power BI visuals into a report and expect users to be able to analyse their data more effectively. In this post I try to highlight what I think makes an effective Power BI report. Firstly, I recommend anyone starting to work with data... 
by David Pott | May 29, 2019 | Advanced, Analysis, Assessment, Power BI, Primary, Secondary
Keeping data ‘fresh’ I’ve been thinking about what makes a good Power BI report by trying to understand how best to present the information to the audience. When I’m looking at a dashboard that shows the latest pupil data, or attendance data,... 
by David Pott | May 14, 2019 | Advanced, Analysis, Power BI
Update: Check out the comments for some more tips on using DAX measures. DAX is the language behind Power BI. If you want to get the most out of Power BI sooner or later you’ll need to write some DAX code. The best DAX reference is Microsoft’s DAX... 
by David Pott | Mar 18, 2019 | Analysis, Assessment, Assessment Without Levels, EYFS, Intermediate, Primary, SIMS Discover
Primary schools will find these special marksheets and reports incredibly useful when analysing EYFS, KS1 and KS2 results this summer. Updated January 2019 These resources were updated by Capita in January 2019 to include the changes to the PAG groups and national... 
Comments