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Primary key stage analysis resources 2019

Primary key stage analysis resources 2019

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...
School expectations for programmes of study – new functionality in SIMS make life easier

School expectations for programmes of study – new functionality in SIMS make life easier

by David Pott | Sep 7, 2018 | Advanced, Analysis, Assessment, Assessment Without Levels, Intermediate

Hidden away in the summer 2018 release of Capita SIMS was an extra feature that will make the programme of study marksheets much more useful. Since they were introduced in 2015 (as a response to the removal of levels from the curriculum) the programme of study (PoS)...
How to set up your own programme of study grades

How to set up your own programme of study grades

by David Pott | Nov 7, 2016 | Assessment, Assessment Without Levels, Beginner, Programme of Study

The programme of study marksheets are SIMS version of assessment without levels. Each statement from the national curriculum is available for teachers to assign a grade. Until the autumn 2016 release of SIMS schools have only been able to record their assessment as...
New attainment 8 estimates for 2016 published

New attainment 8 estimates for 2016 published

by David Pott | Sep 26, 2016 | Advanced, Analysis, Assessment Without Levels, Performance 8

Anyone wanting to calculate their school’s A8 and P8 figures will want to use the latest A8 estimates which have been published today. Here’s the file: [gview...
Making sense of progress 8

Making sense of progress 8

by David Pott | Sep 13, 2016 | Analysis, Assessment Without Levels, Performance 8, Progress 8, Secondary, Uncategorized

Over the last few months many schools have been obsessing about progress 8 scores and I’ve watched a few schools get worked-up if the value of progress 8 was one decimal point above or below a specific value. That’s why it was reassuring to see advice from...
4 Ways to Set a Baseline in Assessment Without Levels

4 Ways to Set a Baseline in Assessment Without Levels

by David Pott | Feb 1, 2016 | Assessment, Assessment Without Levels, Primary

Why Summative Baselines Matter When I go into primary schools to create an assessment system one of the main discussion areas is usually progress: how to measure it and, crucially, what baseline to measure it from. With the old sub levels, the starting point for...
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