by David Pott | Feb 9, 2019 | Advanced, Analysis, Assessment, Demonstration, Download, KS4 Resources, Performance 8, Primary, Progress 8, Secondary
New analyses with Microsoft Power BI Microsoft Power BI is an analysis tool that allows you to create powerful data visualisations – it’s like Excel on steroids. The BI stands for Business Intelligence and it’s used by many large organisations to... 
by David Pott | Oct 19, 2018 | Analysis, Assessment, Demonstration, Next Generation SIMS, SIMS Next Generation, SIMS Primary
Introduction Last week I met with Graham Cooper and Ben Jones from Capita to talk about progress with SIMS Primary. A few weeks ago I blogged about how quiet progress seemed to be, since the official launch back in January and Graham was keen to update me on recent... by David Pott | May 8, 2015 | Assessment, Assessment Without Levels, Demonstration, Primary, Secondary
Capita recently released a their new ‘programme of study marksheets’. They allow teachers to record a grade against each and every statement in the entire national curriculum. They work well, but there’s no option to give an ‘overall’... 
by David Pott | Apr 21, 2015 | Assessment Without Levels, Demonstration, Primary
Several people have asked about SIMS and Chris Quigley assessment milestones. Well, here’s a system I developed for a school last week. As with most systems, the school wanted a few tweeks and changes to fit in with it’s existing system, but the... 
by David Pott | Apr 16, 2015 | Assessment, Assessment Without Levels, Beginner, Demonstration, Training
I was busy over Easter creating this SIMS Programme of Study Course to showcase how schools can use the new ‘programme of study’ marksheets. You can access the course from this website: http://schoolanalytics.usefedora.com (For a small number of schools... 
by David Pott | Feb 27, 2015 | Assessment, Assessment Without Levels, Beginner, Demonstration, Primary, Secondary
Here’s a 10-minute demo of the the new SIMS marksheets: 
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