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...
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 | Mar 18, 2015 | Advanced, Assessment Without Levels, Beginner, Intermediate, Primary, Secondary, Teacher App
Why everything I thought I knew about assessment was wrong. Perhaps without noticing, the last few months have seen a massive shift in the assessment paradigm that held sway in most schools until the introduction of the new curriculum in 2014. With the new curriculum...
by David Pott | Feb 18, 2015 | Assessment Without Levels, Beginner, Demonstration, Primary, Secondary
In the spring 2015 release of SIMS schools will have access to Capita’s new marksheets designed to allow schools to record assessment against the new national curriculum 2014. It’s the biggest new development in SIMS for several years as it constitutes...
by David Pott | Jan 16, 2015 | Assessment, Assessment Without Levels, Beginner, Primary, Secondary
This article was first published in December in my termly SIMS assessment newsletter which you can sign up for here. What Is Everybody Else Doing? I’ve visited lots of schools since September and almost every school has asked me this question quite early on...
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