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New SIMS assessment system for primary schools

New SIMS assessment system for primary schools

by David Pott | Jun 5, 2019 | Assessment, Beginner, Intermediate, Power BI, Primary

Primary schools using SIMS must sometimes feel like the Cinderellas of the assessment world. Most of the new resources created by Capita tend to focus on secondary schools. But Capita SIMS have just released a new primary school assessment system that comprises a set...
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...
New Microsoft Power BI Resources for SIMS

New Microsoft Power BI Resources for SIMS

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 easily and quickly – it’s like Excel on steroids. The BI stands for Business Intelligence and it’s used by many large...
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...

Creating a Group Analysis to Show APS Progress

by David Pott | Mar 2, 2014 | Assessment, Demonstration, Intermediate, Primary, Secondary, Training

Group Analyses are one of assessment manager’s ‘hidden gems’ – many school never use them and miss out on a very powerful analysis tool. An APS grid will quickly calculate the average point score (APS) of a group of pupils, showing progress...
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