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...
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...
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...
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 | 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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