Supports GCSE (9-1 or A*-G), A Level and Pre-U. Goodbye to using different workbooks for different types of grades! You can enter marks at question level or at whole grade level. This article explains how this feature works. Powerful ‘at a glance’ and on the go analysis of individual student progress, each assessment or classes as a whole. The other major thing is that grade boundaries cannot be calculated using a raw score instead of a percentage, when using past papers, the boundaries are given as raw not %. Having to calculate %’s seems to defeat the purpose of having the markbook, plus, there is the potential for rounding errors if converting to %.
Markbooks are accessed from the "Markbooks" tab. Here you will find all markbooks that have been assigned to classes you teach. If you're an administrator, you'll also see all markbooks from your school or MAT.

All the data from your archived assignments is still available to report on in the Reports tab. How can I archive an assignment? Use "0" for students working below the level of the assessment. It may be the case that you are giving an assessment to a class and you have a student who you judge to be unable to access the assessment (e.g. they have special needs and are working below the level being assessed). In such circumstances we recommend assigning the student a mark of 0. More information on this can be found in this support article. You can navigate your way around the markbook using keyboard shortcuts. There are two options for doing so:Triangulate assessment data with attendance, behaviour and contextual information such as SEND details, support plans, A combination of shift, tab and enter (tab for right/shift-tab for left/enter for down/shift-enter for up) Here is a key for the symbols: Can I view marks as percentages instead of scores in the Group Task Report? Use "N" to indicate where answers were not attempted. You can use the "N" mark to distinguish a "not answered" question from an incorrect question (which should be scored as a "0"). "N" marks still count as 0, but by using the "N" mark, you'll be able to see a difference between incorrect and unanswered questions.

I am so excited that My Markbook is the first of many upcoming SIMS Next Gen Secondary Assessment products, which will free up data managers’ time and make recording standard and ad-hoc assessment data really easy for teachers. Yes, there is a toggle at the top left of your screen that allows you to choose between scores and percentages. I can’t see RAG coding when I look at the marks for an assignment. Why not? Instant in situ analysis as soon as marks are entered – no more exporting/importing and no moredelaysFinally, I've updated the code for the grades so that if you enter an 'N' in the mark column, it won't assign a grade.

The Current tab will show you all the assignments set by you (and only you) by default. How can I see if I have any uncompleted assignments?

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The archiving functionality helps you to organise your assignments. Any assignment that has reached its due date can be archived.

You can filter for assignments that are ‘to mark’. This will show all unmarked assignments that require manual marking. How can I find the assignments that I’ve set? Once an assignment has reached its due date, you can archive it. The ‘archive’ button appears in two places: on the group assignment item listing and the assignment item overlay – overview tab. You can also use the ‘archive all’ button at the top of the Current tab to archive all items past their due date. Find out more on Archiving here. What if I’ve archived an item by mistake/changed my mind? The RAG coding is no longer available, but you can still see students’ marks for each question at a glance. Can I get further support? with broken calculations and out-of-date class lists. Usually one person knows how the process works, or A teacher’s time is precious, and My Markbook saves that valuable time by keeping you up to date with changes like pupil premium or SEND, so you can be ready for any resulting differences in lesson planning or preparation. Like the rest of our SIMS Next Gen products, My Markbook accesses all the student data stored in SIMS, and automatically syncs with SIMS to give you instant, real-time information from across the school. Teachers can view a list of students in any of their classes and add extra columns to the markbook to see contextual student information alongside their results.

Supports Foundation, Intermediate and Higher tier students in the same class and will limit grades accordingly. Yes. All results are fed through to the Reports tab regardless of whether the students have completed the assignment (an empty cell denotes ‘not completed’) — or whether the teacher has marked the assignment (an em-dash denotes ‘awaiting marking’). I still can’t see the results for my assignment in the Reports tab. Why not? Use quality-assured classroom assessment data as the evidence behind subject and school-level dataanalysis I’ve been working in the education sector for more than 25 years, and spent time working as a teacher. I remember all too well the challenges that came with assessing pupil’s progress and recording that in a paper based or separate computer systems – it wasn’t just difficult to keep everything organised, it was also practically impossible to align the evidence you had recorded with other important information about the pupils you taught. These challenges are exactly why our SIMS Next Gen My Markbook is so exciting.