Janet de Maine

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Sims Assessment

• Janet de Maine

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Improving Primary School Usage

• Vision for 2014-2015
• To Increase the number of Capita SIMS pre-defined
  resources that schools can import and use
  immediately.
• Enhance functionality where possible to improve
  usability make SIMS Assessment easier to use.

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Spring New EYFS Resources

• EYFS resources schools can import and use
• Data Entry Templates Streamlined for efficiency

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Assessment Resources
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Spring New EYFS Resources

• EYFS resources schools can import and use
• Progress Templates

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Spring New EYFS Resources

• EYFS resources schools can import and use
• Tracking Grids to review Progress and Attainment

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Spring New EYFS Resources

• EYFS resources schools can import and use
• Aspect Analysis

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Spring New EYFS Resources

• Discover Graphs

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Spring New EYFS Resources

• EYFS resources schools can import and use
• Group Analysis

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Summer 2014 New KS1 KS2 Resources

• Assessment with Levels
• Enhanced KS1 and KS2 progress tracking
  Marksheets, Tracking Grids and Aspect Analysis
  for the core subjects of Reading, Writing and
  Maths.
• Assessment without Levels
• Progress Grid to reflect the new curriculum

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Summer New KS1 and KS2 Resources

• KS1 KS2 resources Enhanced Tracking
  Marksheets for Reading, Writing and Maths

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Summer New KS1 and KS2 Resources

• Tracking Grids to review progress

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Summer 2014

• KS1 KS2 resources Aspect Analysis Attainment
• By count, percentage of results or Average Points
  Score

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Summer 2014

• KS1 KS2 resources Aspect Analysis Progress
• By count, percentage of results or Average Points
  Score

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Summer New KS1 and KS2 Resources

• Assessment without Levels
• Assessment Progress Grid New Curriculum

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Assessment Features
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Discover Result set selector on T/F Bar Graph
Summer 2014
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Assessment Mapping Facility
Summer 2014

• Schools or LAs can match their own locally
  generated Aspects, Grade Sets and Result Sets to
  those provided by Capita SIMS.
• Once mapped Pre-existing data will copy into
  Capita Resources so schools can take advantage of
  pre-defined Marksheets, Tracking Grids, Discover
  and other Analysis tools..

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Assessment Mapping Facility
Summer 2014

• Mapping Aspects

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Assessment Mapping Facility
Summer 2014

• Mapping Aspects

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Assessment Mapping Facility
Summer 2014

• Mapping Result sets

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Assessment Mapping Facility
Summer 2014

• Mapping Grade sets

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Aspect Swapping
Summer 2014

• Speed up resource creation by swapping
  like-for-like aspects when cloning

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Other enhancements
Summer 2014

• Group Rows by Cell Colour

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Other enhancements
Summer 2014

• Hide / Unhide selected columns

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SIMS Assessment Road Ahead

• SIMS Assessment will continue to support the use
  of levels for as long as schools find the
  resources useful
• Resources are also being added into SIMS to help
  support a life without levels that will evolve
  overtime.

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The Road Ahead

• Scomis have made a significant investment in a
  School Improvement Program using Assessment
  within SIMS to achieve an easy to use,
  comprehensive and cost effective way of tracking
  and improving pupil progress.
• Working closely with the School Improvement
  Strategic Lead within DCC
• Talk to Scomis before considering a third party
  solution.

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Change Requests?
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Any Questions?