Just to note, as Custom Grade Boundaries directly relate to the Assessment features within the platform, this section is only accessible to School Admins and Leaders of. User Permission Levels can be easily amended by a School Admin.
How can I add my own Custom Grade Boundaries to my assessment?
⚠️ Please note: The video below is currently outdated due to recent updates to the platform, so please refer to the written steps below in the meantime.
Video Summary
Video Summary
Entering Assessment Details
Adding an Assessment with Custom Grade Boundaries:
Go to the left hand side of the tracker and select Add New Assessment > Customised Assessment, and fill in the details.
In Step 3 Grade Boundaries, you can select Custom Grade Boundaries from the drop down. Enter the raw mark grade boundaries you wish to use.
If you are capping the grade e.g at a grade 5 for a Foundation Tier test, then enter a raw mark that exceeds the maximum raw mark for the test to make it unreachable.
You can also use this approach to cap an assessment to only give grades within a range, for example from grade 4-7, although it is not as rigorous for estimating grades as using assessments across the full range of grade for the tier.
Something to note:
Your students Raw Marks will be converted to a "Tracker Equivalent Mark" to match the grade boundaries set for your tracker. This way the assessment will contribute the appropriate marks towards the Summary Grades.
How are the Tracker Equivalent Marks calculated?
The Tracker Equivalent Marks column converts the raw mark for the test in to a mark a student would have achieved in a Past Paper, based on the Grade Boundaries set by the tracker.
This ensures that all Customised and Published Assessments within a unit can be compared and used to calculate a Unit Grade and Overall Course Grades.
Can I add Custom Grade Boundaries on all trackers?
You can now enable Custom Grade Boundaries on trackers across all subjects within your school. Take a look at the below article to find out how 👇
Something to note:
Choosing different boundaries for different assessments, could potentially hide/mask assessments that are not challenging enough or are too challenging.
To support with improving the quality of assessments, we encourage users to match the challenge level of the assessments to that seen in the final exams, which means the whole tracker grade boundaries can be used instead of Custom Grade Boundaries.
Can I use the same assessment and boundaries on tiered trackers?
Yes! The calculations we have used means that you can add the same assessment out of the same max marks with the same custom boundaries to both Higher and Foundation Tier trackers.
This means that all students are comparable and will come out with the same Customised Assessment grade no matter which version of the tracker you are on.
📖 Pupil Progress Tip
When adding your Custom Grade Boundaries be sure to check out the 'Converts to' graph on the right-hand side.