Assessment templates for Secondaries - Double Science

Go to Students > Assessments > Assessment Framework > Assessment Catalogue and click the Create new assessment button. Select to create a new Progress 8 assessment.

Change the Category drop-down menu to Ebacc and select the Science Double Award assessment. Click the Choose assessment button in the slide over.

Add a shorter name if required, then click Next.

Keep the default grade set selected, then scroll down to the bottom of the page and click Next. Then on the next page click Complete setup.

You don't need to add the assessment to your assessment policy yet - we'll be adding all the assessments to your policy at once.

Instead, select Create new assessment.

Select to create a new assessment. Select to Import template.

Click Browse to select the Double Science Mark assessment templates.

Click Import template.

Review the information, then click the Complete setup button.

If you also want to set up the percentage assessments, click Create new assessment and select the Double Science Percentage assessment templates.

Getting an error when trying to import the percentage templates? 

You'll need to set up a percentage grade scale on your site first. Go to Students > Assessments > Assessment Framework > Grade Sets and click the Create percentage scale button.

You can then return to the import to import the percentage template.

Go to Students > Assessments > Annual Policy > Manage Assessments and click the Add assessment button.

Select the students to link the assessment to, and choose how often to assess the students (we recommend termly or half-termly).

To add a baseline and year target for each student, the easiest method is to use our import spreadsheet. You can see how to do this here: Using the import spreadsheet

You can fill in the baseline, year target and final target for each student (what they are expected to get at the end of GCSE). Then follow the instructions in the article above to import the baselines and targets back into Arbor.

Target Judgement rules determine how mark sheets are colour coded, depending on how your students are doing in their assessments relative to their targets.

You can change the default judgement thresholds for your science assessments, so students can be judged as 'on track' even if they're just below what they should be at a certain point in the year. You can see how to do this here: Editing the default Target Judgement Rules or adding more

• As a teacher, follow these instructions: Teachers - Getting to the summative assessment marksheet and adding marks
• As an Administrator or SLT, follow these instructions: Admin or SLT - Get to the summative marksheet and add or import assessment marks

If you've set up the Mark and Percentage template assessments, you can use these to keep track of the Biology, Chemistry and Physics scores that feed into the overall grade for the assessment period. For example, for summer this student got 80/100 for Biology, 40/50 for Chemistry and 10/20 for Physics. I've input the marks and percentages as such.

To find the overall grade, just find the average percentage then convert this into an overall grade using your schools grading policy. For example, (80+80+50)÷3=70%

Tick the boxes next to the students then click the Bulk action button to select one of the bulk actions - these allow you to input the same marks for multiple students for the same assessment or across multiple columns at once!

You can also import assessment grades using these instructions: Using the import spreadsheet

Use Data Collection Policies to help make sure the Biology, Chemistry and Physics marks are entered on time so you can calculate an overall grade for Report Cards.

You can define the collection deadline, who is responsible for inputting marks and when approvals will take place. Staff will automatically get an alert in the To Do section on their Homepage when it's time to input the marks, or you can send them a reminder.

See how to set up Data Collection Policies here: Manage data drops using Data Collection Policies

If you use the Parent Portal and Arbor App at your school and have chosen to show progress results, guardians can see student's marks for Double Science.

Guardians can click the View Student Profile button and go to the Progress section of their profile to see all the current and past grades.

If you don't want to make all marks visible, you can choose only to share certain marks on report cards. You can send report cards to parents and students by sending them an email, or by sending it through the Parent Portal or Student Portal.

For full details on settiing up a report card use this article: How to set up a Report Card - we'veincluded a summary of they key steps for Double Science below.

First, set up your report card. Be sure to add your science assessment from the Attainment tab - just click +Add in the Progress Assessments section.

From the Report Cards tab you can click a student's name to view the different attainment sections of the report card.

You can update the current mark (this also updates the mark in the assessment's main marksheet), and mark the entry as complete.

Once all mark entry is completed, and the marks have been approved it will no longer be editable in the marksheet.

You can then share the reports using these instructions: Send Report Cards to parents or students

For example, on the Parent Portal guardians can click the View Student Profile button, and go to the Report Cards section to download the Report Card.