·        Create a table showing the level achieved by each student in each assessment either numerically with grades or in terms of  Outcome descriptors or Outcome levels.

·        Calculate a student's overall percentage scores for the course.

·        Calculate a student's  overall course grades (or outcome descriptor) according to user defined cut-off values.

·        Calculate the mean and standard deviations for each assessment item.

·        Calculate the overall class average and overall class standard deviation.

·        Calculate the class average and class standard deviation for each assessment.

·        Allows a student to be absent without affecting the class average or standard deviation.

·       Allows selected assignments to be ignored when calculating a student’s grade without affecting the class average or standard deviation.

·        Allows for an assessment to have its own weighting.

·        Display numerically and graphically the distribution of grades.   

         Display a sub graph indicating the student's position within a particular grade.

·        Display a graph indicating each student’s trend in results over the course, this graph included a smoothed ‘trend’ line making underlying patterns easier to detect.

·        Displays a purely visual 'thermometer' style indication of a student's position with in the class and also their relation to critical cut-off points.

·        Suggest cut-off values for norm-referenced assessments.

         The departmental version has a scatter graph showing all results and a feature to allow cut-offs to be set according to the percentage of hte cohort to achieve a grade

·        Automatically toggle between standardised cut-off values and criteria referenced cut-off values.

·        Provide a print-out of a class list / register with / without the personal notes pertaining to the students.

·        Provide a print-out of an individual or a class set of student Academic Reports.

·        Provide a print-out of  a Master List of all students in a year group on one A4 piece of paper.

·        Includes the options of ‘sorting’ the students according to Name or Overall score.

·        Automatically highlights the student(s) who achieved the highest in any given assessment.

·        Includes an ‘auto-letter’ to the parents at the foot of each student report…

.        This auto letter will track your latest assignment and automatically include a reference to it.

.        The auto letter will also look-up the first name of the student in question and automatically enter this in the letter.

·         Individual student comments can be entered which are printed out with that student's report.

·         Individual student's (personal) data or notes may be recorded separately form the academic data...this may be printed in the class list / register

.        Additional information for each assessment may be noted on a hidden form

·         Can be used as a school wide systemic reporting package for all subjects.

A comprehensive self-repair/analysis function, which neatens, reformats and repairs any areas the user may have altered. 

Automatic suppression of empty cells to neaten the appearance of a print-out or on-screen display. 

Automatic validation of numerical entries... this helps eliminate typing errors during data entry. 

Automatic alphabetical placement of new students in a class list. 

Automatic numbering of students in a class – even accounting for empty rows. 

Protection of ‘critical’ cells to prevent accidental erasure or damage by the user. 

Marksbook 2000 will always remember any user-defined cut-offs that you have entered, even if you subsequently change to standardised cut-off scores. 

Colour coding of students when they are sorted according to their grade. 

By simply clicking on a student’s name, that current student is automatically made the subject of the Academic Report/Summary. 

Students may be selected for an Academic Report via a special drop down menu or by entering their name or their student number. 

A congratulatory comment is added at the foot of the academic report of the top student(s) in the class.

A note is made (on-screen) indicating when a report for any given student was last printed.

Assessments can be made to be 'suspended' or 'solo' so that the effect of that assessment can be easily seen.

An 'Update & Import' feature allows a blank registered copy of Marksbook 2000 to automatically update any other Marksbook 2000  files the user may have. 

Automatic flagging of a student who shows a recent downward trend in their results.

The ability to lock or unlock the middle (global comment) line of the auto-letter.

An export data feature allows the user to export a plain version of the student's names, scores, rank, grades & comments for use in other database applications.