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Marks Matix An assessment code record is created for every time of assessment presented to students.  The school should create separate assessment codes for different test vendors as no vendors will every be completely the same.  A unique code is given to eac...

PEMS provide the capability to normalize any test score into the types provides, level equivalent and percentile rank. If a student takes a test and earns a raw score of 525, what does that mean?  The school administrator can specify the ranges of the scores t...

Academic Years Calendar Module Data Relationship Academic Years Table An Academic Year record represents a single year the school is in operation.  It has a calendar start date and end date.  There is one record for each year in operation.  The Programs...

Terms Table Relevent Topics School Terms  (Terms) Academic terms may be semester, quarters, or any division that the school determines to break up a grading period of the academic year. A record is required for every term the school operates, and for ...

Vacation Days A Vacation Day record is made for each and every day that school is not in session during any term the school is in operation.  Vacation days are not events with a start date and end date, they are specific days.  For example, the Christmas holi...

Programs Table The Program of Study Table contains the plan records.  There can be any number of plans created in PEMS, however none of the plans allow any selection of classes.  For example, to enter University of California, students need to follow the "a-g...

Subjects  |   Subject Requirements Relevant Definitions Data Relationships Note that subjects are not associated directly with plans.  The subject requirement is the table that links the various subject to the plan and also specifies the number of u...

Class List Relevant Definitions The Class List The class list is a set of records that represent all the 'transcript' classes a student will take at the school.  The names of the classes are the exact names that appear on the student's transcrip...

Curriculum Relevant Definitions Moodle Terminology Curriculum Table The curriculum table is a list of courses that are created and available in Moodle.  The integration between this table and Moodle is based on the "code" field, which must be an ...

Transcript Tag Also Called Compliance Tag Table Relevant Definitions Compliance /Transcript tag Throughout PEMS transcript tag and compliance tag are the same table.  Curriculum or Moodle Courses are 'tagged' with these notes which appear on the stu...

Templates Table Relevant Topics Topics for this page include a review of PEMS Programs Module Overview Templates Overview Templates are records that specify the sequence of classes to be taken in the plan.  They link a class record to a grade level and ter...

Program Planner The program planner view allows the administrator to add subject requirement records in a nested table to the plan.  The subject requirements are regulatory driven and represent industry knowledge.  The next step should be to add the template ...

Relevant Definitions The SIS The Student Information System (SIS) manages all student records, which includes student biographical information like date-of-birth, and parent phone numbers as well as student academic information like that which appears ...

Mark System Relevant Definitions Marks System Table The marks system table is used to configure the schools grading system. A record is entered for each type of mark (grade) that may be given to a student. If student are received and A-, the A- must...

In PEMS, the term "schools" refers to the general grade levels like elementary school, middle school, and high school.  "Other Schools" are the schools where students transferred in from or transfers to.  There is a need to maintain the contact information to ...

Relevant Definitions  Specific Definitions for the Programs of Study Module Data Relationships The diagram above shows the relationships for just one plan.  A plan will have multiple subject requirements, the number of classes ...

The image below shows a program of study, typically laid out in a Word Table.  This program of study plans out the classes a student needs to take to earn a high school diploma and be prepared to take science and engineering classes in College. In the left, g...

General Moodle Terminology Moodle Activity - DLP A Moodle activity is basically an assignment give to a student where the student receives a grade upon completion.  The Moodle "grade book" lists the students scores on all activities. Moodle Activity ...

Relevant Topics Please review: Assessment Function Proposed Integration of Competencies and Assessment Codes In the SIS, assessment codes may be defined with type = competency.  This information is entirely driven by students completing activiti...

Assessment Results Calculations An assessment result has limited value if the administrator can not see a trend over time in how the student is performing.  Therefore, the difference in academic performance between a previous assessment result must be calcula...