Student Targets
MarkBook keeps two kinds of "target" information about a pupil. They live in different places, and it helps to know which is which.
| Year profile | Per-subject targets | |
|---|---|---|
| What | SEN, EAL and FFT | One target grade per subject (for example TG or PTG) |
| Set | Once per pupil per school year | Once per subject per class |
| Stored | In the Student targets register | In the target column of the marks grid |
| Shown | As badges beside the pupil's name, and on reports | In the frozen target columns at the left of the grid |
| Imported | Configuration → Students → Student targets → Import | The template's Grades import tab, or the same Import button |
Open the register
Configuration → Students → Student targets. You need the permission Student targets: "The target register, including its import." See Roles & Permissions.
The register lists every pupil you may see, not only those who already have a profile. Use the controls on the toolbar:
| Control | What it does |
|---|---|
| Year picker | Which school year's register you see. Import is available once a year is chosen. |
| Groups | Choose the classes you work with. They decide whose names appear and who is in the download file. |
| Template and All subjects | Show a template's per-subject targets as extra read-only columns. |
| Search by student name or Kinderpedia ID… | Find one pupil. |
| Funnel in each header | Filter by value, for example Any grade or Not set. |
| Clear | Remove all filters. |
| Export | Save the table as CSV, XLSX or PDF. |
Columns: Student, Group, SEN, EAL, FFT, then the subject targets of the template you picked.
A pupil who is not in any current class shows a dash in Group and "Not on any current class roster".
The three fields
| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| SEN | Special Educational Needs. A yes/no flag. Used for SEN tracking and reports. |
| EAL | English as an Additional Language. A yes/no flag. It shows on the report card. |
| FFT | A Fischer Family Trust estimate. It is a yearly benchmark grade set against the end-of-year final grade. British schools mainly use it. Leave it out if your school does not. |
The personalised target (PTG) is not set here. "Personalised targets are set per subject. Pick a template and a subject to see them here."
Import the year profile
Press Import (top right). A window asks What do you want to import?
- Student profile: SEN, EAL, FFT, PTG. One value per pupil for the whole year, shown at the left of every grid.
- Targets per subject. Pick Into which template. This runs the per-subject import. See Importing Marks & Targets.
For the profile, choose the school year first. Then you can download a file that already holds your pupils and their stored targets (Download the sheet), edit it in Excel and upload it. You can also upload any Excel or CSV export. On the next step you match its columns to Student ID (Kinderpedia), SEN, EAL and FFT. Columns you do not map are not touched.
Example file:
| student_id | student_name | group | sen | eal | fft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1048213 | Alex Popescu | 9B | no | no | B |
| 1048214 | Maria Ene | 9B | yes | no | A |
| 1048215 | Radu Stan | 9B | no | yes | C |
Rules:
- The ID column is student_id (it can also be called
student_kp_id,kp_idorid). It is how a row finds its pupil. - For SEN and EAL, these count as yes:
1,y,yes,true,x,da. These count as no: empty,0,n,no,false,nu,-. - FFT can be up to 10 characters.
- A column named
student_name,group,classornotesis ignored. It is there for people to read. - A column called PTG is not imported. "reported as unrecognised". Personalised targets are per subject.
- The separator can be a comma, a semicolon, a tab or a pipe.
You see a preview before anything is written: what will be created, updated or left unchanged, and the rows with errors. Then you confirm. The window ends with "Imported" and "Updated" counts.
The import history for the register lists past runs.
Per-subject targets
These are columns in the marks grid. They are part of the template: you add a target value type (for example PTG) on Configuration → Assessment → Markbook Templates. See Markbook Templates.
To enter them:
- Type them in the grid. You need Set target grades: "The school's prediction rather than the teacher's observation."
- Or import them for the whole year group. Pupils are found by Kinderpedia ID, student number, or name (narrowed by date of birth and class when two pupils share a name).
Only subjects on the template receive a target. A target is checked against the column's scale. A value not on the scale is refused ("values not on the scale"), and a* is corrected to A*.
Where targets show
- SEN and EAL appear as badges beside a pupil's name in the marks grid, the Summary and the student card. You can filter by them. See Filtering & Sorting the Grid.
- EAL shows on the report card.
- Targets drive progress and value-added views. See Targets, Effort & Value Added.
Common problems
| Problem | Cause |
|---|---|
| A pupil is missing from the register | They are not in a class you may see. Check Groups and your role. |
| "Rows not matched" in the import | The ID is wrong or the pupil is not in the template's classes. |
| PTG not imported | PTG is per subject. Use the per-subject import. |