Sahel EDU

Results statistics, honour rankings and honour roll: reading the school’s marks

A pass rate, a class average or an honour roll are no use if they arrive after the class council, or if they are not built on the same marks as the report card. With Sahel EDU, school statistics software, they come from validated marks, through the same engine as the report card, class by class, subject by subject and term by term. The head comments on what is seen, and distinctions remain decided by the class council.

The figures that help to analyse a school’s results

To know how to improve a school’s results, you first have to measure them. The pass rate is the share of assessed students who reach the class threshold: if 26 students out of 40 score 10 out of 20 or more, the rate is 65%.

This rate does not say everything. It is read with other figures, and always compared with the previous term.

The class average, which gives the general level.
The median, which is not distorted by a few extreme marks.
The standard deviation, which says whether students are grouped together or widely spread.
The highest and the lowest average.
The distribution of students across average bands.
The rate by subject, which shows where the school loses its students.

The results summary in Sahel EDU

The summary uses the marks validated by teachers, through the same engine as the report card: the figures therefore never differ from those the family sees. It can be read for a sequence, a term or the year, and for a class, a level, a cycle, a section or the whole school.

Each line gives the pass rate, the average, the median, the standard deviation, the highest and lowest average, the distribution into eight bands and by grade, with the breakdown for boys, girls and repeating students. Charts show change from one term to the next, and a plain text, written by the software, sums up the main points without ever naming a person.

Progress is compared with the previous term and with the year before.
Subjects below the pass-rate benchmark are flagged.
The head adds a dated, signed comment; each correction writes a new version, nothing is erased.
Each role sees what concerns it: head, deputy head, section head, form teacher, and teachers only for their own classes.
Exports come as PDF, Word and Excel, through “Confirm and download”.
The document is then handed over by the school itself: nothing is sent to the inspectorate.

Honour rankings: who the best students are, and by what rule

The honour rankings place students at several levels: the class, the level, the cycle, the section, the school and, for a group of schools, the network. In a network, the names of students from other schools are masked.

Several rankings exist, so that a student is not reduced to a single average. Ties are settled by a written rule, shown to everyone.

Ranking by average.
Ranking by greatest progress.
Ranking by consistency and by attendance.
Best student in each subject.
Never a ranking of the weakest.
No prize amount is calculated or printed.

The honour roll and the class council’s distinctions

Distinctions follow the school’s own thresholds, never a hard-coded one: honour roll, encouragement, congratulations. The software proposes, the class council decides, and the decision is recorded and printed.

The honour roll can be printed, and so can the proclamation. A certificate with a QR Code can be handed out, and the distinction is visible to the student and the family once results are published.

Proposals come from the thresholds set by the school.
The council’s decision is recorded with the report card.
A student’s presence on the school’s public website requires the family’s consent.
Distinctions show once results have been published.

Limits of statistics, and where to start

Statistics are only as good as the marks entered and validated. A class’s overall average waits until all its subjects are validated, and the line states how many classes are counted.

To get started: have each sequence’s marks validated, open the term summary, read the flagged subjects, then add the head’s comment before the council.

A statistic is internal to the school: it does not depend on publication to families.
A very small group is flagged: an honour ranking is not frozen when the group is too small.
Sahel EDU does not produce a sheet in the format of the ministry’s statistical census.
The figures are an aid to decision-making: they do not explain on their own why a class does less well.
An honour ranking shows in public only for students whose family has agreed.

Frequently asked questions

How is the pass rate of a class calculated?

Divide the number of assessed students who reach the class threshold by the number of assessed students. Sahel EDU calculates it from validated marks.

Are the statistics sent to the inspectorate?

No. The document is downloaded as PDF, Word or Excel and the school hands it over itself.

Does the software rank the bottom of the class?

No. The honour rankings only highlight the best, under written rules; there is never a ranking of the weakest.

Who decides the honour roll?

The class council. The software proposes distinctions from the school’s thresholds, and the council records its decision.

Can we try it before committing?

Yes. The free trial lasts 30 days, with no commitment. The price is then negotiated with each school and can be read on the Pricing page.

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