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Glossary

Every term the app uses, in plain English.

Action: Something a student is asked to do, such as redoing a question. Assigned from the marksheet; appears on reports. See also Link.
Assessment objective (AO): A skill the exam board assesses, such as AO4 Evaluation in English. Some papers tag each question with AOs.
Boundary: The minimum mark for a grade on a paper or qualification, published by the exam board on results day.
Boundary series: Which summer’s overall boundaries are used for working-at grades, such as June 2024.
Buffer: A percentage added to boundaries to make grades slightly harder to reach, so borderline students are not told they are safe.
Class pack: Every student’s mock report for one class in a single file, for printing.
Data collection: A snapshot of every student’s grades at one point in the year, used for reports and comparison.
English and maths measure: The share of students at a grade (4+ or 5+) in both English and maths. English counts the better of Language and Literature.
Family portal: Where parents and carers sign in by email link to see published reports for their children.
Group: A named set of students on a tracker, used for interventions and as a filter.
Link: A resource for a student to read or watch, from the tracker’s library. See also Action.
Locked paper: A recent paper the board keeps behind its secure login so schools can use it as a mock.
Mock: One sitting of one past paper by a tracker’s students.
Notional component boundaries: The boards’ boundaries for a single paper, used to grade a mock on that paper.
Predicted grade: The teacher’s judgement of the final grade.
Progress report: A report across the year, made as part of a data collection.
Status: Where a grade sits against target: above (blue), on (green), one below (amber), two or more below (red).
Target: The minimum grade the school expects a student to reach. Shown as a dashed chip.
Target grid: How many more marks each higher grade needs, such as “2 to a 5 · 7 to a 6”.
Tier: Foundation or Higher, for subjects such as maths with tiered papers.
Tracker: One qualification for one year group, such as Year 11 AQA English Language, shared by every class taking it.
UPN: Unique pupil number: the national identifier used to match students in imports and exports.
Working-at grade: The grade a student is working at across the course so far, from their marks scaled to the whole qualification.