Purpose

This report shows the distribution of grades for specific units for selected Assessment Periods

Structure

Block

Unit Outcome Distribution Report

Run Details

This job is run:

• At the end of Assessment Periods.
• At any time deemed necessary for whatever reason.

This job is run during Assessment Periods to provide statistical information on the distribution of results within a unit. This information is typically used by Assessors or Boards of Examiners to compare the actual distribution of grades with the expected distribution. In some cases, where the actual distribution of recommended grades significantly deviates from the expected distribution, outcomes may be modified.

This job can be run in both batch and online modes. It is best to run this report online for a specified unit code or in batch mode for a large number of units.

Refer to the Job Control and Scheduling subsystem for details on scheduling and running batch and online jobs.

The Unit Outcome Distribution Report block contains:

Parameters tab

• Assessment Period
• Teaching Period
• Organisation Unit
• Unit Code
• Location
• Unit Mode
• Unit Class
• Grades
• Include Units with no Outcomes check box
  This parameter determines whether or not the report includes units for which there are no outcomes. If a unit has no outcomes and that unit is the only unit for a particular organisational unit then when this indicator is checked, the organisation unit will still be reported. If the indicator is left unchecked and there are only units with no outcomes recorded, the organisation unit will not be reported.
• Include 'Organisation Unit Summary' Section check box
  When this check box is selected and the required data exists, a separate section of the report identifies all the Owning Organisation Units, Teaching Periods and Grading Schema for the units in the selected Assessment Period.

Rules/Notes:

Note: The % symbol indicates that the parameter is not considered for processing.

Most parameters in this job are used to refine the data set produced in this report.

For example, the report may be run for every Unit Offering within an Assessment Period or for a specific Unit Offering option.

Only two parameters for this report are Mandatory:

• Assessment Period
• Include 'Organisational Unit Summary' Section

The report is set to produce either recommended or finalised grades. It cannot run both in the same report.

The report displays tables representing the distribution of grades for each Grading Schema attached to the unit.

For example, it not only displays the Unit Offering Option Grading Schema, but also any Course Offering Pattern Grading Schemas attached to the students undertaking the Unit Attempt.

As a further illustration, MAA101 may be taken by a student in course A300 which has a different grading schema to MAA101. Tables displaying the distribution of grades for both schemas are included for unit MAA101.

For each Unit Offering, the number of outcomes for each pass and fail grade is reported, together with the percentage for each grade (as a proportion of the total number of outcomes). The Notional Percentage Maximum Grade Distribution (MAX %) for each grade is also displayed, so that users of the report can compare the actual distribution for each grade with the maximum expected distribution.

Notional Grade Distributions are sourced from ASSF5110 Maintain Grading Schema. A summary of the distribution for all result types: FAIL, INCOMPLETE, PASS, WITHDRAWN is also displayed.