MarkBook® section 8-8

Each student's name. If you wish to add
student numbers, see the suggestion is section 4-1 or the print option in section 8-6.
Each student's rank within the
class in the lower Distribution box.
Each student's current mark or
grade to the nearest tenth of a percent.
The class average (see comments below about this item).
A comparison of each student's grade to the class average (see below for comments).
A count of missing marks called "NoMarks" (i.e. incomplete
assessments which you have NOT entered as zero).
A count of Zero!s (i.e. incomplete
assessments which you HAVE entered as zero).
An attendance summary - absences and
lates/tardies.
A Distribution
Analysis - see the lower Distribution box. This is handy for filling out various statistical reports about the performance of your
class.
The reported class average
may vary for some students. This is because each of these
students have incomplete assessments which have NOT been counted as a zero. MarkBook distinguishes these as NoMark
assessments versus Zero! assessments and treats them differently in the calculation of overall grades. "NoMark"
assessments are NOT counted whereas "Zero!" assessments ARE counted. For fairest comparison, a unique "comparison average" is calculated for each student on the basis of only those
assessments which count for this student. This is the fairest comparison possible since each student is compared to the rest of the class on the same set of
assessments. Be prepared for some student questions on this comparison. The average and median as reported at the top of the form are the "true" class figures.
"NoMark vs Zero" is a very useful option for you.
Decide which to use each time you enter grades. Of course, you can change any entry later should the student complete the missing item or should you change your mind.
The comparison to class average (+/-
Class Avg column) for a few students may appear to be incorrect mathematically. This is because each printed
number is rounded off for display purposes only. For instance, 78.46389% and 79.66389% differ by 1.2%. However, MarkBook correctly rounds off and displays these three numbers as 78%, 80%, and 1% respectively. The deviation between 78% and 80%, as calculated by a student examining the posted report, is 2% not 1%. This apparent "error" is due to rounding off and will never exceed 1%.
Much of this issue will disappear by selecting the option to print to one
decimal place as shown above. Now, the maximum "discrepancy" will be 0.1%.