The Student Sorting Kit

An Introduction

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Utilities SheetPress the buttons to:

• Rearrange students in various orders

• Build the application to your specifications

• Check the student details for errors

• Generate Balance and Feeder Information

• Analyse friendship links

• Assign the students to classes

List SheetUse this sheet to store:

• Student names

• Their characteristics

• Their Feeder details

• Their Friends and “Keep-Aways”

• Their classes after they have been assigned

• Any extra information about them

Balance SheetUse this sheet to:

• Check the number of each Factor present in your student population before sorting

• Check the balances of each Factor after the students have been assigned to classes

Friends SheetUse this sheet to view:

• The friendship groups you have created

• The characteristics of each friendship group

Linkview SheetUse this sheet to:

• View the friendship links you have created

• Check for ignored friendship links

Feeders SheetUse this sheet to view:

• Your complete list of feeder schools

• The balance of students from each feeder

Restrictions SheetUse this sheet to:

• Pin students to one class

• Limit students to certain classes

• Limit destination classes by student choice

• Limit destination classes by Curriculum needs

Targets SheetUse this sheet to:

• Specify the target numbers of students in each class if equal class sizes are not required

Factors SheetUse this sheet to build the application to your own specifications. Choose:

• The number of classes to display

• The number and type of Factors to balance

• The categories making up each Factor

• The relative “weight” of each category

• The number of restriction factors

• The number of friend columns

•The number of keep-away columns