Slooch Assessments
Set it once, mark the whole grade, give out the marks.
Slooch suggests the questions, the memo and the marks. The teacher reviews every one and releases the marks.
Overview
Marks out of the home spreadsheets.
One assessment set for every class in the grade, marked against one memo and released to everyone who needs the marks. Slooch suggests; the teacher reviews every mark and decides.
Question 4 | 8B
- Suggested by Slooch: 2 of 5
- Ms Dlamini gave 4
What it does
What Slooch Assessments does
Everything here is built and in the product today.
Set, mark and give out for the whole grade.
The term's assessment programme
BuiltEvery assessment for the term on one programme, with clashes caught before they are set.Drafted from the topic
BuiltSlooch suggests the questions, memo and rubric for a test, quiz, assignment or worksheet; the teacher reviews every one before it is set.Set for every class at once
BuiltThe teacher sets one assessment for every class in the grade, with a variant per class where wanted.The department's question bank
BuiltQuestions kept by subject and topic, with how often each is used and its average mark.
Quizzes on the learner's phone
BuiltClosed questions are marked automatically against the memo; open ones wait for the teacher.Paper scripts photographed
BuiltScripts are photographed and matched to each learner.Marking at scale
BuiltSlooch suggests marks against the memo for the whole grade; the teacher reviews by exception and approves, and one rule correction reaches every affected script.Moderation and sign-off
BuiltThe head of department moderates and signs off before marks go out.Marks to everyone who needs them
BuiltThe teacher releases marks to learners and parents, with the mark schedule and term reports.Study and support plans
BuiltPlans follow from the results, and the teacher decides who gets one.
Slooch suggests; the teacher decides.
Slooch suggests a mark for every open answer across the grade. Ms Dlamini reviews the ones it flags, approves the rest, and one correction to a memo rule reaches every script it affects.
- Paper scripts photographed and matched to each learner
- Closed questions marked against the memo
- Moderation and sign-off by the head of department
Released once, to all who need it.
When the head of department has signed off, Ms Dlamini releases the marks. The learner, the parent, the mark schedule and the term report have them at once, and no parent sees a mark before she releases it.
- The mark schedule, with what is released on each test
- Each mark with the teacher's comment in the parent app
- Study and support plans that the teacher decides
How it works
How it works, in order
A Grade 8 Mathematics quiz, from the term's programme to the parent's phone.
The programme sets the term's tests
Mr Roberts, the deputy principal for academics, and the heads of department put the term's assessments on one programme. Slooch shows a clash before anything is set.The teacher drafts a quiz from the topic
Ms Dlamini picks the topic, equivalent fractions, and asks Slooch for a draft. Slooch suggests the questions, the memo and the marks; she edits them, adds from the department's question bank, and sets nothing until she has reviewed every question.It goes to every class in the grade
She sets it for 8A, 8B and 8C at once, on paper or on the phone, with different numbers and the same memo for each class if she wants them.The answers come in
Paper scripts are photographed and matched to each learner. On the phone, closed questions are marked automatically against her memo and open answers wait for her.Slooch suggests, the teacher reviews
Slooch suggests a mark for every open answer across the grade. Ms Dlamini reviews the ones it flags or is unsure of, and when she corrects how a memo rule is applied, the correction reaches every script it affects.She releases the marks
Once the head of department has signed off the moderation, Ms Dlamini releases the marks. The learner, the parent, the mark schedule and the term report have them at once, and no parent sees a mark before she releases it.
A school week
Moments from an example school week
On Tuesday Sipho handed in the fractions worksheet from his phone, and got a receipt.
Tuesday | Slooch Assessments
An example school week
Who uses it
Where each person sees it
Every part comes with the parent and learner apps, free for every family.
Teacher console
Teachers and heads of department, in the teacher console
Works with
SA-SAMS, d6, Ed-Admin and Xero are the names of their owners' products. Slooch is not affiliated with or endorsed by any of them.- Reads from SA-SAMSBuilt
- Reads from d6Planned
- Reads from Ed-AdminPlanned
Learner and class lists come from the school's administration system. Marks stay in Slooch for the mark schedule and term reports.
Takes over
- Mark spreadsheets
- Merit apps
- Paper mark books
- Report-writing in the last week of term
Slooch runs beside what the school uses today, and takes over only when the school is ready.
Questions
Questions schools ask
Does Slooch mark the tests?
No. Slooch suggests a mark against the teacher's memo, labelled Suggested by Slooch. The teacher reviews it, changes it if they disagree and releases it. Until then nobody else sees it.
Can one teacher set a test for the whole grade?
Yes. A teacher or a head of department sets one assessment for every class in the grade at once, with a variant per class where wanted.
Where do the questions come from?
From the teacher, from the department's question bank, or from Slooch's suggestions for the topic. Every suggested question is labelled, and the teacher reviews each one before the assessment is set.
What is in the question bank?
The department's own questions, kept by subject and topic, with who wrote each one, how often it has been used and its average mark.
Can learners write quizzes on their phones?
Yes. Closed questions are marked automatically against the teacher's memo, and open answers wait for the teacher, as on paper.
We still write tests on paper. Does that work?
Yes. Scripts are photographed on a phone and matched to each learner. Slooch flags a missing or duplicate page before marking starts.
How does marking at scale work?
Slooch suggests marks for the whole grade. The teacher reviews by exception, starting with the answers Slooch flags or is unsure of. A correction to how a memo rule is applied reaches every script it affects, and the teacher approves the classes together.
Who sees a mark before it is released?
Only the teacher and the reviewers the school names. Learners and parents see a mark only after the teacher releases it.
Does it handle moderation?
Yes. The head of department moderates and signs off before marks are released, where the assessment programme requires it.
Is learner work used to train AI?
No. Learner information is never used to train AI.
What happens if suggestions are unavailable?
Suggestions stop and the manual route stays: the teacher marks against the memo, as on paper, and releases the marks the same way.
Do released marks reach the term report?
Yes. A released mark goes to the mark schedule and the term report, so nobody copies marks across by hand.
The other parts
Every part reads and writes the same families, learners and staff, so adding one is a setting.
- NoticesWho has read it, signed it and done it.Channels planned
- DocumentsReports and letters home, and who opened them.Built
- FeesEvery charge and payment matched for the bursar.Built
- RegisterEvery register taken, and the office's view by 08:00.Built
- AdmissionsFrom the first enquiry to the signed enrolment.Built
- SitesThe school's page, kept current by its notices.Full site planned
- TimetableBuilt, checked for clashes and on every phone.Built
