How do the "Ranking" calculations work?
Rank
Description: Ranks values from highest to lowest
Accepts: Exactly one column
Notes:
Values that occur more than once will result in an equal rank for multiple students with following ranks being skipped. E.g. Results of 10, 10 and 8 would result in ranks of 1, 1 and 3
This calculation can produce unexpected results from users since it ranks on raw marks rather than what is displayed (often 2 or less decimal places). As a result, students with the same displayed result can receive different ranks. E.g. Results of 8.914, 8.912 would result in ranks of 1 and 2 even though those results will likely be displayed to users as 8.91 and 8.91 (equal).
Ranks obtained by this calculation must not be used for Board of Studies rankings. Rank by whole number must be used instead.
Rank by class
This calculation uses the code for rank, but only send the values of a single class, rather than the entire markbook
Rank by whole number
Description: Ranks values from highest to lowest after rounding values to the nearest whole number
Accepts: Exactly one column
Notes:
Values that occur more than once will result in an equal rank for multiple students with following ranks being skipped. E.g. Results of 10, 10 and 8 would result in ranks of 1, 1 and 3
Ranks obtained by this calculation should be used for Board of Studies rankings