Marking and Feedback Tracker

Who this is for

Every pile of marking on one list, with a date it is due back. Each row records the class, the piece of work, when it was set and collected, the date you mean to return it, and the days left to that date, with ticks for marked and returned.

Teachers with several classes handing in at once, and anyone who has found a set of books at the back of a cupboard a fortnight after they were collected.

What this helps you track

• What has been collected from which class, and when
• The date you set yourself to return each piece
• How many days are left to that date, counted from today
• What has been marked, what has gone back, and what feedback it went back with
• How many sets are still outstanding

How to use it

1. Write your name, the term and the classes the sheet covers at the top.
2. Add a row when work is set, and fill in the collected date on the day it comes in.
3. Write the date you intend to return it. That is your own target; nothing is suggested here.
4. The days-left column counts from today to that date in the browser version and the workbook; on paper, write the figure in.
5. Tick marked when the set is done and returned when it is back with the pupils, and note the feedback it went back with.
6. Read the summary at the start of each week: the outstanding count and the smallest days-left figure are where to start.

Formats

• Printable PDF (A4 and US Letter)
• Fillable PDF with form fields
• Fill in online, saved in your browser
• Excel / Google Sheets workbook

The printable is laid out inside a box that fits both A4 and US Letter, so the two files are identical and neither one is scaled. The fillable PDF has real form fields. The workbook uses plain formulas only — SUM, IF, COUNTIF and the like — so it opens in Excel, LibreOffice and Google Sheets without anything breaking, and every calculated cell is grey so you can see which figures it worked out.

How to print

Download the A4 or US Letter file to match the paper in your printer, open it in a PDF reader and print at 100% — not "fit to page", which shrinks the writing space. Both files leave a 14 mm margin, which clears the unprintable edge on home printers. To print the online version with your entries in it, use the Print this sheet button, which prints only the sheet and none of the page around it. More on printing.

Questions

Does the sheet set a turnaround time?

No. The return date is whatever you or your school decide for that piece of work, written by you on each row. The days-left figure simply counts to it.

What goes in the feedback column?

A word or two on the form the feedback took: written comments, whole-class, verbal, peer marked, a re-draft set. It is a record of what happened, not a judgement of it.

Why both marked and returned?

Because a marked set on your desk is not feedback yet. Two ticks make the gap visible, and the outstanding count uses the returned tick.

The days-left figure is negative.

The return date has passed. It stays on the sheet as a negative number so it is seen rather than hidden; update the date if it has genuinely moved.