Shadow judgements can be seen in progression charts. The principle is quite simple:

• If an assessment looks bright and bold – it means it was applied in the assessment period you are viewing
• If an assessment looks shaded out – it is a shadow judgement. This means the assessment was applied in an earlier assessment period.

For example: if you have assessed a student as ‘On Track’ in Autumn 1 and you are looking at the chart for Autumn 2, the assessment made in Autumn 1 will show as a shadow judgement.
Shadow judgements mean that once you have assessed a student, if that assessment still applies, you do not need to re assess them.

What this means for reporting

If you run a report against a specific assessment period, the system will return the most recent assessment for all the objectives you have selected (based upon the subject, phase and curriculum version selected).

For example: if you are reporting against the Maths, Year 4, NAHT assessment framework objectives and, you have selected to view the assessments that relate to Autumn 2:
if an objective was assessed in Autumn 1 but was not reassessed in Autumn 2, the Autumn 1 assessment is the most recent assessment and therefore will be returned as the current assessment for Autumn 2 in the report.

Just like the shadow judgements in progression charts in example 1.