--- title: What do the colours in my tracker mean? description: Once you set your students' MTGs, you'll see that their grades become colour-coded in your trackers. --- [Skip to content](https://support.pupilprogress.com/migration/helpcentre/what-do-the-colours-in-my-tracker-mean#main-content) English Show submenu for translations ![pp-Logo-transparent white.png\]](https://support.pupilprogress.com/hs-fs/hubfs/pp-Logo-transparent%20white.png?height=40&name=pp-Logo-transparent%20white.png) - [Contact Page](https://www.pupilprogress.com/contact-us) - [About Page](https://www.pupilprogress.com/about-us) - [Pupil Progress Blog](https://www.pupilprogress.com/blog) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Contact Page](https://www.pupilprogress.com/contact-us) - [About Page](https://www.pupilprogress.com/about-us) - [Pupil Progress Blog](https://www.pupilprogress.com/blog) - English Show submenu for translations - Contact us Contact us Welcome to the Pupil Progress Help Centre - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. 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Based on your students' **Minimum Target Grades** (*[Setting targets for students](https://support.pupilprogress.com/helpcentre/setting-targets-for-students?hsLang=en)*), their grades for each assessment they sit will be colour-coded following this key: ![Screenshot 2020-12-17 at 16.50.18](https://support.pupilprogress.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202020-12-17%20at%2016.50.18.png?width=137&name=Screenshot%202020-12-17%20at%2016.50.18.png) The colours give you a quick and intuitive understanding of how your class is performing overall, as well as at the individual level. At first glance, you can see that a student might have exceeded their minimum target grade for a unit, while they underperformed in the next unit, such as *Huckleberry Finn* (see below). ![Screenshot 2020-12-18 at 16.43.44](https://support.pupilprogress.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202020-12-18%20at%2016.43.44.png?width=688&name=Screenshot%202020-12-18%20at%2016.43.44.png) This helps you plan future lessons and target groups of students that are having more difficulties.  Additionally, the darkness of the cells with the raw marks in is indicative of how well your students have performed. Specifically, the darker the cell is the higher the marks are. ![Screenshot 2020-12-21 at 11.58.31](https://support.pupilprogress.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202020-12-21%20at%2011.58.31.png?width=476&name=Screenshot%202020-12-21%20at%2011.58.31.png)  From this tracker view, we can see at first glance that the students with the lighter cells have scored the lowest for the Mock. 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