Recognition Portfolio Page Budget Tool

Description

Count evidence+narrative-excluded appendix; return limit-counted as signed remainder.

Adult-learning budgets allocate supplied time, observations, support hours and optional participation. Elapsed session time differs from assessor person-time or serial per-learner time. A completeness count or feasible time balance does not itself assess competence, accessibility or learning quality.

Count evidence+narrative-excluded appendix; return limit-counted as signed remainder.

When to use this tool

Use Recognition Portfolio Page Budget when checking the stated adult-learning time, participation, resource or support-allocation convention.

How to use the tool and how it works

Enter pageLimit, evidencePages, narrativePages, excludedAppendixPages. Use the units and conventions below.
Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
Read countedPages, remainingPages. Use the output convention below.

Require nonnegative whole page counts/limit and excludedAppendixPages<=evidencePages. Count evidence+narrative-excluded appendix; return limit-counted as signed remainder.^[1]

Input field	Meaning and units	Accepted input
pageLimit	Page Limit	Required. Safe integer; minimum 0.
evidencePages	Evidence Pages	Required. Safe integer; minimum 0.
narrativePages	Narrative Pages	Required. Safe integer; minimum 0.
excludedAppendixPages	Appendix portion already included in evidencePages and removed from counted pages.	Required. Safe integer; minimum 0.

Output field	Interpretation	Returned shape
countedPages	Counted Pages	Required. Safe integer.
remainingPages	Remaining Pages	Required. Safe integer.

json

{
  "input": {
    "pageLimit": 50,
    "evidencePages": 30,
    "narrativePages": 15,
    "excludedAppendixPages": 5
  },
  "output": {
    "countedPages": 40,
    "remainingPages": 10
  }
}

Limitations and assumptions

Appendix pages are assumed included within evidencePages; no portfolio content, evidence validity or recognition policy is assessed.
Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Numeric signed-zero results are exported as zero.

Alternative or Complementary methods

Review actual learner needs, activity plans and verified records with the responsible educational team for substantive scheduling and assessment decisions.

References

Calculation and input contract: adult-education/recognition-portfolio-page-budget — tool.io

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