The powerful forensics tools in the Assessment Methods report allow you to generate and save your own custom reports on Assessment Methods and Types. The questions below will help you begin an investigation into any area of the curriculum:
- What are the assessment methods being used by the school, grade, subject, user, and/or course?
- Is there a variety of assessment methods being used?
- What is the alignment of the assessments to the targeted curriculum?
Application
Assessment Methods
From Reports > Assessment Methods:
1. Use one or more filters on the left to narrow the scope of your analysis. Your results will populate as you make your selections.
- Filter Standards: Limit your results to include assessments only to the selected content-area Standards.
- Filter Standards by Keyword: Identify where specific concepts occur within the adopted set of Standards.
- Filter Courses: Limit your results further to include alignments found in courses with selected criteria.
- Filter Assessments: Include only those assessed through specified methods or types.
2. Organize your report in a variety of ways for a detailed and custom analysis. Click the List button to view the results in a list:
- Click Expand/Collapse to view Assessment Types with the Assessment Methods.
- Check Hide Empty Rows to limit the results to only those Assessment Methods that have aligned to one or more Standards.
- Click on any column header to sort the table of results or to add/delete columns.
3. View your results in a variety of formats.
- Select any underlined number within the table of results to produce a printable view for that area of focus.
- View a graphical representation of your results by clicking Pie or Bar buttons.
Export any custom report to MS Word by clicking the Actions menu, then Export to Word option.
Assessment Types
When you want to know:
- What are the assessment types being used by the school, grade, subject, user, and/or course?
- Is there a variety of assessment types being used?
- What is the alignment of the assessment types to the targeted curriculum?
From Reports > Assessment Methods OR Reports > Standards Analysis:
1. Select option Assessment Types from the List results by drop-down menu.
2. Use one or more filters on the left to narrow the scope of your analysis. Your results will populate as you make your selections.
- Filter Standards: Limit your results to include assessments only to the selected content-area Standards.
- Filter Standards by Keyword: Identify where specific concepts occur within the adopted set of Standards.
- Filter Courses: Limit your results further to include alignments found in courses with selected criteria.
- Filter Assessments: Include only those assessed through specified methods or types.
3. Organize your report in a variety of ways for a detailed and custom analysis. Click the List button to view the results in a list:
- Click Expand/Collapse to view Assessment Methods with the Assessment Types.
- Check Hide Empty Rows to limit the results to only those Assessment Types that have aligned to one or more Standards.
- Click on any column header to sort the table of results or to add/delete columns.
4. View your results in a variety of formats.
- Select any underlined number within the table of results to produce a printable view for that area of focus.
- View a graphical representation of your results by clicking Pie or Bar buttons.
Export any custom report to MS Word by clicking the Actions menu, then Export to Word option.
Proficiency Levels
When you to know:
- What are all the Standards I introduced and practiced this year but did not expect mastery?
- Which Standards that have only been introduced in the first quarter?
- On and before this date, what Standards have been taught, and at what proficiency level?
- When did I first practice this standard?
Enabling proficiency levels is an optional view that the school can turn on or off. Contact us to enable it.
From Reports > Assessment Methods OR Reports > Standards Analysis:
1. Select option Proficiency Levels from the List results by drop-down menu.
2. Use one or more filters on the left to narrow the scope of your analysis. Your results will populate as you make your selections.
- Filter Standards: Limit your results to include Proficiency Levels only to the selected content-area Standards.
- Filter Standards by Keyword: Identify where specific concepts occur within the adopted set of Standards.
- Filter Courses: Limit your results further to include alignments found in courses with selected criteria.
- Filter Assessments: Include only those assessed through specified methods or types.
3. Organize your report in a variety of ways for a detailed and custom analysis. Click the List button to view the results in a list:
- Check Hide Empty Rows to limit the results to only those Proficiency Levels that have aligned to one or more Standards.
- Click on any column header to sort the table of results or to add/delete columns.
4. View your results in a variety of formats.
- Select any underlined number within the table of results to produce a printable view for that area of focus.
- View a graphical representation of your results by clicking Pie or Bar buttons.
Export any custom report to MS Word by clicking the Actions menu, then Export to Word option.
Resources
Watch: Assessment Methods