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Access School Reporting Mode

Kaitlin Antelmi
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IN THIS ARTICLE

1. Access School Reporting Mode

2. Navigate Reports

3. Using Performance Bands

4. Drill-In to Review Sub-Group Data

5. Compare Multiple Assessments

6. Export Reports

7. Best Practices

 

Access School Reporting Mode to analyze assignment performance for the school(s) you are associated to without worrying about assignment sharing settings.
  • This feature is available to staff with membership to an access group called Instructional Leaders.
  • Teachers do have the option to create or edit their assignments to be private so that they do not appear in School Reporting Mode.

 

 

Access School Reporting Mode

After logging in to your Gradient account, from the Account Menu in the upper right corner, select School Reporting Mode

 

 

Navigate Reports

All assignments for your associated schools will be accessible in a list view by default. Assignments can be found by:

1. using the assignment name search

2. sorting by the column headers

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Select a specific assignment to review the data for that assignment. Use the left sidebar navigation to access different report categories [1] and specific reports [2].

School Reporting Mode - Assignment Drill-In - Classes by Question.png

After selecting a report, such as Classes - By Question, use the Configure icon from the toolbar to change the way the report displays data. Learn more about Configure options here.

School Reporting Mode - Configure Icon.png

To learn more about using Gradient Reports, take a look at these support articles:

 

 

Using Performance Bands

Performance bands are a way to change the way student performance data is categorized in reporting.  Select the band from the options available above the report under the report title.

While viewing a report, such as the Teacher by Standard report, use the Configure icon to display the report data to show the Percent with the Performance Band or the Performance Band Abbreviation.

Review our Help Center articles for more information about how Gradient Leaders can create shared performance bands for staff to use or how individual teachers can create their own. 

 

 

Drill-In to Focus Your Analysis

When reviewing data, leaders may wish to drill-in or filter out a specific set of data (multiple classes, multiple teachers, or multiple students).

While reviewing the data reports for a specific assignment, such as the Teacher By Question report, select the name of a specific teacher. This will filter the data to only display the student response data connected to the selected teacher. Navigating to additional reports will only show the data for the select filter.

 

Continue to drill in further by selecting another filter option. To remove a specific filter, click the X next to the filters shown above the report.

  • If custom fields were used when importing or syncing rosters, these can be used for filters or drill-in options.

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Compare Multiple Assessments

Selecting multiple assessments, then drilling into the data allows you to compare learning data, such as pre-and post-assessments for a unit.

From the Assignment Overview list, check the box next to two or more assignments. Then select Drill-In from the toolbar.

The selected assignments will appear as a filter in the top left corner of the screen. Reports will reflect the filtered view of data. For example, choosing the Assignment(s) - Longitudinal report will show the trend of overall performance on the selected assignments.

Longitudinal Report Drill-In.png

To learn more about the specific standards assessed on the selected assignments, select the Assignment(s) - By Standard to learn about overall performance for skills across assignments. Or continue to pick additional report categories for schools, teachers, classes, or students to get more granular.

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Export Reports

Any report can be exported (CSV or Excel) to be used outside of Gradient or to be imported into another program.

  • Use the Configure button to adjust options for downloaded reports, and then click the Download icon from the toolbar on the right.
  • Excel downloads will display better for presenting to instructional teams with helpful formatting and coloring based on the chosen performance band.
  • CSV files are best for importing into other programs.
Reports - Download Icon.png

 

 

Best Practices

  • Encourage the teachers or staff in charge of assessment creation to use a naming convention when titling the assignment.  This helps with searching for common assessments or unit tests within School Reporting Mode.
    • Course Name, Grade Level, and School are all common labels to add to the assignment name.
  • If data is being analyzed for big-picture impact or across assignments, consider aligning questions to strands or clusters in addition to discreet standards.
  • If an assignment is not visible as expected within School Reporting Mode, check with the assignment author to ensure the assignment has not been marked Private in the assignment details window.
  • Use the Data Conversations Guides to support collaborative conversations while reviewing data reports.
The feature(s) mentioned are only available to Gradient for Schools & Districts subscribers. Please contact sales@gradecam.com to upgrade your subscription.

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