Using Reports in the Online Assessment System
Updated October 2009

There are two reasons to use the Online Assessment System (OAS):

1. To give students practice taking standardized tests
2. To give teachers immediate feedback as to what their students know or do not know regarding specific curricular objectives

This document explains how to access various reports within the OAS to aid teachers in understanding the curricular needs of their students. It should be noted here that these reports are only available for tests assigned by the teacher. Practice tests only send the teacher feedback if a student requests such . For directions for accessing reports from tests assigned by the district (Map), click here

Login:

• Same as RenLearn - email plus mcsd
• Email password

Accessing reports (The best and fastest way to access a report is to schedule one; click here to learn how)

• Reports tab
• Choose from one of the for report categories by clicking in the bubble to the left of the title; usually you will choose the top one - Teacher / Classroom Level Reports
• Hover of the report name to get a brief description of the test or click on the sample report link to see what sort of information is included in the report
• Click test type preference (Item Analysis and Skill Proficiency Report by Class are two particularly helpful reports)
• Click on your class name (navigate to test name using strip along the bottom)
• Click 2 for 2^nd grade reading test
• Click on test name
• Next window will show students: choose specific students or leave all selected
• Scroll to bottom and click Generate Report button
• To save a report to your computer, once it has been generated, do the following:
  • At the top of the screen click the drop down menu for "Select a Format". You will see the green circle spinning like the report is trying to come up; however sometimes it does not. Go ahead and click the dropdown for "Select a Format" at the top of the screen. Choose Adobe .pdf or Excel file type
  • Then click the link for "Export" that appears next to this dropdown menu. You will then be asked to open or save the file. Select "Open." The report should come up this way. Remember, there are time periods when bandwidth is a factor. The best time to print reports, until our district can resolve our bandwidth issues, is early in the morning or late in the afternoon or night.

Report descriptions:

Item Analysis report

• Standard given along with substandard and GPS/QCC number
• Blue number link will open a window to show question as it appeared to student on test
• Bold answer is the correct one
• Shows number of responses for each possible answer
• Shows which students missed by clicking on wrong answers link
• Notice options at the top of page
• Back; Reports menu; pages; viewing size; export to another file type

Another very useful report

• Skills proficiency report by class: this report looks very useful. It shows the percentage correct for each standard for the whole class. This way the teacher can look at which standards need the most attention for her teaching

Other reports -  (Use the Sample report links to quickly see and learn what each reports gives you)

• One big improvement in the OAS Reports system is that every report has the standards in print present on the report page
• Administrative: shows grade level classes and allows for comparison of overall scores
• Class list: shows number correct and percentage for each student in your class
• History report by student: shows tests taken by student along with score for each; allows teacher to scroll through class one student at a time
• Skills gap analysis: this report is sorted such that the qualifier is the actual standard itself. Student info, as to their percentage correct, is then listed beneath each standard
• Skills proficiency report by class: this report looks very useful. It shows the percentage correct for each standard for the whole class. This way the teacher can look at which standards need the most attention for her teaching
• Skills proficiency report by student: this is the same as the one above, but rather than a class average, the data is broken by student; the teacher can scroll through her students to see percentage correct for each standard addressed by a test
• Test history by class: for each test taken, how many times the test was taken, it shows the average, minimum, and maximum scores, and the dates tests were taken

Other items on the Reports page

• Use the Sample report links to quickly see and learn what each reports gives you