Assessing and Reporting Student Performance
SuccessMaker courses offer a variety of tools to support the ongoing assessment of reading, writing, science, maths and thinking skills.
One type of report is shown here. See also Report Examples
They include:
With the management system, educators have immediate access to the performance information they need for parent conferences, special reports and instructional decisions.
Teachers and Senior Management can, on Demand:
No longer do teachers, senior management and parents have to wait until separate testing sessions are held to see how students are progressing. At any time they can run reports and view student portfolios.
Dr Judy M. Parr - April 1994 (Ministry Research on SuccessMaker in NZ)
"In terms of progress on the system, students, on average, made gains consistent with, or in excess of, claims for the system, namely one month for every hour of instruction time. For example, for third form the average gain (in year levels) in maths was 0.111 and in reading 0.313 for every hour on system. The progress made on the system (class gains ranged from 0.93 to 1.43 year levels) could be seen as accelerated."
One type of report is shown here. See also Report Examples
They include:
- Embedded continuous progress assessment adapts the course appropriately for the student
- Reports for instructional management inform the teacher about student performance
- A computer based portfolio for authentic assessment of tasks and assignments
- Holistic scoring rubrics
- Student self – assessment tools
With the management system, educators have immediate access to the performance information they need for parent conferences, special reports and instructional decisions.
Teachers and Senior Management can, on Demand:
- View current performance information from embedded assessment
- Replace separate testing with continuous progress assessment
- See progress by individual student, classes or special groups
- Manage student portfolios and guide student work through an exchange of attached comments
- Identify areas of need
- Help students reach goals by using the forecasting report of time needed.
No longer do teachers, senior management and parents have to wait until separate testing sessions are held to see how students are progressing. At any time they can run reports and view student portfolios.
Dr Judy M. Parr - April 1994 (Ministry Research on SuccessMaker in NZ)
"In terms of progress on the system, students, on average, made gains consistent with, or in excess of, claims for the system, namely one month for every hour of instruction time. For example, for third form the average gain (in year levels) in maths was 0.111 and in reading 0.313 for every hour on system. The progress made on the system (class gains ranged from 0.93 to 1.43 year levels) could be seen as accelerated."
