How to Track Student Performance Over Time

You can view your students’ performance over time across multiple related assessments or across multiple testing opportunities of a single assessment. This lets you see how students’ performance has improved or declined.

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Each Longitudinal Report displays performance data for one of the following:

• A group of students who have completed every assessment available in the report. If you are a district- or campus-level user, note that a certain percentage of students must have taken all the related assessments in order for you to generate a Longitudinal Report. Teachers have the option of adjusting the pool of students, tests, and test administrations (categories assigned to assessments).

• An individual student (refer to Figure 17).

How to Access a Longitudinal Report Comparing Related Assessments

If the student(s) in your test results have completed multiple related assessments, the Build Longitudinal Report button allows you to access a Longitudinal Report in the reports for any of those assessments (refer to Icons). If they have not done so, then no Longitudinal Report is available.

1. In the Features and Tools menu, click the Build Longitudinal Report button in the upper-left corner, either directly on the page (refer to Figure 18) or within a More Tools menu, depending on whether additional instructional resources are available (refer to Icons).

2. The Longitudinal Report window appears. Depending on your role, the test types, and the number of students in the report, it may display a report options page rather than the Longitudinal Report itself. The contents of this page depend on your role and the number of students.

   1. Teachers only: If the test results you are reviewing are for multiple students, a table appears with a column for each test (refer to Figure 19). This table does not appear if you are looking at an individual student.

   2. A sub-column appears for each test administration (a category assigned to an assessment).

   3. The cells in the columns display Checkmark Indicating Student Completed Test icon to indicate which students completed which test/test administration combinations (refer to Icons).

   4. Mark the checkbox for each test/test administration combination you wish to include in the report. Mark the Test administration checkbox on the left to include all or clear it to remove all. The test opportunities that will be included are highlighted in yellow.

3. If you are viewing report options, click Generate Report at the top of the window to view the Longitudinal Report. (You can modify your selections and regenerate the report later using the Change Selections button (refer to Icons).

How to View Students’ Overall Performance on Assessments Over Time

Look at the graph in the upper-left corner of the Longitudinal Report (refer to Figure 20). It shows the scores or performance levels of the student(s) each time they took the test(s).

Score data are plotted along a line. Performance level data are shown either the same way or, for multiple students, in Performance Distribution (BOY)/ Predicted STAAR Performance (Interim) bars.

Hover your mouse over the data points in a line graph or the sections in a bar to get more information.

Alternatively, in the table at the bottom of the report, look at the Overall section.

Note: Due to changes in test design and achievement levels, longitudinal reports are not available for STAAR, STAAR Alternate 2, and TELPAS prior to 2023.

How to Switch Between Score Data and Performance Level Data

When a graph offers both score and performance level data, a toggle bar appears at the top, as in Figure 21. Click the toggle to switch between data. You may want to do this if you find performance level data to be easier to read, or if you prefer the precision of score data. Sometimes, a test includes only one type of data.

How to Modify the Programs You Have Selected

If you are a teacher and generated the report from the report options page, click the Change Selections button in the upper-right corner of the window (refer to Icons). The report options page reappears, allowing you to change your selection of tests and test administrations (categories assigned to assessments).