Dynamic Reporting Suite

Overview

Without searching through stacks of reports or analyzing overwhelming numbers, NWEA's Dynamic Reporting Suite spotlights areas that need attention. For building administrators and teachers, the Dynamic Reporting Suite simplifies data analysis and offers classroom tools to apply test scores directly to instruction.

The Dynamic Reporting Suite provides reports that are tailored for all members of a student's learning team. Results are timely, allowing you to use the information when it has the greatest impact. This suite of reports visually portrays student achievement so teachers and principals can immediately take action to improve learning.

Features

The visual presentation of information in the Dynamic Reporting Suite immediately engages all members of a student’s learning team and makes it impossible to walk away from the data.

For teachers, NWEA classroom reports:

• Provide information tailored to quickly diagnose student needs and make instructional decisions when they have the greatest impact.
• Allow teachers to view results online so they can see the academic diversity within their classrooms allowing them to group for instruction.
• Present RIT scores that are used to measure a student’s academic growth.
• Supply a Lexile score to link students to rated reading materials of appropriate difficulty.
• Includes a booklist feature allowing teachers to create customized booklists for each student in their classes with the click of a mouse.
• Offers a goal-setting worksheet to encourage student participation in achieving their learning goals.

For building administrators, NWEA school reports provide:

• Simplified data analysis for building administrators.
• Student performance relative to:
• Growth
• Proficiency
• Norms
• Convenient online access.
• Timely results for all people on a child’s learning team in formats appropriate for guiding decisions.
• An understanding of what proportion of students met growth targets.

Practical Application

Educators use the Dynamic Reporting suite to spotlight areas of learning that deserve attention. This suite of reports graphically shows information so that teachers, school administrators, and central office staff can immediately take action to improve student learning. The reports readily convey student performance relative to:

• Growth
• Proficiency
• Norms

FAQ

How soon after uploading tests can reports be viewed?

Dynamic Reporting Suite will display reports when test results have been uploaded and a subsequent weekend population has occurred. In other words, for any test results uploaded between Monday and Friday during a given week, reports will be available the following Monday.

Can the Dynamic Reporting Suite be accessed from a Macintosh computer?

Yes. The Dynamic Reporting Suite reports are online reports accessible from both Macintosh and Windows-based computers.

What is a Lexile?

The Lexile Framework for Reading is based on the Lexile scale, which ranks books and reading abilities. Texts are evaluated for difficulty based on two parameters: word complexity and frequency, and sentence length.

Are the Dynamic Reporting Suite reports available for every test term?

No. Dynamic Reporting Suite reports are available for fall and spring test terms only; they are not available for winter or summer terms. The Student Goal Setting worksheet, however, will include winter test results.

What information is available if there is not a state alignment study available for my state?

For those states in which NWEA has not yet conducted an alignment study, NWEA uses percentile scores as an indicator of the likelihood a student will be proficient on the state test. The percentiles, based on NWEA norms, divide students into the following categories:

• Below the 40th percentile
• From the 40th to 69th percentile
• At or above the 70th percentile

NWEA has identified the 40th percentile and above as a target proficiency. Students at or above the 70th percentile are likely to be considered advanced. Because proficiency levels differ dramatically from state to state, these ranges should be considered indicative, but not absolute.