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Skills Status Report

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Who can do this with default user permissions?

District Level Administrators, District Dashboard Owners, District Staff, School Level Administrators, School Staff, Teachers

The Skills Status Report shows individual student and group performance on skills covered by the students' assignments. This report can be generated for Accelerated Reader Literacy Skills Quizzes, Accelerated Reader 360 skills practice assignments, Star Custom assessments, and instructional resources. The report includes the number of correct items, the number possible, and the percent correct for each skill and all skills.

  1. If you have a Home page tile like the first example below, select Reports; then, in the menu, select Accelerated Reader / Reading Practice or Star / Assessment. If your home page is Renaissance Next, select Reports under My Data on the left side of the page; then, select Reports under Star / Assessment or select Accelerated Reader Reports.
    select Reports, then select Accelerated Reader / Reading Practice, Star / Assessment, or Math Practice   in Renaissance Next, select Reports under My Data
    When you go to the Reports page, the tab that is open by default depends on the choice you made in the menu.
  2. On the Accelerated Reader / Reading Practice tab, select Skills Status Report in the Mastery Status section of the page. (If you have added the report to the Pinned Reports, you'll find it under that section at the top of the page.)
    The Skills Status Report tile.
    On the Star / Assessment tab, select Skills Status Report in the Star Custom section of the page.
    The Skills Status Report tile.
  3. Select Choose Assignment Type (either the link or the button).
    The Choose Assignment Type link and button.
  4. In the window that opens, choose one of the products in the first column; then, choose a quiz, test, or assignment type in the second column. This report supports Accelerated Reader Literacy Skills Quizzes, Star Custom assessments, and Accelerated Reader 360 article skills practice assignments. Select Apply.
    Accelerated Reader has been selected in the Application column on the left, and Literacy Skills Quiz has been selected in the Assignments column on the right. The Apply and Cancel buttons are at the bottom.
  5. Select Choose Students (either the link or the button) or Change Students.
    The Choose Students link and button.
  6. Choose the students to include in the report. Teachers can only choose students in their own classes and groups.
    • In the popup window, if there is a Schools column, select a school. (This column isn't available if you only have access to one school.)
      In the pop-up window, one school and one teacher have been chosen. All Classes has been selected in the Classes column, and Whole Classes is being selected for Groups. The Apply and Cancel buttons are at the bottom.
    • If the Teachers column is available, at the top of the column, choose either All Teachers (to choose all the teachers in the school) or Select Teachers (to choose specific teachers; check the ones you want in the list). This column is not available to most teachers.
    • At the top of the Classes column, choose either All Classes (to choose all the classes for the teachers) or Select Classes (to choose specific classes; check the ones you want in the list).
    • Teachers will also see a Groups column. At the top of the Groups column, choose either All Groups or Select Groups; if you choose Select Groups, check the groups that you want to include. The first choice in the column is "Whole Class" or "Whole Classes"; choose this to report on the class(es) as a whole. Below that, you will see groups you created.
    • You may need to scroll to the right to see the Students column. At the top of the Students column, choose either All Students (to choose all the students) or Select Students (to choose specific students; check the ones you want in the list).
      A fifth column, Students, is visible after scrolling to the right.
      You can search the items in a column by clicking within that column and then typing Ctrl+F or control-F on the keyboard.

      When you are done making your choices, select Apply (or Cancel to close the window without saving your choices).
  7. If you want to use demographic data to focus the report on specific students, select Choose Demographics.
    The Choose Demographics button.

    How to choose demographics

    By default, the "All" option is chosen for ethnicity, gender, language (the students' primary language, if specified), and grade level. To focus the report on specific groups, choose the "Select" option at the top of the appropriate column and then check your selections in that column. Note that ethnicity, gender, primary language, and grade level may be specified for students when you add them to the software, but only grades are required; other information may not be available for your students.

    All ethnicities, all genders, one language (Spanish), and three grade levels (grades 6, 7, and 8) have been selected.
    In the example above, the user has selected one Language and three Grade Levels, while leaving Ethnicity and Gender at the default "All" options. Note: The Filter Reports by Ethnicity user permission may be set to prevent the use of ethnicities as a filter.

    By default, the "All" option is chosen for Characteristics. To focus the report on students with specific characteristics, choose Select Characteristics; then, check the characteristics that you are interested in. You must also choose any or all above the check boxes to specify whether students with any of the selected characteristics will be included in the report or only those with all of the selected characteristics.

    Two characteristics have been selected. The Apply and Cancel buttons are at the bottom.
    In the example above, the user selected two Characteristics (ADA and ESL). Because any is selected, the report will include students who are ADA, ESL, or both. If all had been selected, only students who are both ADA and ESL would be included. Note: The Filter Reports by Characteristics user permission may be set to prevent the use of characteristics as a filter.

    Once you have finished choosing demographic options, select Apply at the bottom of the window to save your choices (or Cancel to close the window without saving your choices).

  1. By default, the report will include the current school year. If you want to choose a marking period or custom dates instead, select the date field.
    the date field
    If you want to use one of the marking periods that have been added for your school, select the marking period in the list.
    select a marking period in the drop-down list
    If you want to use custom dates, select Custom. Then, select the start date and then the end date in the calendar (use the arrows to the left and right of the months to go back or forward). For Star reports, you can choose dates up to three school years before the current year; the Accelerated Reader report allows older dates. When you're done, select Apply.
    select Custom in the drop-down list
    an example of custom dates being selected in the calendar
  2. If you only want to include classes or groups who have data, check Hide Groups Without Data.
    The Hide Groups Without Data checkbox. The Update Report button is below it.
  3. Select Update Report under the report options. The report will open under the button.
    An example report, showing a table for Skill Area: Character and Plot, and student performance on questions measuring that skill.
  4. To create a PDF file of the report that you can print, select the PDF icon in the top right corner of the page.
    The PDF icon.
  5. The report will open in a new tab in your browser; use the browser or PDF options that are available to print the report.
  6. When you're ready to leave the page, you can select the Home button to go back to the Home page. To go back to the Reports page, select the Reports button (circled below) or the Back to Reports link.
    The Back to Reports link and icon.
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