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Consolidated Ranking Report

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The Consolidated Ranking Report shows how students in each class performed on selected assessments in the reporting period you select, and ranks scores.

How do I get to this page?

  1. Log in to Renaissance.
  2. On the Home page, select Reports; in the drop-down list, select Administrator. (Note: If you would normally only have access to administrator reports, there will be no drop-down list; selecting Reports will take you directly to the Administrator tab.)

  3. On the Administrator tab on the Reports page, under “Customizable Reports,” select Consolidated Ranking Report.

Who can do this with default user permissions?

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

  1. Use the Students drop-down list to select either a single school, or choose All Schools to select all the schools in the district.

    • School administrators and school staff can only select their own schools.

    To select specific schools or classes, use the links below the Students drop-down list. Selecting one of these links will open a corresponding pop-up window; in that window, check the box at the top of the list to select all the available choices, or make individual selections below it. You can enter search criteria in the field at the top of the window to find a specific school or class.
    Examples of the pop-up windows that appear when the Schools or Classes links are selected. In each case, a search field at the top lets you search for specific schools or classes; a check box above the listed schools or classes lets you select or deselect all of them at once; and the Clear All link, Cancel button, and Save Selection buttons are at the bottom.

    • School administrators and school staff can only select their own schools or classes in their own schools.

    Once you have made your choices, select Save Selection at the bottom of the pop-up window.

  2. If you want to use demographic data to further refine the data in the report, select Change Demographics...

    The Change Demographics button.

    By default, the "All" option is chosen for Ethnicity, Gender, Language, and Grade Level. To reduce the scope, choose the "Select" option at the top of the appropriate column and then check your selections in that column.
    All ethnicities, all genders, two languages (English and Hmong), and three grade levels (grades 2, 3, and 4) have been selected.
    In the example above, the user has selected two Languages 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 reduce the scope, choose Select Characteristics... and then check each characteristic you want students in the report to have. You must also choose any or all (after "Include students with") 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 are 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).

  3. Use the Group By and Then list drop-down lists to determine how the data in the report should be arranged.

    The Group By and Then list drop-down lists.

    The Group By choice you make hierarchically determines the Then list options available. For example, if you choose to group by Teachers, you can only list by Classes or Students.

    For some customers in larger school districts, the options in the Group By and Then list drop-down lists are limited to the following:

    Group By Then list
    District Schools
  4. Check Hide Sections Without Data if you want to omit sections of the report that have no data in them.

    The Hide Sections Without Data check box.
  5. In the Add Columns section, use the Subject and Assignment Type drop-down lists to choose the assignment types to include in the report.

    The selection you make for Subject determines what appears in the Assignment Type drop-down list. Typical assignment types are shown below for Reading (left) and Math (right).

    On the left, with Reading as the selected subject, there are six assessments and six practices that can be selected as the Assignment Type. On the right, with Math as the selected subject, there are six assessments and two practices that can be selected as the Assignment Type.
  6. Use the Measure drop-down list to choose the measure you want the report to track. The available measures will change depending on the assignment type you have chosen. For example:

    On the left, Reading is the subject and Star Reading Enterprise is the Assignment Type: this makes eight different measures available. On the right, Reading is the subject and Article Quizzes is the Assignment Type: this makes four different measures available.

    If you select Normal Curve Equivalent (NCE) - Proficiency Score or Percentile Rank (PR) - Proficiency Score, a side menu will open where you can choose the value of the proficiency score (the default is 50).

    The Proficiency Score drop-down list.

    If you select Scaled Score (SS), the Unified Scale is used.

    The Star Unified Scale has been selected.

    After you select the measure, use the check boxes below the Measure Category drop-down list to choose whether to view Average values for the measure or Median values (or both).

    The Average and Median check boxes.
  7. Use the Reporting Period drop-down list to select a marking period or screening window for the measure. You can also select Custom... and set your own dates (use the calendars to select a range of dates or type them in the fields using m/d/yyyy format; then, select Apply to use the dates you have chosen or Cancel to close this pop-up without saving your selection). Dates can be in the current school year or up to three years prior to the current school year.
    The user has chosen to select custom dates. A pop-up calendar is open, allowing the user to choose the dates. The dates can also be entered in the fields above the calendar. The Apply and Cancel buttons are in the upper-right corner of the pop-up window.

    If schools use their own unique date ranges within a district screening window, those ranges will all have the same name. To help you tell them apart, the dates they cover will be added to the end of the name.

    Three Fall screening windows, with three different date ranges to differentiate them (9/1 to 9/10, 9/10 to 9/20, and 9/20 to 9/30).

  8. Select + Add New Column to add a second (optional) assignment type and measure for the report (follow the same steps you did for the first one).

    The Add New Column button.

    If you add a second column and then change your mind, select the trash can in the upper-right corner to delete it.

    The trash can icon.

  9. Once you are done choosing report options, select Update Report.

    The Update Report button.
  10. The report will generate and then open at the bottom of the page.
    An example report. There is a set of columns for each measure and reporting period. Each student's value for the selected measure is shown, with a ranking of the students in the following column.
    • The data for the selected students is shown, grouped as determined in step 3. (In the example above, the data is grouped by district and listed by student.)
    • The measures for the chosen assignment types are shown in separate columns—each assignment type spans its own set of columns covering the marking period, the selected measure, and ranks the students based on that measure.
    • The overall averages for the measures are in the bottom row.

      notes on the scores

      • When the average Scaled Score is calculated for a group of students, the Rasch scores are averaged first; that average is then converted to the average Scaled Score for the group. This method is more accurate than using each student's individual Scaled Score for the calculation.
  11. You can change any of the options you have selected and then regenerate the report by selecting Update Report.
  12. Select the PDF icon at the top of the page or the Print or Save button above the first table in the report to create a PDF of the report. You can also select the Download Data button above the first table in the report to download a CSV (comma-separated values) version of the report that you can open in a spreadsheet program.
    The Print or Save and Download Data buttons.
  13. To return to the Reports page, select either Back to Reports or the report icon at the top of the screen.
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