This document provides guidance on using assessment data from AssessTrax to guide instruction. It outlines a 4-step process: 1) Decide which data to analyze, 2) Collect and organize the data, 3) Analyze it to identify strengths, weaknesses and trends, 4) Create an action plan. Key aspects covered include compiling answer frequency reports to identify concepts below 70% mastery, and using matrix reports to analyze student performance by question, objective or group. The overall message is that assessing, analyzing and acting on data helps ensure classroom instruction is effective.

1. Catch them before
they fall
The Power of Data
By: Rani Baksh

2. If you want to see it,
teach it!
If you teach it,
assess it!
If you assess it,
use it to guide instruction!
Assess again to see if
instruction was effective!

3. Step 1: Decide, as a team,
which data to analyze
** Utilize assessments given through
AssessTrax - it makes life easier!!

4. This report is the
common report printed
to view student results.
Student Results Report
 Log in to AssessTrax
 Click “Work with my tests and classes”
 Select a completed assessment
 Click “View Results”
 Select the class
 Click “Student Level Results”

5. Step 2: Collect & Organize Data
**Each teacher should access the Answer
Frequency Report in AssessTrax - results
should be compiled into one chart

6. Answer Frequency Report
(percentage of the class that selected
each answer choice)
 Log in to AssessTrax
 Click “Work with my tests and
classes”
 Select a completed assessment
 Click “View Results”
 Select the class
 Click “Answers” along the Analysis
bar

7. Teachers should combine
frequency scores in one chart. The
chart should be saved on the
shared drive and each teacher can
in their own scores. A
 Any score below 70% should
be marked in red.
 Look for trends.
 Skills that indicate weakness
should be noted.

10. Step 3: Analyze Data to identify
strengths, weaknesses and trends

11. What other data can
AssessTrax give us?

12. AssessTrax can also give us reports called
Matrix Reports, which include:
1. Student Answers by Question Number
2. Student Scores by Objective
3. A Description of the Objectives addressed on
each assessment
4. Question Descriptions (not available for benchmarks)
5. The ability to group student results according to
assessment performance

13.  Log in to AssessTrax
 Click “Work with my tests and classes”
 Select a completed assessment
 Click “View Results”
 Select the class
 Click “Class Reports” along the Reporting bar
 Click on “Matrix Reports”
 Click “Continue”
 Select “Yes” and “Color” under Report Options
 You can select all students, or specific groups of students you’d like to analyze – you will
always get the same 4 reports
 Click “Continue”
 You will get a message box notifying you that the report may take several minutes to
generate – click “OK”
 Select “Get Printed Report”
Steps to Assess Matrix Reports

14. Identify and click on scores below 70%
Assesstraxs will group students and highlight which
questions students struggled on . Wrong answers
are marked in pink. Search for patterns!
Criteria: Students grouped by scored
and questions.

15. The on level group of students. Trends
start to emerge.

16. With students that scored high, you can target
specific questions.

17. Another option, analyze by two different
criteria. This report shows students grouped by
score and objective.

18. Middle group 70%- 80%

19. Students scoring >90%

21. When classroom instruction is not
enough….
strategically plan to do more!

22. Step 4: Create an Action Plan
** Share ideas, strategies and lesson plans
that have been successful

24. Good decisions are based on data.
Better decisions are made after
collecting and examining data,
reflecting on alternatives, and getting
feedback from others.