Longitudinal Chart

Longitudinal Charts allow users to view data that displays how students are performing over time. Select one or more data sets to see trends and performance comparisons among multiple assessments. This lesson guides users through generating a Longitudinal Chart via the Charting tab.

Where to Start

Go to Charting.
Select Longitudinal Chart.
Select Edit for Data Set 1 to get started.

Student Population

Select a School Year. Multiple years can be selected.
Select one or more Schools. All Schools may be selected.
Select one or more Grade Levels. All Grades may be selected.
Open the menus for Assessment, Demographics, Intervention Status, and/or Active Student Filters to further filter the students in the search.
Select Next to continue.

Data Set 1

Select an Assessment Group. Only one may be selected.
Select an Assessment based on the chosen Assessment Group. Only one may be selected.
Select Windows. Multiple may be selected.
Select Next to continue.

Additional Data Sets

Select Edit on Data Set 1 to update the Student Population and/or Data Set 1.
Select + Additional Data Set to open a menu for additional options. Many of these serve as a quick add option to automatically make selections to view trend lines for the same assessment.
- Custom - manually select an additional Assessment Group, Assessment, and Windows
- By Grade - automatically adds the same Assessment for every Grade Level
- By School - automatically adds the same Assessment for every School
- By Gender - automatically adds the same Assessment split into Gender populations
- By Ethnicity - automatically adds the same assessment split into Ethnicity populations
Select Search to view the chart.

Select Edit Search to update the search parameters.
Select Save Search to save search parameters. After selecting Save Search, enter a same for the search to access later via the Saved Searches tab within Charting. Saving a search is for advanced users who don't want to select the same data over and over.
Hover over lines on the graph to view details. Select points within the key to hide specific lines on the chart.

This chart shows the 'By Grade' selection made within Additional Data Sets.

Next Steps

To learn more about Charting, visit Program Evaluation.