Assessment visualizations are used to communicate how students have performed on any uploaded assessment. This lesson guides users through creating an Assessment visualization.
Before You Begin
Required Permissions: Access District Achievement Dashboard OR Manage District Achievement Dashboard
This lesson begins assuming a Dashboard has already been created. If one has not been created, take a look at Create a New Dashboard.
Where to Start
- Select New Visualization.
- Choose Assessment.
Assessment Visualizations
- Enter a Name for the visualization.
- Select an Assessment Type. This is the same as an Assessment Group.
- Select a Focus Assessment. This is the individual assessment that the data will represent on the visualization.
- Select a Target Set / Performance Band. This dictates the available bands to be used on the visualization.
- Select the Target Set / Performance Band Type. This allows the selection between the Benchmark Performance Bands or the Detailed Performance Bands.
- Select the Specific Target Range / Color. This allows the selection to focus the visualization on specific target groups of the Performance Band, such as students that fall below a benchmark, or to view all of the data across the whole Performance Band.
- Select a Comparison Point.
- Current year, previous window - compares scores on the same assessment within the same year; for example, comparing the Fall to Winter administration.
- Last year, same window - compares cohorts of students in performance on the same assessment at the same time of year; for example, comparing Fall of last year to Fall of this year.
- Custom - allows the custom selection of a Year and Window of comparison points.
- Select how the data will Report As.
- By default, data is reported as a number.
- If Percent is selected, data will display as a percent only if the Visualization Type is set to Numerical.
- Select a Grouping. Depending on the user's level of access, options include District, School, School Group, Grade, Ethnicity, and Gender.
- Select a Visualization Type. This determines how the data is displayed. Options include a Bar Chart, Column Chart, Numeric Display, Line Chart, and Table.
- Select the arrow icon to expand possible Student Filter options. This requires students to meet the selected filters to appear within the visualization.
- Example: If eduCLIMBER Elementary is selected, then only students who attended eduCLIMBER Elementary for the roster year selected will appear in the visualization.
The Active Status under the Student Filters is automatically set to Active for newly created visualizations. This filter can be set to Active or Inactive, or the X can be selected to remove the filter, allowing for both active and inactive students to appear on the visualization.
- Enter a Short Description as needed to provide more details on the data.
- Select the arrow icon to expand possible Display Settings, such as an Axis Minimum and Maximum.
- Select Save to create the visualization.
Visualizations are automatically added to the bottom of the dashboard.
Next Steps
Learn more about creating visualizations by visiting Create an Attendance Visualization.