See student performance based on multiple graded assignments over a period of time and find recommended tasks and assignments. This report provides an at-a-glance view of a class' proficiency in reading and in 3 key writing modes- Argument, Informational, and Narrative. With the Proficiency & Recommendation Report, teachers and administrators can:
Use proficiency data to form differentiated writing groups
Access data-informed assignment recommendations that build skill mastery
On this page:
Build a Proficiency Report
Walk step-by-step through creating a custom report to view Student Mastery over time.
Click '...' and āReportā at the top of your Writable page, and then click 'Proficiency Report'.
Select the parameters for your custom report. Select which Grade Levels, School(s), and Teacher(s) youād like to include.
āļøNote: Teachers will have access to only their assignments and classes. Administrators will be able to pull reports across the school or district level.
Choose the date range you would like included in the report. All graded assignments and assessments submitted during this period can be added to the report.
Tip: If you do not see an assignment included in the report, check that students have submitted the assignment and that it has been fully graded.
Select the type of assignments to include. You can choose all assignments, or only report on shared assessments.
Then choose which specific assignments to include in your mastery data by checking or unchecking the boxes. You can also click āSelect Allā to include all assignments in the specified date range.
Tips!
Archived and unassigned assignments will still be included in the list of assignments.
If teachers use similarly-named assignments, they can follow these steps to change the assignment name. Unique assignment names can help when picking which assignments to include in a report.
Once youāve checked the assignments, click āRun Reportā in the bottom corner.
Read the Proficiency Report
Learn how to navigate and interpret the report results and student groupings.
In the Proficiency & Recommendations Report, you will see overall student mastery for each genre in Writable: Argumentative, Narrative, Informational, Reading and GUMS (Grammar, Usage, Mechanics, and Spelling). A color key will be to the right of the charts.to the right of the charts.
āNote: If a genre is empty, this indicates that no skills in that genre were graded in the included assignments for this report. In the example above, no Reading skills have been graded in this report. You can click āReconfigure Report Parametersā in the top-left corner to adjust your data set anytime.
Tip! Click on the three dots in the top-right corner of your report to customize the proficiency levels.
Click āView Detailsā beneath any genre to see the individual skills in this category. In the example below, we have clicked to view the details for the Argumentative genre.
Click ' View Student Groupings' to show the mastery level and studentsā names.
Tip! A number and arrow beside a student's name indicate the overall change in their proficiency from the first assignment to the final assignment in the report.
(Optional) Click the blue āExport Dataā link in the top right corner to export the student data to a CSV file.
View and Assign Recommendations
Take action with Recommended assignments tailored to student performance groups.
While viewing the Student Groupings on your report, scroll down to the bottom of the grouping lists and click āTake Actionā. In our example, weāll look at recommendations for the āApproachingā group of students.
Next, you will see recommended assignments for additional practice. Click āPreviewā to see an assignment as it will look to students.
If you would like to assign to that particular assignment to the proficiency group immediately, click āAssignā.
Please note the following when assigning from the Proficiency & Recommendation Report
Assigning from the Proficiency Report will only assign to the students in the selected grouping.
Assignments assigned through the Proficiency & Recommendation Report may not sync to an LMS-linked gradebook.
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