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MY ASSESSMENT AND REPORTING KIT

Guide to Access Maths

Tests/ Access Reading Tests

online analysis and reports

Before you can use the analysis and reports, your school’s Access Co-ordinator will need to

set up your school on the platform and grant you access. For a simple set-up guide, visit

http://rsassessment.com/mark-online-support.

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Contents Guide to Access Maths ............................................................................................................................. 1

Using the Marksheets .......................................................................................................................... 3

Export test mark input file / CSV export and import ........................................................................ 4

Navigating between marksheets ......................................................................................................... 6

Gap Analysis ........................................................................................................................................ 7

Generating reports ........................................................................................................................... 9

Pupil Reporting .................................................................................................................................. 11

Pupil Progress Report ..................................................................................................................... 11

Individual Pupil Report ................................................................................................................... 12

Academic Year, Class or Group Reporting ......................................................................................... 13

Academic Year, Class or Group Listing ........................................................................................... 13

Academic Year, Class or Group Progress Report ............................................................................ 14

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Using the Marksheets To generate your reports, you first need to record the marks that your pupils have scored in the

paper-based Access Reading Tests and Access Mathematics Tests (ART/ AMT). This can be done either

by importing a CSV file containing their results, or by manually entering their scores via the marking

forms.

To start, click on Marksheets and Gap Analysis in the left-hand menu.

To input the marks manually, click on the ART or AMT logo and then select the paper and class or group

who have taken the test – then click Mark/Gap Analysis.

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Your screen will be populated with a list of the pupils that are included in the selected class or

group and a marking form that can be completed with their results for each question in the selected

test.

Input the date that the class or group took the test and then each pupil’s results, question-by

question. Input an ‘n’ (for ‘not attempted’) if the pupil did not answer that question. To edit any

entry, just click the number and re-enter it.

If you are using our interactive tests the marksheet is populated automatically. However, if

you have the Access Co-ordinator or Teacher Admin roles there is now the ability to amend

an interactive mark where required and in line with the paper mark scheme.

Export test mark input file / CSV export and import

Alternatively, you can download a file to your computer that will allow you to enter the

marks for your class or group via a spreadsheet. To do this, click the CSV export button.

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Click on 1. Export template CSV to download the file. The file is a comma separated value

(or CSV) file that can be opened in any spreadsheet program such as Microsoft Excel. When

you've downloaded and opened it you may want to resize the columns so that you can see

all the data. When you save the file, you can save it as a CSV or as an Excel spreadsheet

(.xls, .xlsx).

• The first row contains text that will be used by the importer and should not be

changed.

• The second row contains the column headings and the questions to be marked. The

subsequent rows are where you enter the pupils' marks. You should enter the date

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that the pupil took the test and the mark (1 or 0) that was achieved for each

question or question part, or 'n' if the question was not attempted.

The completed CSV should look like this:

To import the file for processing once you've completed it return to the Marksheets you

wish to import data for and open the CSV export dialogue. From here you have the option

to Upload CSV directly by clicking 2. Choose file, selecting your completed CSV, then 3.

Upload CSV.

Alternatively, return to the Marksheets homepage and click CSV import.

Navigating between marksheets

This is an easy process with multiple options from within the marksheet area.

To change the marksheet for the paper you are viewing and maintain the same group of pupils just

click on the paper name and a drop down menu will open to make your selection from.

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If you want to change the class or group your are viewing, but retain the same paper just click on the

class/ group name and a drop down menu will open to make a different selection.

Gap Analysis The Gap Analysis reports can be viewed on each marksheet page, by clicking Show Gap Analysis/ Export.

On the Questions tab you can view the average score across all the pupils who are in the class or group

– allowing a quick onscreen view of which questions the class were struggling with.

Those working ‘At or above facility’ and those working ‘Below facility’ are colour coded when

displaying gap analysis for AMT only.

On the Strands tab, you can see the children’s performance in each strand– allowing a quick overview

of how each child is performing by strand.

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You can also download a spreadsheet view of the marksheet by clicking Gap Analysis export. This

includes the marksheet as well as the following information:

- Question facility - Percentage of the class that successfully answered each question - Average total raw score and percentage the class achieved on the test - Strand breakdown:

o Score per pupil per strand o National average score per strand o Class average per strand o Total available marks per strand

- Per pupil scores: o Standardised score

We have added a UPN column to the Gap analysis class and whole school export for as an additional

method of identifying pupils when comparing their MARK data with other platforms. UPN can be

added to MARK using the pupil import CSV template, manually, or from your MIS.

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Generating reports

Click on Reports in the left-hand menu to access the full suite of reports available. To run your

report, use the Report Picker to select Access Mathematics Test or Access Reading Test in the

Product name dropdown menu, and then the Report type that you require. Select the

combinations of classes, groups or individual pupils and papers you want to report on and run your

report.

New contextual groups are available in MARK as part of the group reports drop down and can be used to compare attainment.

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Pupil Reporting

Pupil Progress Report This report compares the performance of

an individual pupil across a number of

tests (up to a maximum of 6).

Use for

✓ Tracking progress, term-by-

term

✓ Looking for patterns of

strengths and weakness

✓ Demonstrating the impact of

interventions

✓ Parents’ evening reporting

The first page features a graph showing the

pupil’s performance across a series of tests.

These are shown as their Age standardised

score for each test with a second bar chart to

summarise their performance in each strand

by percentage.

The table shows the pupil’s performance across up to 6 tests against the new curriculum

The summary data shows:

• The date the test was taken

• The pupil’s age at the time of the test

• The pupil’s raw score

• National Average Standardised Score

• The pupil’s standardised score

• The pupil’s Age standardised score

• Percentile

• Reading or Maths Age

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Individual Pupil Report

This report shows the performance of an

individual pupil on their most recently taken test.

Use for

✓ Analysis of specific areas of strengths and

weakness, by national curriculum strand

✓ Fine monitoring of predicted progress over

the coming year

✓ Parents’ evening reporting

The first page features an overall performance graph

showing the Age Standardised Score on the test,

allowing a quick visual representation of how the pupil

is performing against the national average for his or her

year group.

The summary data shows:

• The date the test was taken

• The pupil’s age at the time of the test

• Raw score

• The average score of the standardisation

cohort for the gender of the child

• Standardised score

• Age-standardised score

• Age-standardised Percentile

• Reading/Mathematics age

The second section shows the pupil’s performance by

strand.

The summary data shows:

• The date the test was taken

• The pupil’s raw score by strand out of maximum number of marks

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Academic Year, Class or Group Reporting

Academic Year, Class or Group Listing

This report shows the performance of one group on a specific test, the

proportion matching expectations and their average performance by strand.

Use for:

✓ Planning

✓ Pinpointing areas of the curriculum

that might need more in-depth

teaching or

✓ practice, across the class or group

Summary data includes

• The date the test was taken

• The pupil’s age at the time of the test

• Reading/Mathematics/ age

• Raw score

• Standardised score

• Age-standardised score

• Age-SS Percentile

• The pupil’s raw score by strand

• Group averages across all the above

The chart on the below shows the average strand performance against the average score

received by the standardisation cohort (the national average).

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Academic Year, Class or Group Progress Report

This report shows the performance of one group across several tests (up to a maximum of

6).

Use for:

✓ Analysis of the progress of

specific groups, e.g. Pupil

Premium, intervention groups,

More Able etc.

✓ SLT, governor and Ofsted

reporting

The graph compares the raw scores from the

group across each test, split into boys and

girls.

The summary data for each group shows:

• The number of pupils in that group

• Minimum scores of the group

• Maximum scores of the group

• Mean scores of the group

• National Average Score

If you have any difficulties getting your school set up on MARK, or using the

marksheets and reporting – please send an email to

onlinesupport@rsassessment.com containing your questions, contact details and a good

time to contact you, and we will call you to help you through the process.