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Attainment & Targets

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Age Related Profile Steps Reports > Attainment & Targets > Age Related Profile

This report allows teachers to quickly identify which pupils are at age related expectation, below or above.

The report will run for a single year group only (as the expectations differ year on year) but Filters and Groups may be applied in the usual way.

Pupils are placed in columns according to their current Steps Teacher Assessment.

There are expectations for the end of each half term in each year. The report can be filtered down to show just the half terms required.

Age Related Expectation Summary Steps Reports > Attainment & Targets > Age Related Expectation Summary

This report is designed to give an overview of pupil performance across the selected subjects plus a combined overview. The default view is cumulative but this can be switched off if preferred.

The report will run for multiple year groups. Filters and groups may be applied in the usual way.

It gives an overview for the currently selected or filtered pupils in Reading Writing and Maths. Each subject is broken into five sections (and Missing Assessments which is only shown if necessary).

The report can also be run for the users own choice of Step to show who is working below, at or above the selected Step. Summary mode shows the data for key groups of pupils.

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Attainment Summary Steps Reports > Attainment & Targets > Attainment Summary

This report shows the number and percentage of pupils working at each Step. By default the report shows the current assessments. The Term button allows you to choose a previous term to compare assessments.

The report can show just the Bands, B/W/S or all 6 Steps per Band. It is possible to add Age Related Colours to the data when showing Steps.

Use the compact view option to hide any Steps where no children are assessed. This condenses the report and helps if printing is required.

Summary mode shows the data for key groups of pupils.

Split Pane allows you to keep Step headers at the top of the page as you scroll down large reports (with names/summaries)

Key Stage 2 Predictions Steps Reports > Attainment & Targets > Key Stage 2 Predictions

The Key Stage 2 Predictions report is designed to display predicted outcomes for the end of Key Stage 2, for any year group whose prior attainment is based on KS1 Levels Teacher Assessments. The report allows users to compare predicted outcomes based on Current Attainment

with the expected outcome based on the Key Stage 1 results.

Each pupil's "PAG Average" expected Scaled Score in the three subjects is based on the

most up-to-date national data for pupils with a similar Prior Attainment. PAG Average will

be updated in the background when new data is released.

The Summary Mode provides a comparison between predictions based on Prior

Attainment and on “Currently on Track”. With Summary displayed, the Edit Summary

button becomes available. This allows you to alter the groups that are shown in the

report.

Pupils with missing Key Stage 1 APS are excluded from percentage calculations. The

report runs for a single year group only.

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Points Attainment Steps Reports > Attainment & Targets > Points Attainment

This report is designed to show the average points attainment in each year for a specified subject for a group, class or cohort of children.

There are 3 options Average – gives the average for the group of children, Names – gives the data per pupil and the columns are sortable, Summary - gives the data for key groups in the school and is editable to allow the users own choice of groups to be added.

Target Summary Steps Reports > Attainment & Targets > Target Summary

This report shows the number and percentage of pupils targeted for each Step for the end of the current year. The target year can be adjusted if required.

The report can show just the Bands, B/W/S or all 6 Steps per Band. It is possible to add Age Related Colours to the data when showing Steps. Summary mode shows the data for key groups of pupils.

Split Pane allows you to keep Step headers at the top of the page as you scroll down large reports (with names/summaries)

Termly Tracker Steps Reports > Attainment & Targets > Termly Tracker

This report can be run using 3 options; End of Previous Year TA – shaded to indicate number of steps progress from end of previous year teacher assessment End of Year Target – shaded to show number of steps difference from end of year target Age Related Expectation – shaded to indicate age related expectation for steps teacher assessments for selected term.

This data is shown for each pupil for Reading, Writing and Maths by default, but any other subjects can be shown.

The report will be shaded to indicate either progress from end of previous year teacher assessment, steps difference from end of year target or age related expectation (as shown in screen shot of report).

It is also possible to show the end of year target beside the current step.

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Attainment & Progress

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Assessment Conversion Steps Reports > Attainment & Progress > Assessment Conversion

This report allows an easy way to see the pupils moving from one attainment point in a start term to another point in a later term, proving both attainment and progress.

It could be used as part of a body of evidence to show better than expected progress or show where progress is not at the expected rate.

It is possible to add Age Related Colours to the data when showing Steps. The ‘From’ option End KS1, and the ‘To’ options End KS1 and End KS2 are applicable to the 2014 National Curriculum. It is possible to choose to show the TA outcome or the Test outcome. Click on Display to show Names instead of No / %. The number and % can be shown either against the total number of pupils or against the pupils in the actual row. It is also possible to compare attainment to Steps Targets.

Key Stage Progress Steps Reports > Attainment & Progress > Key Stage Progress

This report measures Key Stage progress for individual pupils in Years 1-6, either from a Year 1 Autumn 1 Entry assessment (for Key Stage 1 pupils), or a Year 2 Summer 2 End of Key Stage assessment (for Key Stage 2 pupils).

Pupils must have a Step Assessment in either Year 1 Sum1 (KS1 pupils) or Year 2 Sum2 (KS2 pupils) in order for the report to measure Key Stage progress. The report will shade the pupil cell according to the progress they have made. The report can show just the Bands, 3 Steps per Band (B, W or S) or 6 Steps per Band (Steps). Use the compact view option to hide any Steps where no children are assessed, this condenses the report if required to be printed.

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Progress Breakdown Steps Reports > Attainment & Progress > Progress Breakdown

This report is designed to give a detailed overview of progress in steps in any subject, over any time period for any selection of pupils.

There are 6 steps in each month range. Beginning, Beginning+, Working Within, Working Within+, Secure and Secure+. Moving between each of these is one step.

The End of Year targets are those which appear in the KS1 – KS2 Steps Assessment area, including any user defined targets.

Summary mode shows the data for key groups of pupils.

If pupils are missing data for one of the chosen terms, they will display in the Missing Data section.

Points Progress Steps Reports > Attainment & Progress > Points Progress

This report is designed to show the average points progress in each year for a specified subject for a group, class or cohort of children. The tick box 'Average Points Progress Expectation' shades the points progress to give an indication against expected progress.

As with the Points Attainment report it can be run for an Average, for Names or as a Summary report.

To help prevent data being skewed any pupils with missing data are ignored for the calculations

Steps Progress Between Terms Steps Reports > Attainment & Progress > Steps Progress Between Terms

This report is designed to show the progress made between the user’s choice of 2 time periods and for any subject. The progress can be highlighted by the users own choice of expected progress for the time period.

There are 2 options; Names - shows the progress of each pupil in points and in steps. It also gives an average for the group. Summary - shows the progress for Key Groups of children and the user can add their own filters and groups as required.

All of the columns are sortable. In Names view, it is also possible to apply Age Related colours, clearly showing which pupils are working at Age Related Expectation in both selected terms.

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Venn Steps Reports > Attainment & Progress > Venn

The Venn diagrams combine and compare data in a clear visual format. They require a single year group selection to run. A Venn can have 2 or 3 rings.

Clicking on the numbers will show the pupils’ names and their assessments. Click on the back button on the ribbon to return to the Venn.

There are three options; Attainment – Reading, Writing and Mathematics by default. Subjects are editable. Progress - shows progress between two periods, both the amount of progress and the periods selected are customisable. Filter - allows contextual and other assessment data to be compared. Choose from pupil/custom filters.

Statements

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Gap Analysis Steps Reports > Statements > Gap Analysis

This report shows the spread of assessments over each statement for groups of pupils.

The Subjects button allows any combination of subject and subject areas to be displayed.

The report summarises the assessments using a shaded strip above each statement indicating how many pupils have Not Begun, are Working Towards, have Achieved or have Mastered in each case. Clicking on the strip shows which children are at each stage.

Instead or in addition to showing the shaded proportion strip you can also show either the % or pupil count.

Clicking the KPI Statements button filters the statements to show just the ones identified by the NAHT as Key Performance Indictors.

The ‘I can…’ Statements button toggles the view to alter the wording of the statements to become more Pupil friendly The ‘Interim Framework Standards’ button filter just the statements relating to the Interim Teacher Assessment Framework used for End of Key Stage Assessments.

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Progress Between Terms Steps Reports > Statements > Progress Between Terms

This report gives a visual indication of progress against the statements.

Any combination of subjects and subject areas can be displayed. The report works by calculating the number of statements at each state in the From Term (the dark blue shaded area) in comparison with the ‘To Term’ (the light blue shaded area) to allow a visual indication of progress.

There is also an individual Pupil view.

Pupil Summary Steps Reports > Statements > Pupil Summary

This report displays the assessments for a single pupil against the statements. Choose a pupil then click Subjects to choose the range of subjects to display. The statements set as Working Towards have a red background, Achieved a blue background and Mastered a gold background. The State section allows you to hide or show the statements assessed at the different states, e.g. to view all the Working Towards statements for a pupil. Clicking the KPI Statements button filters the statements to show just the ones identified by the NAHT as Key Performance Indictors.

The ‘I can…’ Statements button toggles the view to alter the wording of the statements to become more Pupil friendly The ‘Interim Framework Standards’ button filter just the statements relating to the Interim Teacher Assessment Framework used for End of Key Stage Assessments.

Statement Overview Steps Reports > Statements > Statement Overview

The Statement Overview report gives a statistical view of the number of pupils assessed

at various points against the Steps statements.

Ribbon options allow you to customise the report to show pupil names and either the

term assessed or the number of observations per statement for each pupil.

This report provides a useful way to print the statements if required. Set up the report as

normal and then deselect the Show Pupil No. (%) option.

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Statement Progress Summary Steps Reports > Statements > Statement Progress Summary

This report allows the % Working Towards, Achieved or Mastered statements to be viewed for selected term(s).

You can choose to show just one band or a band range and your selection of terms. The % progress is between the first and last of the selected terms. The report can be customised by subject, statement band, statement assessment level, term and KPI Statements. Show average of displayed subjects adds this to the left of the report.

Tier Subject Selection will allow you to display components e.g. Word Reading and Comprehension in addition or without Reading depending on the options selected.

Progress Highlighting enables two conditioning formatting tools allowing you to highlight cells greater than your selection in green and less than your selection in pink.

A summary view with the edit summary option allows you to look at particular groups, removing those that are not relevant and adding others that are.

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End of Key Stage

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Key Stage 1 and 2 Data Return Steps Reports > End of Key Stage > Key Stage 1/Key Stage 2 Data Return

A simple report to show the end of key stage data entered. Useful for final checking prior to the data returns for the LA and the STA being generated.

Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 Outcomes Steps Reports > End of Key Stage > Key Stage 1/Key Stage 2 Outcomes

These reports shows the number and % of children at each of the ITAF standards for the core subjects, as well as a combined Reading, Writing and Maths %.

The reports can also include the SAT test scaled scores of <100, 100+ or 110+. Scaled scores of zero appear in the ‘Other’ section,

The KS2 option can also show the number and % of children meeting the National Expected and the National Higher standard.

As well as the default view there is also a Summary view breaking the data down into key groups. The report can also show pupil names

Year 1 and Y2

Phonics Screening

Steps Reports > End of Key Stage > Year 1/Year 2 Phonics

Screening

The Phonics Screening Check report uses the Phonics Screening Check scores

recorded in the Steps Tracking Grid.

Pupils with no score recorded are ignored for the purpose of the report. It uses the

national average for each academic year (as it is made available) to allow comparison

with your own data.

The Working At data in the Y2 report will include those who met the standard in Y1

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Parents

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Key Stage 1 and Key

Stage 2 Pupil

Steps Reports > Parents > Key Stage 1/Key

Stage 2 Pupil

These reports are intended to be used to return the end of Key Stage results to parents.

The KS1 option defaults to Teacher Assessment only but can include the Test results

too using the standard or the scaled score.

The KS2 option defaults to TA and Tests with Scaled Scores and Standards, but can

display only the Teacher Assessment if desired.

The explanatory text can be deselected if not required.

Both reports can display School Comparative data and include the school logo

These reports can be exported to Microsoft Word, or printed directly from Target Tracker

for one child, a group or the whole cohort in one go.

Individual

Assessment

Summary

Steps Reports > Parents > Individual Assessment

Summary

This report provides a summary for an individual pupil showing their attainment in Steps

and Statements. You can choose which term to run the report for.

The pupils step attainment chart can be customised to show either an age related

marker or a step judgement. Age Related Headers can be altered to reflect language

more familiar to parents. In Step mode, schools can choose to show Targets if required.

The attainment graph compares attainment to the previous Sum2 assessment, the chart

can be removed if preferred.

The statement selection can also be customised to show recent attainment and targeted

statements or can be removed.

The report header can be customised and a school logo included.

Attendance is also included by default.

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Parent Report Steps Reports > Parents > Parent

This report can be customised in many ways by an Admin user.

A Write or Limited Write user can only add the commentary, the effort grades and a Pupil photo to the reports.

The Admin user has first to decide on all other aspects of the report and when this has been done the choices will apply to all reports generated from the database.

There are many Parent Report options including whether to have a cover page and what text to have, a school logo or to allow a pupil photo to be added.

The Effort and Attainment table has many options including whether to show the level attained as a marker or with the actual step with age related colours. Or just as a simple Steps table with no colours.

It is possible to change the date that the report will show to a date in the future when the report will be sent home. All aspects of the text are changeable.

We strongly recommend that all of these choices are made before the teachers begin adding text to the reports and that they are exported to Word and checked before being printed.

Year 1 and Year 2 Phonics Steps Reports > Parents > Year 1/Year 2 Phonics

This report shows the outcome of the Y1 Phonics test.

If the expected standard was not met it includes useful information for parents to help their child e.g. Try to make time to read something with your child every day and encourage other family members and friends to do the same.

The report can be run for children in Y1 and those children in Y2, required to retake the test, after not meeting the expected standard when in Y1.

Additional information and guidance about each report can be found in the Help tab within Target Tracker, clicking on the Help option.

Alternatively, more more support, contact the Helpline by phone on 0345 200 8600 Option 2, or by email at Support.TT@EESforSchools.org