Welcome to the Reading Progress Tests

Scorer/Profiler Demo

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READINGPROGRESS

TESTS

For ages 5 to 12

Hodder Education338 Euston Road, London NW1 3BH

www.hoddertests.co.uk

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Follow the slideshow to see how, for each pupil, theScorer/Profiler calculates chronological age,

standardised score, reading age and nationalcurriculum level, and gives a progress overview.

See how it also generates a comprehensive range ofgroup performance analyses, calculating group

summary statistics, including minimum, maximumand mean raw scores and standardised scores,

standard deviation, and comparisons with nationalnorms.

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* For use with RPT Literacy Baseline and RPT 1 to 6 - seven tests in all.

* Calculates all age and raw-score conversions, instantly and accurately.

* Generates individual pupil reports and group performance analyses and listings.

* The Overview facility enables you to review individual pupil progress over time.

* A Wizard makes it easy to import or key-in pupils' details and their test results.

* You can use the program on a laptop or PC, or over a network.

You can choose where you want the program installed -on a stand-alone machine or on the school network.

The installer will place an RPT icon on your desktop.

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Clicking on the desktop icon will show this menu screen:

From this screen you can access the RPT Scorer/Profiler,or look at the demo or view the manual. You can alsoregister to receive email notification of updates to the

program.

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Network Use

The Settings functionallows you to choosewhere you want all yourdata stored - this can beyour local drive or on thenetwork (probably givingyou automatic backup).

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You can add pupil details and testdata to the program, either

through an easy-start Wizard orvia the main application.

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The Wizard

The Wizard takes you through the data-entryprocess step by step. It guides you through

setting up a Cohort (giving each group ofpupils a unique identifier - for example, theyear the group entered your school), addingpupils to the Cohort and then entering their

test results.

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The Main Application

The toolbar at the top of the screen,used with the ‘tree’, on the left of the screen,

gives you access to all the functionality of the program.

From here you can add pupils, cohorts andclasses, print reports, look at the result lists

and much more.

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The Navigation TreeAs you add pupils to the database,they are listed on the tree on the leftof the screen. There is a node foreach School (if more than one schoolname has been entered - useful forperipatetic staff) and, below that,separate nodes for Cohort and Pupil.

The Cohort node lists pupils by theircohort within the school. The Pupilnode lists all the pupils in the schoolalphabetically.

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Entering Pupil Details

All the pupil details needed to run the Scorer/Profilerand to produce reports are added via this screen.

If you enter a school name, this will be included on allthe reports. If the data are already stored in an

electronic format, they can be imported.

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Entering Test Results

Test results can be entered via the mainapplication - by selecting the RPT test and theappropriate Cohort on the ‘tree’ and then by

clicking the Add test data button on the toolbar -or via the Wizard.

In either case, the results are added using ascreen similar to the one on the next slide.

(This one is from the Wizard.)

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Entering Test Results – cont.All you need to do is select the appropriate test, enter the test date (today’s date is set

as the default), change the class if necessary, and then type in or import the

RPT test scores.

The program will then calculate the standardised score, percentile, reading

age and national curriculum level, and plot each pupil's score on a graph showing

how it relates to national average performance.

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Pupil ReportYou can view/print aPupil Report, giving acomplete summary ofeach pupil’s testresults. First highlightthe pupil in the ‘tree’,select the requiredtest date and thenclick Print on thetoolbar.

The Pupil Reports fora whole cohort can beprinted from theManage Cohort buttonon the toolbar.

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Progress Overview

The Overview screen summarises all the RPT tests taken by a pupil, and plots them on a graphical display. The whiskers show 95% confidence limits, and the pale yellow

bars show the cohort average for each test. This can be printed to give a report

similar to the one on the next slide.

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Group PerformanceTo look at group performance, selectthe Cohort or Class whose data youwish to analyse from the ‘tree’, asshown on the left. Then select the testdate(s) you wish to include in theanalysis.

You will then see a screen like the oneon the next slide. It shows summarystatistics for the group - for all pupils,and split by gender - with graphsshowing the raw score distribution andstandardised scores compared to thenational distribution.

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Group Performance – cont.

You can also view the performance graphs for just boys, just girls, or boys and girls,

where the raw and standardised scoredistributions are shown.

All these graphs can be printed, togetherwith the summary statistics shown above

the graphs.

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Results List

Click on the Result List button on thetoolbar to access the List facility andoptions. You will first see this form.

If you already have a cohorthighlighted, its details will be in thecohort box. To change this, simplyselect another cohort from the drop-down list. Select the test date(s) you want to beincluded and choose how you wantthe data listed, then click View.

An example is shown on the nextslide.

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Exporting Data

The data contained in any ofthe Result Lists can beexported to a .csv file.

This file can then be opened by most spreadsheet

packages. This will allow youto perform further analysis on

your data if you so wish.

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Goodbye

Thank you for viewing our slideshow. We hope the Scorer/Profiler will help

you to get more out of yourassessment data!

Hodder Education338 Euston Road, London NW1 3BH

www.hoddertests.co.uk

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