Data Source: NAPLAN
Designed for: Teachers and school leaders
Updated: Annually
About this report
The Class report shows the spread of student achievement across domains for a selected class or group of students.
Class report
Report explanation
Switch to the 'Scout in Practice' tab above for example scenarios and questions for further analysis.
How to use the report
Select the School, Assessment and Assessment year.
Optional slicers allow you to analyse the performance of different equity groups and/or selected subsets of students. These slicers include Aboriginality, EAL/D, Gender, SEA quarter (Socio-Economic Advantage), Enrolment type group and Enrolment type, NCCD adjustment and NCCD category.
To locate a timetabled class, select a Specific group type and Specific group.
The values selected in the slicers will be shown as text below the slicers.
The chart to the right shows the distribution of scaled scores against the proficiency levels for each domain. Each dot represents one student.
Hover over a dot in the plot to see the name of the student. Clicking on the dot will show the same student across all domains. Use the slicers to reduce the number of students included in the analysis if overlapping dots make it difficult to hover and view each student’s name.
'View proficiency descriptions' opens a page with the proficiency descriptions for the selected assessment.
The Student list displays the group of students selected in the slicers. Use the Proficiency level dropdown to select which proficiency level of results is counted in the '# domains' column. This counts the number of domains for which the student’s result was in the selected proficiency level.
Select a student from the table to see their scaled score in each domain in the chart next to it. You can see their performance relative to the overall student group.
Click the report icon to the left of the student’s name to open the Student summary for that student.
When opening this report from Student Summary, the slicers will not show selections but the pre-selected values will be shown as text below the slicers. A warning will appear confirming that the report has been populated using pre-selected values. Select 'Reset all slicers' to clear the preselection and select a new class or student group.
Need further support?
This How to use Scout guide demonstrates the basics of using Scout reports.
Please get in touch with Scout support if you have any questions or difficulty accessing Scout reports.
Scout in Practice
The Class report shows the distribution of students’ scaled scores across domains and proficiency levels for NAPLAN 3, 5, 7 or 9. It also allows you to select an individual student to see their achievement relative to other students in the selected group.
Examples of analysis scenarios:
- Explore results for a class or student group:
- Focus on currently enrolled students by using the slicers for Enrolment year, Scholastic year, Specific Group Type and Specific Group. This will include results for current students who participated in NAPLAN at another NSW public school, if available.
- Focus on students assessed at your school by using the slicers for Enrolment year, Scholastic year and Assessment year (select the same value for Enrolment year and Assessment year). This will display results for all students who participated in NAPLAN at your school, including students no longer enrolled at your school.
- Infants/primary schools can explore current NAPLAN results for their former students. For example, select Enrolment year = 2023, Scholastic year = Year 6, Assessment = NAPLAN 7 and Assessment year = 2024.
- Look at the distribution of students across the proficiency levels in each domain, and between domains. This may help identify broad areas for attention, differentiated teaching or further investigation.
- Look at the distribution for subsets of students. Use caution when there are small numbers of students in the selected group.
- Explore results for individual students:
- Look at an individual student’s achievement relative to other students in the selected group.
- Identify students with consistent levels of achievement across domains. Use the Proficiency level slicer to select a level/s then click the # domains column heading to sort the table. For example, select Proficiency level = Needs additional support then sort by # domains to see the list of students who need additional support across most domains.
When triangulated with other data, this information may assist in identifying the success of current teaching strategies. It may also help to identify opportunities to support student learning in one or more specific domains.