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Cohort proficiency report: Multischool view

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Data Source: NAPLAN

Designed for: Directors, Educational Leadership and Executive Directors

Updated: Annually

About this report

The Cohort proficiency reports show the percentage of students in each NAPLAN proficiency level for a selected assessment and domain. The pattern of results can be compared to the Statistically Similar Schools Group (SSSG) and the State (NSW public schools).

The Cohort proficiency: Multischool view shows results for each selected school on the same chart. This supports Directors, Educational Leadership to see the pattern of performance across schools in their principal network.

When a single school is selected, ‘Multischool view’ shows the same content as ‘Overall view’.

The Multischool view is recommended when looking at performance across schools for a specific domain.

Note: This report is based on the assessment school. It displays all students who participated in the NAPLAN assessment at the school.

Switch to the 'Scout in Practice' tab above for example scenarios and tips for further analysis.

How to use the report

Select the Assessment, Domain 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, and NCCD adjustment and NCCD category.

Screenshot of the slicers at the top of the report. Screenshot of the slicers at the top of the report.
Image: Cohort proficiency report: Multischool view slicers

Click Reset all slicers to clear selections.

Add or remove SSSG and State comparisons to the chart by toggling on the SSSG or State buttons.

Select an alignment marker from the list provided. The alignment marker makes it easier to compare the segments across schools. Users can set the alignment to:

  • All levels
  • Exempt/NAS
  • NAS/Developing
  • Developing/Strong
  • Strong/Exceeding.
Screenshot of the toggles and alignment marker slicer. Screenshot of the toggles and alignment marker slicer.
Image: Toggle on SSSG or State, and select an alignment marker from the list provided.

Some selections will result in notifications in the Commentary box to the right of the charts.

There are two types of notifications:

  1. Cautions for interpreting results. For example, when there are small numbers of students in the selected group, one student’s result can cause a large fluctuation in the cohort. Please use the Class Report to review the individual student results and examine where individual students might differ from the majority of the cohort.
  2. Insights about the cohort’s performance relative to the SSSG.

Hovering the cursor over a segment of the visual provides further details about the data, including:

  • Proficiency level
  • Percentage (%) of students in level
  • Number (#) of students in level
  • Total students
Image: Hovering the cursor over a chart segment provides further details.

This report presents results based on the assessment school where the NAPLAN assessment was taken, not the student’s enrolment school.

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 - For Executive Directors and DELs

What should I look for?

The Cohort proficiency report can be used to look at school cohort performance across proficiency levels for a specific assessment and domain, and then compared to the SSSG and the State.

The Cohort proficiency: Multischool view chart will contain a bar for each selected school, and additional bars when SSSG or State have been selected.

This report provides a starting point for a high-level overview of student progress at schools in the network.

Directors, Educational Leadership can use this report to assess school performance and can highlight where to drill down for more information. It is important to consider this report in conjunction with other measures of student performance and growth within Scout, or internal measures within a school.

Examples of analysis scenarios:
  1. Look at the distribution of students across the proficiency levels in each domain. This may help identify broad areas for attention, differentiated teaching or further investigation.
  2. Look at the distribution for subsets of students. Use caution when there are small numbers of students in the selected group with equity slicers for Aboriginality, EAL/D, Gender and SEA Quarter if cohort sizes are small.
  3. Look at the proportion of students in each proficiency level. This may suggest areas where students may need intervention/support or extension/acceleration.
  4. Compare schools of interest and assess patterns in schools’ progress towards improvement goals.
  5. Select multiple assessment years to assist in interpreting results for small schools by combining students across calendar years.

When triangulated with other data, this information may assist in identifying the success of current teaching strategies or interventions. It may also help to identify opportunities to support student learning in one or more specific domains.

Any difference between schools is reflective of the number of participants, the heterogeneity of student performance across NAPLAN domains, and the relative educational advantage of the student population. Large spreads in performance between schools can point to differences in the student population but also to differences in teaching and learning practice.

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