ALEKS - Assessment and Learning
   

7.3.26 Class Standards Report

 

Standards Report

Figure 7.32: Standards Report
Small illustration of this paragraph in left-hand margin. The Standards report analyzes the current progress of the class in terms of the strands and substrands of the applicable standards (Fig. 7.32). For each strand, a vertical bar graph at the top of the display shows the mastery of that strand as measured by ALEKS; the numbers beneath each bar indicate the proportion of substrands under that strand which have been satisfied by the students, according to the parameters set beneath the bars.
The options appearing beneath the bars enable the instructor to choose:
  • What percentage of ALEKS items supporting a substrand must be completed by a student for the student to be considered as satisfying that substrand (50% by default, with options of 60% and 70%);
  • How the students' mastery of items will be determined: by initial knowledge check, by most recent knowledge check, or by most recent work in the Learning Mode;
  • Which students will be used to calculate levels of achievement: all students in the class, or students who have spent at least a certain amount of time (10, 20, 30, 40, or 60 hours) using their ALEKS accounts.
Further down the page, the display provides complete detail on standards-based achievement by the class. The teacher can choose to see this detail organized by student (which substrands have been mastered by each student) or by substrand (what the precise level of satisfaction is for each substrand, with lists of ALEKS items supporting the substrands and how many of them individual students have mastered).
NOTE. Satisfaction of a substrand is defined (by default) as 50% of the ALEKS topics supporting it. There is a great deal of overlap in the coverage of the substrands, and this setting provides a meaningful way to track the students' progress.