IXL provides many different avenues for data collection. By using these reports and tools, teachers can effectively use IXL's progress monitoring features to create data-driven instruction that supports individual student learning and helps them achieve their goals.
1. Access IXL Analytics:
Teachers and parents with access to a student's IXL account can navigate to the Analytics tab.
2. Utilize the Student Summary Report:
The Student Summary report offers a consolidated view of a student's performance, including:
Diagnostic Level Growth Chart: Track progress and set goals throughout the school year.
Skills Progress: View a list of skills the student has excelled in and identify areas where more support is needed.
Trouble Spots: Pinpoint skills where the student is struggling, allowing for targeted interventions.
Other Useful Reports:
Skill Analysis:
Provides a detailed look at a student's performance on specific skills, including their SmartScore, questions answered, and time spent.
Student Score Chart:
Displays a single student's progress across all skills, including their SmartScore, questions answered, and time spent.
Progress & Growth:
Monitors a student's advancement over time, showing their starting level, current level, and total grow
Track individual student growth: This report displays a student's diagnostic level growth chart, allowing you to visually track their progress and set goals.
Identify strengths and weaknesses: The report lists skills where a student excels and those where they struggle, highlighting areas needing extra support.
Celebrate accomplishments: Recognize and celebrate student achievements to boost their confidence and motivation.
Track class-wide progress: Use the class filter to see the overall progress and growth of an individual class.
Monitor individual student progress: Click on a student's name to see their progress broken down by subject.
Identify students needing support: Look for students who are not achieving an average monthly growth of +10 and provide targeted interventions.
Track skill mastery: The report displays one row for every skill a student has practiced, showing their SmartScore progression over time.
View question log: Click on a skill to access the Questions Log report, which provides a comprehensive view of student responses and helps identify misconceptions.
Personalize instruction: Use the report to tailor instruction to individual student needs, focusing on areas where they are struggling
Pinpoint skill levels: The Diagnostic assessment helps determine a student's grade-level proficiency in a subject.
Create personalized action plans: IXL generates personalized action plans based on the diagnostic results, outlining specific skills for students to practice.
Focus on low strands: For IEPs, use the diagnostic to pinpoint low strands and create goals around those areas.
Set SmartScore goals: Set SmartScore goals based on individual student needs, encouraging them to strive for proficiency, excellence, or mastery.
Identify misconceptions: Analyze the student's responses in the Question Log to identify patterns or misconceptions.
Provide targeted feedback: Use the log to create personalized feedback for students, helping them understand their mistakes and improve their skills.
Create worksheet: Print the Questions Log with missed questions only and hide correct answers to create a worksheet for one-on-one review.