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About the report
Use this report to review a student's accuracy with the reading and language skills that they are developing in the Fast ForWord exercises.
Within Fast ForWord, students work on a variety of skills in the context of different activities. Relating exercise progress or errors to performance on skills can be difficult, because each exercise works on multiple skills and many skills are covered by multiple exercises. The Skills report looks across exercises to highlight students’ skill performance.
Please note that full printing and email functionality for this report is coming soon.
Which components are included?
This report shows results for all Fast ForWord components except:
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Reading Level 1 (v.2021)
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Reading Level 2 (v.2021)
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Reading Level 3 (v.2021)
Which results are included?
This report shows results as follows:
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Skills Accuracy graph includes all of a student’s activity in the selected component.
Skills Accuracy graph
This graph shows a student’s accuracy for each reading or language skill in a given Fast ForWord component. (See the Fast ForWord Scope and Sequence Guide for a complete list of the skills covered in each component and exercise.) Students who work steadily and maintain high accuracy in the Fast ForWord exercises typically make the greatest gains. Lower accuracy in specific skills can indicate areas where students need additional support.
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Bar length. Represents the accuracy score for a skill. Roll over the bar to see the exact score.
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Bar color. The bar is colored green for high accuracy, yellow for moderate accuracy, and red for low accuracy. Look out for red bars, as students may need extra support in these skills.
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Blue line. A blue vertical line appears on the bar to show average accuracy.
Notes on interpreting the graph:
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Average accuracy scores were based on a large reference group of students who used the same Fast ForWord component.
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Accuracy varies as students progress, so the average scores are based on groups of students at different levels of completion. For this reason the position of the blue line varies as students progress through the exercises, and the criteria for bar color vary as students progress through the exercises.
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When students are new to an exercise (<5% complete), they often make errors related to learning the exercise, rather than struggling with the skill. Skill Accuracy scores are increasingly reliable as students progress.