Summary Diagnostic Report

Information on the Report

The Summary Diagnostic Report summarizes your students' performance on Accelerated Reader Reading Practice quizzes and Article Quizzes. The report includes the following for each student (and overall averages):

• Diagnostic codes that apply
• The average percentage correct (and the target if one has been set)
  
  

  Goals include Reading Practice Quizzes and Article Quizzes. If you have chosen to generate the report for just one of these quiz types, note that the "Actual" columns may not show you all of the students' progress toward the target.

  Targets for the badge target model (in which students earn badges by passing quizzes) are not included on this report; for those goals, see the Accelerated Reader Record Book.

  The report will include the targets for the selected marking period. If you choose custom dates for the report, it will include the targets for the most recent marking period that starts and ends within the selected date range. Note: Targets are not shown for marking periods in the future, even if targets have been set for those marking periods.

• The points possible for the quizzes and the points earned (actual) and the target if one has been set
• The percentage of reading practice done independently (instead of the student being read to or read with - see TWI and TWI Monitoring for more information)
• The percentage of reading practice that was non-fiction (based on the points earned for fiction and non-fiction)
• The estimated engaged time per day in minutes
• the average book level (difficulty level)
  
  

  Reading ranges are not included on the Summary Diagnostic Report. For reading ranges, please refer to the Accelerated Reader Record Book and Targets page and the Student Targets tab.

• the reading certification the student is working toward (if a certification target has been set) (shown for Reading Practice Quizzes)
• A table of the diagnostic codes that explains each code and includes the number and percentage of students who have each code in the class or group
• Class or group totals

Because the report uses diagnostic - or "at risk" - codes to identify students who may be struggling, it is not an appropriate tool for publicly posting a class's progress. The student performance information on the report should be treated as confidential.

Diagnostic Codes

You may see the following diagnostic codes on the report. Note that students who have at least one code are also marked "at risk" on the report. If you are generating a reading report, the codes on the report apply to the quiz types you selected at the top of the report page (All Reading, Reading Practice, or Article Quizzes).

Generating the Report

Follow these steps to generate the Summary Diagnostic Report:

1. If you are not already on the Reports page, select Reports on the Home page; then, select Accelerated Reader / Reading Practice in the menu that opens.
   
   You can also select Accelerated Reader; then, select Reports from the menu.
   
   When you go to the Reports page, the tab that is open by default depends on the choice you made in the menu.
2. Select Summary Diagnostic Report in the Monitor Progress section of the page. If you have added the report to the Pinned Reports, you will find it under that section at the top of the page.
   

3. Use the Quiz Type drop-down list to choose the type of quiz to report on: All Reading (which includes Reading Practice Quizzes and Article Quizzes), Reading Practice Quizzes, or Article Quizzes.
   

4. To choose a school, teacher, class, and/or students, select Choose Students. If a selection is already made, to change it, select Change Students.
   
   

   Then, choose the students to include in the report. Teachers can only choose students in their own classes and groups.

   • In the popup window, if there is a Schools column, select a school. (This column is not available if you only have access to one school.)
   • If the Teachers column is available, at the top of the column, choose either All Teachers (to choose all the teachers in the school) or Select Teachers (to choose specific teachers; tick the ones you want in the list). This column is not available to most teachers.
     
   • At the top of the Classes column, choose either All Classes (to choose all the classes for the teachers) or Select Classes (to choose specific classes; tick the ones you want in the list).
   • Teachers will also see a Groups column. At the top of the Groups column, choose either All Groups or Select Groups; if you choose Select Groups, tick the groups that you want to include. The first choice in the column is "Whole Class" or "Whole Classes"; choose this to report on the class(es) as a whole. Below that, you will see groups you created.
   • You may need to scroll to the right to see the Students column. At the top of the Students column, choose either All Students (to choose all the students) or Select Students (to choose specific students; tick the ones you want in the list).
     
     
     

     You can search the items in a column by clicking within that column and then typing Ctrl+F or control-F on the keyboard.

     When you are done making your choices, select Apply (or Cancel to close the window without saving your choices).

5. If you want to use demographic data to focus the report on specific students, select Choose Demographics.
   
   

   How to choose demographics

   By default, the "All" option is chosen for ethnicity, gender, language (the students' primary language, if specified), and year. To focus the report on specific groups, choose the "Select" option at the top of the appropriate column and then tick your selections in that column. Note that ethnicity, gender, primary language, and year may be specified for students when you add them to the software, but only years are required; other information may not be available for your students.

   
   In the example above, the user has selected two years, while leaving Ethnicity and Gender at the default "All" options. Note: The Filter Reports by Ethnicity user permission may be set to prevent the use of ethnicities as a filter.

   By default, the "All" option is chosen for Characteristics. To focus the report on students with specific characteristics, choose Select Characteristics; then, tick the characteristics that you are interested in. You must also choose any or all above the tick boxes to specify whether students with any of the selected characteristics will be included in the report or only those with all of the selected characteristics.

   
   In the example above, the user selected two Characteristics (Low Prior Attainment and Middle Prior Attainment). Because any is selected, the report will include students who have either or both characteristics assigned. If all had been selected, only students who have both characteristics assigned would be included. Note: The Filter Reports by Characteristics user permission may be set to prevent the use of characteristics as a filter.

   Once you have finished choosing demographic options, select Apply at the bottom of the window to save your choices (or Cancel to close the window without saving your choices).

6. Use the Group By drop-down list to choose whether to group students by their classes or groups, to group them by year, or not to group students (include all students in one list). Note: If you group by classes/groups, students are not listed for classes in which no students have data; to see students with no data, group by year instead or choose "Do Not Group".
   
   If you choose Classes/Groups, you have an additional tick box below the drop-down list. Tick the box if you want to limit this report to quizzes taken for the classes you have included on the report. This is useful if you want to distinguish reading done for one class or group from the students' other reading.
   
   
   

   If you tick the box, note the following:

   • When you choose the report date range, make sure it includes the dates when the classes you selected take place. Otherwise, quizzes cannot be shown for the students because the report does not include the time period for those classes.
   • Quizzes completed on or before 7/24/2020 will not be included when you tick this box. If the date range you choose only includes those quizzes, the report will not apply the tick box option and will show all quizzes instead.
7. By default, the report will include the current school year. If you want to choose all time, a marking period, or custom dates instead, select the date range field.
   
   If you want to use one of the marking periods that have been added to your school, select the marking period in the list. (You can also choose "All Time".)
   
   If you want to use custom dates, select Custom. Then, type the start and end dates in the fields (using four digits for the year), or select the start date and then the end date in the calendar (use the arrows to the left and right of the months to go back or forward). When you have finished, select Apply.
   
   
8. If you are generating the report for reading quizzes, choose the percentage correct threshold for the % diagnostic code: Below 85% or Below 90%.
   
9. If you are generating the report for reading quizzes, choose the Reading Level Scale: ATOS or Lexile®. The book levels (difficulty levels) on the report will be shown in the scale that you selected.
   
10. If you only want to include classes or groups that have data, tick Hide Groups Without Data.
    
11. Select Update Report under the report options. The report will open under those options. You can select a column in the report to sort the information by that column.
    To create a PDF file of the report that you can print, select the PDF icon in the top right corner of the page.
    
    The report will open in a new tab in your browser; use the browser or PDF options that are available to print the report.
12. When you are ready to leave the page, you can select the Home button to go back to the Home page. To go back to the Reports page, select the Reports button (circled below) or the Back to Reports link.