Test Scanning Reports (ParSCORE for Windows)
Item Analysis Report
The Item Analysis Report is a statistical report that provides detailed distractor analysis based on raw scores. It statistically calculates the reliability of a question, the difficulty, or effectiveness. The Item Analysis Report prints these additional details at the top of the report:
Total Possible Points - The total number of points that can be earned on the test.
Students in this Group - The number of students taking the test; not the number enrolled in the class.
Standard Deviation - A measure of variability; computed by determining the square root of the variance.
Measure of Skewness - The degree of asymmetry of the distribution around its mean. Positive skewness means that the scores trail off in the direction of higher scores. Negative skewness means that the scores trail off in the direction of lower scores.
Reliability Coefficient - The consistency of the test items.
Median Score - The value that lies in the middle of the distribution when the information is arranged in numerical order; the value that divides the distribution in half.
Mode Score - The most frequently occurring score; that score obtained from the largest number of subjects. If two adjacent scores occur with equal (and greatest) frequency, the mode will be the average of the two scores. If the scores are not adjacent, both scores are reported. If there are more than two mode scores, it is reported as multimodal.
Highest Score - The highest test score received on the current test.
Degree of Kurtosis - The degree of peakedness or flatness exhibited by the distribution. A positive kurtosis means that the shape of the score distribution is peaked. A negative kurtosis means that the shape of the score distribution is flat. A value near zero for kurtosis indicates a normal score distribution.
Mean Score - The total of scores divided by the number of scores; the average score.
Variance - A measure of variability; computed by determining the square of the standard deviation.
Lowest Score - The lowest test score received on the current test.
Student Test Report
The Student Test Report illustrates a student's performance on the current test. It provides details about a student's answers to individual test items. These reports can be generated for all students or a specific student, and can be detailed. standard, or basic and sorted by Student ID, the student's last name, or the Student Code, which is a user-defined designation providing useful information about the student taking the course.
Detailed Test Report - The report includes details about the student's answers. If a student answers correctly, a hyphen (-) prints. If the student answers incorrectly, the incorrect choice prints. If a student omits a question, a blank is recorded as the response. If the student makes multiple marks, a pound sign prints.
Standard Test Report - The report includes the test items and answers.
Basic Test Report - The report shows the student scores only, not the answer key and student respones.
Score Distribution Report
The Score Distribution Report provides an analysis of how student scores are distributed for the current test. It combines all versions of the test. In this report, the relationship of percentages to points is illustrated, which is helpful when deciding percentage cutoffs to use for grade criteria.
The Score Distribution Percentile Report lists each raw score that occurs on the test and the percentage of possible points it represents. It reports the number of students (frequency) achieving that score, and what percent of the class they represent. The report also calculates a cumulative percentage and a percentile. The percentile reported is the percentage of test scores that are less than the score listed.
To view the information graphically as a series of bars, use the Histogram Report option. Scores are converted to a percentage (the horizontal axis) and the frequency (number of students) is plotted on the vertical axis. This graph provides an easy to understand visual of student standing relative to other students taking the test.
Class Response Report
The Class Response Report provides a printout of student test responses sorted by Student ID. You can generate this report for each version of the test.
The first line of the report is the answer key. Correct student responses are recorded as a hyphen (-). Incorrect responses print. A blank indicates an omitted answer. A pound sign (#) indicates incorrect multiple marks.
Roster Report
A Roster Report contains score and point information for each student on the roster. You can customize every report to include or exclude information, and have information sorted to meet your reporting requirements. A Roster Report can include all score columns, only the Total and Grade columns, or a specific score column. Roster reports may be sorted by:
Student ID - In rosters without names, students are sorted by ID
Last names - Sorts alphabetically
First names - Sorts alphabetically
Code - Sorts alphabetically
Total points - Sorts by the number of cumulative points earned
Grade - Sorts by the current grade, derived from the current information
None of the above
The Roster Report may also be printed without student names, or without displaying the full student ID numbers.
Score Distribution Report
The Score Distribution Report provides an analysis of how student scores are distributed for the current test. It combines all versions of the test. In this report, the relationship of percentages to points is illustrated, which is helpful when deciding percentage cutoffs to use for grade criteria.
The Score Distribution Percentile Report lists each raw score that occurs on the test and the percentage of possible points it represents. It reports the number of students (frequency) achieving that score, and what percent of the class they represent. The report also calculates a cumulative percentage and a percentile. The percentile reported is the percentage of test scores that are less than the score listed.
To view the information graphically as a series of bars, use the Histogram Report option. Scores are converted to a percentage (the horizontal axis) and the frequency (number of students) is plotted on the vertical axis. This graph provides an easy to understand visual of student standing relative to other students taking the test.
Answer Key Report
The Answer Key Report prints an answer key for a designated test and test version.
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