Individual attainment report

The Individual attainment report displays how an individual learner has performed in an assessment compared with the national average of the standardisation sample. 

Once the Individual attainment report from the Report screen has been selected, select a learner name and an assessment to view the report for that learner. (see Select assessment or learner name for a report). 

The learner's name then displays on the top right, and the assessment under the learner selection. 

The key in this report is used to compare the learner performance against the national average of the standardisation sample. 

In the centre box, the report displays individual learner performance data on the whole assessment.  

In this example, the learner’s score falls within the above average range (111) compared with the standardisation sample. The extended black line indicates the confidence band which is the range of scores for which there is statistical certainty that the learner’s true score lies. (see What are confidence bands?). 

Below is a breakdown of learner performance compared to the national average for the standardisation sample. In this example the learner’s raw score is higher than the average of the standardisation sample. This is reflected by the learner’s above average standardised score (highlighted as per the key). The data also shows the percentage of questions omitted in the assessment, and the percentile rank of the learner (see What is a percentile rank?). 

The data table breaks down the learner’s marks by curriculum area. The ‘Marks available’ shows total marks of all the questions that assess each curriculum area in the assessment.  

In the image below, the learner has achieved all 5 of the available marks for curriculum area 2a. On average, learners in the standardisation sample achieved 2.68 of the 5 available marks. There is a large positive difference between the learner and the sample, and the colour highlight indicates the learner is working well above average in this area.  

The colour highlighted differences make it easy to identify the areas of the curriculum in which an individual learner is showing strengths or weaknesses. In this example, the learner is working below average for 2f, which may be unexpected given the overall score, and therefore something that can be easily picked up in this report. 

See Curriculum area and codes – Maths, and Curriculum area and codes – Reading for a breakdown of the curriculum areas assessed in the tests.