Progress Reports

Progress Reports

Progress Reports


This article is about progress reports. For information on other reports in Empower, please refer to


This article also does not address calculating or exporting final scores, transcripts, Teacher Verification Reports, etc. For more on those matters, please see the article on Final Scores.



Printable Progress Report Examples

Because each learning community is different, Empower offers a spectrum of printable reports. Each report has different options, dials you can turn, tweaks you can make. Below are a few examples of what's possible. If you see something you like that is not loaded on your site already, simply request that that report be made available on your Empower install. 


Performance Pacing Report/Empower Progress Report 
(Report15)

Highlights:
  • Simplified display of progress
  • Focus on student pace and growth
Requirements:
  • Progress Periods set up for each school
  • Pacing must be set up for courses or content areas
  • Code of Cooperation must be set up and scored if it is to be included







Marzano Academy Performance Report 
(MarzanoProgress)

Highlights:
  • Official Marzano Academy report
  • Is able to translate competency scores into traditional grades if desired
  • Bar charts show progress and growth
Requirements:
  • Progress Periods set up for each school









Performance by Course 
(Report13)

Highlights:
  • Standards are grouped into courses
  • Displays current course score estimate and course completion percentage
  • Course pacing is shown
Requirements:
  • Progress Periods set up for each school
  • Course Playlists must be set up for each course
  • Pacing must be set up for courses 
  • Comments must be set up if these are desired on this report









Performance by Standard
(Report12)

Highlights:
  • Standards are grouped into topics
Requirements:
  • Progress Periods set up for each school
  • Comments must be set up if these are desired on this report









Performance by Topic 
(Lewiston Report)

Highlights:
  • Overall topic scores are displayed, instead of scores for individual standards
  • Focus on student pace and growth
Requirements:
  • Progress Periods set up for each school
  • Comments must be set up if these are desired on this report












Report of Learner Progress
Highlights:
  • This report is a complete picture of where the learner is in their progress, including pacing in all courses, eligibility status, and graduation progress.
  • Focus on student pace and growth
Requirements:
  • Courses must be set up for learners
  • The Graduation Progress section requires the My Grad tab to be set up
  • The Eligibility section requires eligibility to be set up









 Transcript 
(Report14)
Highlights:
  • Provides a record of all completed courses
  • Creates a familiar looking transcript for external organizations and colleges
  • GPA can be included
  • Honors designations can be included
  • External or transfer credits can be manually entered
Requirements:
  • Course Playlists must be set up for each course
  • TVR must be turned on 
  • Course Scores must be awarded

                                                                     




Diagnose Readiness to Print Reports


Once you have your reports installed, it is important to test them before your reports are to be printed and sent home. Some requirements are listed for each report below. If these requirements are not met ahead of time, it is possible, even likely, that the reports will not populate correctly.

The decision tree below and the subsequent annotations will assist you in diagnosing and troubleshooting your readiness to report. 




1. Progress Report Examples 

View examples that are at the beginning of this article. 
Pick a report or multiple reports and request them to be added to your site via our helpdesk.  If you'd like to discuss any of them further, or discuss making some custom changes, contact your Empower Customer Service Rep.

2. Courses 

Course Overview Tutorial Video
      a) Create Playlists (Tutorial Video)
      b) Admins need to set the playlist a course. (Tutorial Video)
      c) Teachers need to assign that official course playlist to their students. (Tutorial Video) 

3. Summative Scores

Summative Decisions and Scoring Tutorial Video

4. Progress Periods

Create Progress Period Tutorial Video

5. Progress Report Pace and Comments

Progress Report Comment and Manual Pace Tutorial Video

If you do not have any of the options in this tool which you want for your site, let us know in a helpdesk ticket and we can get them turned on. 
Learn more about these options in the article below.

6. Resource Editor Tutorial Video

Resource Editor Tutorial Video. Learn how to change some of the labels including the URL

7. Change Site Administrator

Change Site Administrator Tutorial Video

Setting up Printable Reports


Progress Report Comments

Teachers are able to enter generic or specific comments for students which will appear on some progress report formats. 

Comment Types

There are two options for comments in Empower. 
  1. Personalized Comments allow teachers to type in anything they'd like to appear on the progress report for that grading period.
  2. Canned Comments present a dropdown menu of prewritten comments which a teacher can select from to post to the progress report.  These are available to be added/edited if you wish - talk to your CSR about it!

To enter comments:
  1. Go to the Reporting Tab
  2. Select Progress Report Comments
  3. Select a Class/ Group and a Progress Period
  4. Enter the comments

Toggle Comment Type

You can determine the type of comments available for progress reporting for any given school and progress period.

1. Go to the Tools Menu (Admin Only)


2. Go to the Progress Period Tile.


3. Select the School Year and Progress Period. 
4. Click Edit
5. Select the desired option. 




Logo/ Mascot Image

Some reports have a space for a school mascot or logo. 
Attach the image you want to appear to a help desk ticket requesting it be added to your reports and our team will wire that up. 

Scoring Legend

Some reports can display a scoring legend. Put the exact language you want to use into a Helpdesk ticket and our team will make it happen for you. 

Courses

If you are using a course-based report, courses are a pre-requisite. 

Learn all about Courses in this article. 


Online Progress Report


In order to present the progress report on the student/parent portal, click on the button "save this configuration for guardian printing" to activate the report. Make sure you have the configurations set before you select this option!



Sending progress reports home via email

It is possible to send progress reports home to guardians via email. Please ask your Client Service Representative for details on the procedure, and you will then submit a help desk ticket asking for this to be turned on.

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