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Reviewing Student Performance

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Written by Om Joshi
Updated over 2 months ago

Once tests are evaluated and results are generated, it’s critical to analyze student performance in depth.

This process provides comprehensive insights into:

  • Individual understanding

  • Class-wide trends

  • Specific areas needing further instruction

Reviewing student performance effectively helps instructors tailor their teaching approach and enhance overall learning outcomes.

πŸ” Steps to Review Performance

Follow the structured steps below to perform a detailed review:

πŸ“‹ Step 1: Review the Assessment Summary

The Assessment Summary provides a high-level view of individual student performance and class-wide grading trends.

Key Components of the Assessment Summary:

βœ… Benefits:

  • Quickly understand where a student stands relative to their peers.

  • Spot high achievers and students needing additional support.

πŸ“Š Step 2: Analyze the Class Overview

The Class Overview dashboard provides detailed insights into the overall class performance metrics.

Key Metrics Displayed:

Metric

Description

Class Average Marks

The average score obtained across all students.

Median Score

The middle score when all student marks are ordered from lowest to highest.

Mean Average Score

The arithmetic mean of all scores.

Highest Score

The top score achieved by any student in the class. (For example, the highest score recorded is 92.)

βœ… Benefits:

  • Identify how well the test was understood collectively.

  • Recognize if the assessment was too challenging or too easy.

  • Benchmark individual student performances against the class average.

🧐 Step 3: Focus on Question-Level Analysis

For an even deeper understanding, focus on the Question Analysis section.

Insights Provided by Question Analysis:

βœ… Benefits:

  • Fine-tune future lectures based on specific weak concepts.

  • Improve test design by identifying ambiguous or misinterpreted questions.

  • Offer personalized feedback to students based on particular problem areas.

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