Accessing and Understanding the Common Assessment Admin Report

Modified on Tue, 31 Mar at 7:52 AM

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Quick navigation
Who can access this report?
How do I get to the report?
What’s the big picture?
Which standards need attention?
- Drill down into a standard
How are my schools performing?
- Drill down into a school
How are individual classes doing?
Are there equity gaps?
How can I explore performance patterns? (Deep Dive)
How did students perform on each question?
Am I meeting my accountability targets?
How do I share this data with my team?
What does "Pending Evaluation" mean?
How are the numbers calculated?
Quick reference: report sections at a glance
Using the filter

You’ve administered a Common Assessment across your district. Students have completed it, teachers have proctored it — and the data is in. The District Report is where you turn that data into action.

This report gives you a clear, organized view of how students performed across standards, schools, classes, and demographic subgroups. Use it to prepare for your next Professional Learning Community meeting, identify schools that need support, surface equity gaps, track progress against your district’s accountability targets, and identify individual students for intervention or enrichment.

This article is for: System Admins, School Admins, Assessment Coordinators, Department Heads, and Instructional Coaches.

I want to…	Go to
Know who can see this report	Who Can Access This Report?
Access the report	How Do I Get to the Report?
Understand overall performance	What’s the Big Picture?
Analyze by standard	Which Standards Need Attention?
Compare schools	How Are My Schools Performing?
Find classes needing support	How Are Individual Classes Doing?
Identify equity gaps	Are There Equity Gaps?
Analyze patterns and trends	How Can I Explore Performance Patterns? (Deep Dive)
Review item-level data	How Did Students Perform on Each Question?
Track accountability goals	Are We Meeting Or Accountability Targets?
Share with my team	How Do I Share This Data With My Team?
Understand pending evaluations	What Does "Pending Evaluation" Mean?
Understand metric calculations	How Are the Numbers Calculated?
Narrow the report to specific cohorts	Using the Filter

Who can access this report?

Different roles see different levels of data. Here’s what each role can access:

Role	Which Common Assessments can you see?	Report scope
System Admin	All Common Assessments in the organization	Organization-wide — all students, all schools
School Admin / Principal	All Common Assessments connected to your school	School-wide — all students in your school
Assessment Coordinator	All Common Assessments you created + all Common Assessments assigned to you	Organization-wide for Common Assessments you created; Class-wide for Common Assessments assigned to you
Teacher / Proctor	All Common Assessments assigned to you	Class-wide only (see: Understanding Your Teacher Class Report)

Note: School Admins gain visibility based on the schools selected during Common Assessment sharing — regardless of when they are added to Wayground. System Admins always have access to all Common Assessments across the district.

How do I get to the report?

Click Common Assessments in the left navigation.
Click the assessment you want to review.
On the Common Assessment Details page, click View Report.

The report opens to the Summary tab by default. Data updates once daily overnight, so recent submissions may take up to a day to appear. Check the "Last updated" timestamp in the report header before presenting data in meetings.

What’s the big picture?

In a nutshell

The top of the report shows overall accuracy, how many students participated, and how they’re distributed across performance bands.

Overall accuracy

A single percentage representing district-wide performance — the average of points earned by all student participants across the district, divided by the total possible points, expressed as a percentage.

Accuracy = (Sum of points earned by all participants) ÷ (Maximum possible points × Number of participants)

The formula uses each student’s best attempt only and counts only unique participants who submitted at least one attempt.

Performance band distribution

A color-coded bar showing what share of students fall into each proficiency level:

Band	Default range	What it tells you
Did Not Meet (Red)	Below 40%	Key concepts may need reteaching
Partially Met (Yellow)	40–70%	Understanding is emerging but incomplete
Met (Green)	70–90%	Performance aligns with expectations
Exceeded (Blue)	Above 90%	Ready for enrichment or extension

Below the bar, you’ll see the participant count for each band (e.g., "24 participants - Did not meet," "267 participants - Partially met"). Hover over any segment to see details.

Note: These are default thresholds. Your Common Assessment creator may have configured different ranges during assessment setup. Performance bands can be updated at any time — changes reflect in reports within one day.

Participant count

The total number of unique students included in the report (e.g., "496 participants").

Report header information

The header displays:

Assessment title and metadata (Grade, Subject, Date range)
Creator name
Status indicator (e.g., "Ended")
Last updated timestamp — check this before presenting data in meetings

Report header actions

Action	What it does
View resource	Preview the assessment content
Download	Export the report as PDF or CSV
Filter	Narrow the report to specific schools, classes, or subgroups

See "Pending Evaluation" in the legend? Some students have Open-Ended questions teachers haven’t scored yet. Those students are temporarily excluded from accuracy. See "What Does 'Pending Evaluation' Mean?" below.

Which standards need attention?

In a nutshell

See accuracy and student distribution for each curriculum standard — so you know where students are strong and where they need support. Click into any standard to drill down to the school, class, and student level.

Go to Summary > Standards. Each standard shows:

Standard code and description (e.g., "TEKS.MATH.6.3D")
Number of items tagged to this standard (e.g., "4 items")
Accuracy percentage in a circular indicator
Participant distribution bar (color-coded by performance band)

Look for standards where a large share of students fall into "Did Not Meet" or "Partially Met" — these are your priority areas.

Drill down into a standard

Click on any standard row to open its drilldown panel. This lets you move from "this standard is underperforming" to "here’s exactly where the issue is."

The Standards drilldown shows:

Header: Standard code and description, Standard Accuracy percentage, Participant Distribution bar (color-coded by performance band, with counts).

Three sub-tabs:

Tab	What it shows
Schools	Which schools are strong vs. struggling on this standard? Each school shows participant count and "Students in Met + Exceeded" percentage
Classes	Which specific classes within those schools are driving the results?
Students	Individual students grouped by performance band (Did not meet, Partially met, Met, Exceeded) with expandable sections

Items section:

Lists each question tagged to this standard
Shows "% Students Awarded Points" for each item

If an accountability goal is set, the panel organizes schools and classes into clear sections:

"Meeting accountability goal" — Lists cohorts above your target, with count (e.g., "8 of 8 schools")
"Not meeting accountability goal" — Lists cohorts below your target, with count and a "View all →" link

In your Professional Learning Community

"On TEKS.MATH.6.3D, all 8 schools are meeting your accountability target. But on TEKS.MATH.6.4H, only 5 of 6 schools are meeting the goal — let’s focus the discussion there."

How are my schools performing?

In a nutshell

See each school’s accuracy ranked against the district average — and click into any school for a full breakdown by standards and classes.

Go to Summary > Schools. Each school shows:

School name and participant count
Accuracy percentage displayed as a horizontal bar
District Average reference line (vertical dashed line) for quick comparison

Schools are listed in order, making it easy to see which are above or below the district average.

Drill down into a school

Click on any school to open its drilldown panel. This is where you go from "this school is below average" to "here’s exactly which standards and classes are driving the gap."

The Schools drilldown shows:

Header: School name and participant count, School Accuracy percentage with comparison to district (e.g., "↑ 6% above district average"), Participant Distribution bar (color-coded by performance band).

"View school report →" link: Opens the school-level report in a new tab — great for sharing with principals.

Three sub-tabs:

Tab	What it shows
Standards	This school’s accuracy on each standard, compared to the district. If an accountability goal is set, standards are organized into "Meeting" and "Not meeting" sections
Classes	Per-class accuracy within this school
Students	Individual students grouped by performance band with expandable sections

How are individual classes doing?

In a nutshell

Compare classes side-by-side to identify which are thriving and which need coaching support.

Go to Summary > Classes. Each class shows:

Class name (format: TeacherName Grade+Section SUBJECT SchoolCode)
Participant count
Accuracy as a horizontal bar
District Average reference line for comparison

Use this when: Planning coaching conversations, identifying high-performing classes whose instructional practices might be worth replicating, or spotting classes that may benefit from additional coaching or support.

Are there equity gaps?

In a nutshell

See performance by demographic group to identify disparities that need attention.

Go to Summary > Sub groups. Each demographic group shows:

Group name (e.g., Asian, Hispanic, Two or More, English Learners, Special Education)
Accuracy percentage in a circular indicator
Participant distribution bar (color-coded by performance band)

Click on any group to drill down and see school-by-school and class-by-class performance for that subgroup.

Sub group data is also available throughout the rest of the report:

Filter — Narrow the entire report (Summary, Deep Dive, Items) to a single sub group.
Drilldowns — Sub group data is reflected in Standards and Schools drilldowns.
Deep Dive — Filter the heatmap by sub group for focused analysis.

Use this when: Preparing equity reports, addressing board questions about achievement gaps, or prioritizing intervention resources.

Tip

Pair sub group data with the Student Deep Dive (below) to identify individual students within an underperforming group who need intervention.

How can I explore performance patterns? (Deep Dive)

In a nutshell

The Deep Dive is a heatmap that lets you spot patterns across multiple dimensions at once — schools vs. standards, schools vs. items, or students vs. standards.

Click the Deep Dive tab to access this view.

What you’ll see:

Sub-tabs: Standard Accuracy | Item Accuracy
"Group by" dropdown: Schools (default) | Classes | Students
Sort dropdown: Ascending | Descending
Heatmap grid: Rows are schools (or classes/students), columns are standards (or items)

Reading the heatmap:

The first row shows the District Average with overall accuracy
Each cell shows accuracy and is color-coded by performance band: Red = Did Not Meet, Yellow = Partially Met, Green = Met, Blue = Exceeded

Pattern interpretation:

Pattern	What it might mean
Red column (low accuracy across all schools)	Curriculum gap or pacing issue with this standard
Red row (one school low across all standards)	School needs broader support
Isolated red cells	Specific school-standard combinations to investigate
Green/blue clusters	Strengths to celebrate and share

Use Filter (top-right) to narrow the Deep Dive to a specific subgroup before analyzing patterns.

Tip

Group by "Students" to view individual student performance across all standards. Compare students side-by-side to identify patterns, strengths, and needs. Filter students based on accuracy ranges to find specific cohorts for intervention and extension.

How did students perform on each question?

In a nutshell

See which questions students got right and wrong — and identify items that may reveal specific misconceptions.

Go to the Items tab to view question-by-question results.

What you’ll see:

Each question with its accuracy percentage
Questions tagged to specific standards
Response patterns across the district

How to interpret patterns:

Pattern	What it suggests
Low accuracy on a single item	Possible confusing wording or unfamiliar concept
Low accuracy across items in one standard	Standard needs reteaching
High accuracy across all classes	Standard well-taught; can reduce review time

Scroll down or click on the Response analysis area for any item to see:

The question type, the standard it was tagged to, and the points
The percentage and number of students who selected each option

You can also access item-level data through the Standards drilldown — each standard’s panel shows the items tagged to it with "% Students Awarded Points."

In your Professional Learning Community

Use item analysis to move from vague observations ("students struggled with fractions") to precise diagnoses ("Q6 had only 38% accuracy — let’s look at that question").

Are we meeting our accountability targets?

In a nutshell

Accountability goals let you set a performance target (e.g., "70% of students in Met or Exceeded"), and the report automatically flags which schools, classes, and standards are hitting it — and which are not.

If an accountability goal has been set for this Common Assessment, you see it reflected throughout the Summary tabs and drilldowns:

"Meeting accountability goal" sections show cohorts above your target with a count (e.g., "8 of 8 schools")
"Not meeting accountability goal" sections show cohorts below your target with a count and "View all →" link
Each cohort displays its Students in Met + Exceeded percentage, so you can see exactly how close (or far) each one is from your target

Setting or updating goals: Accountability goals are configured during Common Assessment creation under Reporting > Accountability Goals. You can update them at any time — changes reflect in reports within one day.

Use this when: Preparing for a school board presentation, updating your district improvement plan, or running a data review meeting where you need to show progress against targets.

In a nutshell

Export as PDF for meetings, or CSV for spreadsheet analysis.

Click the Download button (top-right) and choose:

PDF — A Wayground-branded report with summaries across Standards, Schools, Classes, Subgroups, and Item Analysis. Ready for leadership meetings and improvement plans.
CSV — Raw data for custom analysis in Excel or Google Sheets.

Great for: Professional Learning Community discussions, leadership team meetings, board presentations, school improvement plan documentation, and sharing with principals who want a quick overview.

Best practice: Use the PDF for stakeholder presentations and Professional Learning Community discussions. Use the CSV when you need to combine Common Assessment data with other sources or for custom analytics. For deeper interactive exploration (like drilldowns and Deep Dive), team members can log in to Wayground and use the in-product report.

What does "Pending Evaluation" mean?

Some assessments include Open-Ended questions (text, audio, video, or drawing responses). These require manual scoring by teachers before they can factor into accuracy calculations.

If you see "Pending evaluation" in the report:

Question	Answer
What does it mean?	Some students have submitted, but their teacher hasn’t scored all Open-Ended items yet
What happens?	Those students are temporarily excluded from accuracy at the assessment, standard, and item levels — so unscored responses don’t distort your data
What should I do?	Encourage teachers to complete evaluations. Once scored, those students’ data automatically rolls into the aggregates

Note: Accuracy may shift as teachers complete evaluations. Check the "Last updated" timestamp in the report header before presenting data in meetings.

How are the numbers calculated?

Accuracy formula:

Accuracy = (Sum of points earned by participants) ÷ (Max points possible × Number of participants)

Calculation rules:

Metric	How it works
Participants	Only unique students who submitted at least one attempt
Best attempt	When a student has multiple attempts, only their highest score is used
Open-Ended questions	Excluded from accuracy until manually evaluated by a teacher

Why this matters:

Multiple retries don’t artificially inflate or deflate scores
Participation counts reflect actual students, not duplicate attempts
Open-Ended question integrity is maintained through teacher evaluation

Quick reference: report sections at a glance

Question you’re asking	Where to look	What you’ll find
How is my district performing overall?	Summary (top)	Overall accuracy, band distribution, participant count
Which standards need attention?	Summary > Standards	Per-standard accuracy and bands; click to drill down to schools/classes/students
How are my schools doing?	Summary > Schools	Per-school accuracy vs. District Average; click to drill down to standards/classes
How are individual classes doing?	Summary > Classes	Per-class accuracy vs. District Average
Are there equity gaps?	Summary > Sub groups	Accuracy by demographic group
Where are patterns and trends?	Deep Dive	Heatmap: schools × standards (or items)
Which questions were hardest?	Items tab or Standard drilldowns	Per-question accuracy and % students awarded points
Am I meeting accountability targets?	Summary drilldowns	"Meeting" / "Not meeting" sections in Standards and Schools panels
How do I share this?	Download button	PDF for meetings; CSV for custom analytics

Using the filter

Click Filter (top-right) to narrow the report to specific cohorts.

Filter options:

Filter	What it does
Schools	Show only selected schools
Classes	Show only selected classes
Sub groups	Show only selected demographic groups

Use the search box to quickly find specific schools or classes. Click Apply Filters to update the report, or Reset Filters to clear selections.

Filters apply across all tabs (Summary, Deep Dive, Items), so you can analyze a specific cohort throughout the entire report.

Accessing and Understanding the Common Assessment Admin Report

Quick navigation

Who can access this report?

How do I get to the report?

What’s the big picture?

Overall accuracy

Performance band distribution

Participant count

Report header information

Report header actions

Which standards need attention?

Drill down into a standard

How are my schools performing?

Drill down into a school

How are individual classes doing?

Are there equity gaps?

How can I explore performance patterns? (Deep Dive)

How did students perform on each question?

Are we meeting our accountability targets?

How do I share this data with my team?

What does "Pending Evaluation" mean?

How are the numbers calculated?

Quick reference: report sections at a glance

Using the filter