InnerOrbit’s teacher reports are designed to answer three common questions:
"How did students perform on this specific assessment?" → Assignment Report
"What patterns am I seeing across the dimensions over time?" → Dimensions Report
"How are students doing across assessments?" → Gradebook
Keep reading to learn more about each report!
🚀 Assignment Report
The Assignment Report provides a detailed view of a single assessment, so you can see performance by student and by question.
Best for
Identifying which questions were most challenging
Spotting patterns in wrong answers / misconceptions
Reviewing student answer sheets and making quick instructional next steps
What you can do in the report
Monitor assessments in real time to track student progress as students work.
View results by student, including access to each student’s answer sheet.
Use the “Answers by Question Matrix" to analyze question performance
Export CSVs
How to Access the Assignment Report:
Navigate to the “Reports” tab.
Find the assessment you want to review.
Click the “View the Full Report” button.
Key Features in the Assignment Report:
1. Results by Student
Force-submit answers when time is up.
Unsubmit assessments to allow students to revise their answers.
Adjust Grades: Modify grade cut scores directly in the report.
Access Student Answersheets: Click on a student’s name to view their individual answersheet.
2. The Question Matrix:
Analyze Question Performance: Quickly identify which groups of students selected specific answers.
Plan Instructional Next Steps: Use the “Answers by Question” matrix to inform your teaching strategies.
📖 To learn more about the Assignment Report, check out this help article → The Assignment Report.
📊 Dimensions Report
The Dimensions Report provides the big-picture view of NGSS performance across DCIs, SEPs, and CCCs, with the ability to drill down and filter.
Best for
Seeing strengths/opportunities by dimension over time
Identifying class trends (what to reteach, reinforce, or extend)
Filtering to focus on specific assessments, rosters, or students
What you can do in the report
Drill down from a dimension into more specific elements
Customize proficiency ranges (color bands/cut ranges)
Use filters to view big-picture dimension proficiency by class or by current students.
How to Access the Dimensions Report:
Navigate to the "Reports" tab
Select the "Dimensions" tab
Key Features in the Dimensions Report:
1. Shareable Data
Collaborate with Colleagues: Share your data to identify common patterns.
Click “Get Shareable Link” and send the link to collaborators.
2. Usage Overview
InnerOrbit Usage Data: Take a moment to celebrate all your hard work and all the amazing data you've collected 🎉
3. Dimensions Breakdown
Identify Mastery and Misconceptions: Understand what students have mastered and where they may need more practice.
Drill Down by Element: Click on a concept to expand and see detailed elements for targeted insights.
Understand the Data:
The percentage shown reflects overall accuracy across all students, questions, and assessments for the given dimension.
Example: “65% of all questions assessing the PS4 Disciplinary Core Idea (Waves and their Application) have been answered correctly.”
4. Dimensions Report Filtering Options
Customize the view to analyze broad, big-picture dimension trends across assessments, rosters, or students.
Use color coding to easily analyze proficiency levels.
📖 Curious how InnerOrbit proficiency ranges compare to your state’s science test ranges? Read: InnerOrbit Cut Scores for State Test Alignment
📖 To learn more about the Dimensions Report, check out this help article → The Dimensions Report.
💡 Pro Tip: This report can be especially useful for monitoring student growth. See Analyzing Retake Data to Measure Growth to learn how!
📝 Gradebook
The Gradebook Report provides a consolidated view of student scores across assessments, with filters and a CSV export.
Best for
Tracking student performance across multiple assessments
Getting a quick class-wide snapshot of scores
Exporting gradebook-style data to a CSV
What you can do in the report
Filter/customize the view
Download the gradebook as a CSV
Access individual student answer sheets
How to Access the Gradebook:
Navigate to the “Reports” tab.
Select the “Gradebook” tab.
Key Features in the Gradebook Report:
View and Customize Data: Use the filters at the top to adjust the view based on specific needs.
Export Data: Download the data as a CSV file using the “Download Gradebook” button.
Student Answersheet: Easily access and review individual student answer sheets.
📖 To learn more about the Gradebook Report, check out this help article → The Gradebook.
❓Sample Data in Reports: Q&A
You may see data in your reports that isn’t yours when you’re first getting started.
1. What is it?
1. What is it?
Sample data is placeholder info (for example, names like “RocketLit High School”) that appears in reports to show how InnerOrbit organizes and displays report data before you have real results.
2. Is it real student, teacher, or school data?
2. Is it real student, teacher, or school data?
No. Sample data is fully fictional and does not represent real people or schools.
3. When does it go away?
3. When does it go away?
Once you administer your first assessment, sample data will be replaced with your students’ real results.
📈 Data Analysis Resources
Now that you know what data is available in InnerOrbit, here are some resources to help you analyze it effectively. Analyzing data can feel overwhelming, but these strategies can help you pinpoint actionable next steps.
Collaborate with your professional learning community to discuss data trends and instructional strategies.
Plan data-driven instruction at a broader scale with school or district-level insights.
Need more help?
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