Additional Features Included in Pear Assessment Premium

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Additional Features Included in Pear Assessment Premium

• Shuffle Question Order: Users can randomize the order in which questions from a test are displayed for each student
• Option to show scores but hide answers from students: When users set Show Detailed Report to Students to No, students will no longer have access to questions, answers, and question-level feedback
• Read-aloud (text-to-speech): The read-aloud feature can be set for an entire class or individual students. Once activated, play and stop buttons appear above each question. Students can click on play to hear a voice reading the text
• Assessment Draft Collaboration: Allows users to share an assessment draft with others in the district for joint editing purposes. Once you save a draft, users will notice a new option Add a Co-Author appears. Once teachers click Add a Co-Author, users can enter the email of the individual who will have access to the draft. The co-author must also have a premium account
• Calculator: Teachers or administrators can make a calculator available for students. Users can select a basic or scientific calculator
• Add a co-instructor: Teachers can add a co-teacher for each of their classes. Click Manage Class, click the Actions drop-down menu, and select Add a Co-Teacher
• Rubric-based scoring: Users can create rubrics and share rubrics across your district. When grading with a rubric, you can select scores from a dropdown. The score will be adjusted automatically
• Dynamic Content Questions: Users can create items where the same question is asked, but different versions are given to students. These items look different for each student and have different answers because the numbers in the question text are generated randomly
• Partial Scoring: Users can allow for items to be given partial credit

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Five In-Depth Reports

• Single Assessment Report
  • Assessment Summary: View a high-level analysis for one assessment
  • Sub-Group Performance: Drill down to compare the performance on an assessment by student group, class, or cohort
  • Question Analysis: Identify the most difficult questions for further analysis
  • Response Frequency: Diagnose the areas of misunderstanding by question type and frequently chosen answers
  • Performance by Standards: View the overall performance of the standard assessed. Analyze by domain, standard, and student levels
  • Performance by Students: Identify groups of students by performance level
• Multiple Assessment Report
  • Performance over Time: Compare student performance across two or more assessments
  • Peer Progress Analysis: Explore trends in performance by class or cohort, and isolate groups that are on, at, or below target
  • Student Progress: Explore trends in performance by students, and isolate those who are on, at, or below target to aid in differentiated instruction
  • Pre vs Post: Compare student performance across two assessments to analyze the change in scores and the movement of students across performance bands to assign appropriate intervention
• Standards Mastery Report
  • Standards Performance Summary: View an aggregate of overall mastery on all domains assessed in a subject, filtered by individual, class, or group
  • Standards Gradebook: View a summary of proficiency on all standards assessed on one or more tests. Can be filtered by individual, class, or group
  • Standards Progress: View a summary of proficiency levels on a specific standard across one or more assessments. Can be filtered by individual, class, or group
  • Performance by Rubric Criteria: View the rubric average and distribution of responses on the rubric’s criteria assessed on one or more tests. Can be filtered by individual, class, or group
• Student Profile Report
  • Student Profile Summary: View an overall snapshot of student performance to date
  • Student Mastery Profile: Drill down to individual performance by domain and standards
  • Student Assessment Profile: See performance by score on each assessment taken, filtered by course
  • Student Standards Progress: Explore trends in the performance of a student on various standards over time
• Engagement Report
  • Engagement Summary: View the overall number of assessments assigned and the total number of students taking the assessments over time
  • Activity by School: View the number of assessments, active teachers, and students taking assessments by each school
  • Activity by Teacher: View the number of assessments and students taking assessments under each teacher