Your

complete
guide to
reports on

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 My Assessment
and Reporting Kit
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assessment reporting and used by teachers to analyse
over 12 million papers.

Easily track progress from Reception to Year 6 and beyond with access
to all test data saved in one secure online place.

Quickly compare performance against national averages with auto-generated

standardised scores.

Generate visual reports such as Gap Analysis and Pupil Progress and
share with colleagues and parents to support teacher judgements.

Sync with your chosen MIS and share test data from MARK.
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Individual Pupil Report
Christian Adams

MARK automatically converts raw scores to PUMA 2 Autumn

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standardised scores so that you can quickly

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gain valuable insight into individual and

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Last taken 8th Februar Group; Non-Pupil Premium
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Overall performance Report generated 4th
October 2019

group performance, enabling you to spend

Pupil details
Class: Year 2 class
Membe r of: Cracking Comp Year
3; Reading Planet Recepti

more time preparing interventions and

on; Achiev e Online
GPS Group; Non-Pup
il Premium - Year 2
Overall performance

planning future lessons.

Supports many RS Assessment from

Hodder Education assessments in both
print and online interactive format. Test date Age at time of
test
Raw score Average
score
SS Age-SS Percenti le Hodder Scale
Maths Age Concern ?
score
08/02/2019 7:5
17 17.2
98 88
SS: Standardised Score 22 2
Age-SS: Age-Standardised 6:9 No
Score

Test date Age at time of

Raw score Average
test SS Age-SS
score Percenti le Hodder Scale
Maths Age Concern ?
score
08/02/2019 7:5
17 17.2
98 88
SS: Standardised Score 22 2
Age-SS: Age-Standardised 6:9 No
Score

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 What information do the reports provide?

Report type Description Which test suites is this report

available for?

Gap Analysis Quickly analyse gaps in All assessments

learning to inform targeted
teaching

Individual Pupil Report View the performance of an New PiRA / New PUMA / PiRA for
individual pupil on their most Scotland / PUMA for Scotland / GAPS /
recently taken test AMT / ART / NTS Assessments

Pupil Progress Report Compare the performance New PiRA / New PUMA / PiRA for
of one pupil across a number Scotland / PUMA for Scotland / GAPS /
of tests AMT / ART / NTS Assessments

Group Progress Report Compare the performance PiRA for Scotland / GAPS / AMT / ART
of a group of pupils across
a number of tests

Group Comparison View the performance New PiRA / New PUMA / PiRA for
Report of different groups on a Scotland / PUMA for Scotland / GAPS /
specific test NTS Assessments

Group Analysis Report View pupils’ scores together PiRA for Scotland / GAPS
and compare against the
class average

Group Listing Report View the performance of one New PiRA / New PUMA / PiRA for
group on a specific test Scotland / PUMA for Scotland / GAPS
AMT / ART / NTS Assessments

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Which assessments are supported by MARK?

NTS
Assessments

Getting started with reports on MARK

1
Read this guide to discover which reports are available with your assessments and who
when they would be most useful.

If you haven’t already done so, purchase your chosen assessments online or
2 with your local RS Assessment Consultant (find your local consultant at
risingstars-uk.com/consultants).

3 Order MARK for free at risingstars-uk.com/mark.

We’ll send you all of the guidance you need to set up your school and begin
4 generating reports.

All of the guidance and help that you might need can be found in our Support Centre,
5 which can be accessed when you visit risingstars-uk.com/marksupport. This is managed
by our dedicated and friendly customer support team who can be contacted by emailing
onlinesupport@rsassessment.co.uk.

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 Marksheet and Gap Analysis (on screen)
View extra detail such as question facility and your pupils’ average score
on each question or strand.

Cells have been colour-coded:

if the class/group average is at
or above the facility value of the
question, the cell is dark lilac. If the
average for your class or group
is below the facility value of the
question, the cell is pale lilac.

Facility values for each

question. The facility
value is the percentage of
children who answered the
question correctly in the
standardisation trial.

Average score of
class or group for
each question.

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 Who would find this report useful?
Class teachers who want to view question by question gap analysis.

You can also see gap

analysis by strand using
the “Strands” view.

Download a CSV template,

input your results into the
spreadsheet and upload to
MARK with ease.

Export all of the information

on this test for your class or
group. See the example on
the next page.

You have free access to this when you buy any test suite.

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 Gap Analysis (export)
Export pupils’ scores and view performance by strand.

There is a whole school version

of this report available for Class or group
each term. It shows each year average for each
group’s scores as a new tab. question (%).

Reading/Maths/GPS age: The

average chronological age of the
pupils who obtained each particular
Each pupil’s score
raw score in the standardisation trial.
for each strand.
This can be used as a quick indication
of a child’s reading/maths/GPS ability.
It is useful for monitoring the impact of
interventions as well as being a good
measure for pupils entering the school
from other schools.

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 Who would find this report useful?
Class teachers who want to view question by question gap analysis.

The standardised score is derived from the pupil’s

raw score and is placed on a scale that makes
Facility value for a comparison with the nationally representative
each question (%). sample of pupils. Standardised scores are useful
for comparing the performance of one cohort with
another, provided they have taken the same test
and it has been administered correctly.

Age-standardised score is also based on

the pupil’s raw score, adjusted for age –
in months – and placed on a scale that
makes a comparison with those involved in
the standardisation trial. This allows you to
compare the performance of pupils against
others of the same age. The benefit is
that younger pupils in a class are not
disadvantaged by better performance of
older pupils in their year group.
Age-standardised score percentiles
can give you a better feel for the
significance of a pupil’s performance
because they show the percentage of
pupils obtaining any score or lower. A
percentile of 50 is average. A score
that is in the 68th percentile means
that 68 percent of the group scored
below that pupil’s standardised score.
The child is therefore in the top-third
for his/her cohort.

You have free access to this when you buy any test suite.

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 Individual Pupil Report
View the performance of an individual pupil

Rising Stars UK Ltd- Correct Rep Account

Individual Pupil Report

Christian Adams
PUMA 2 Autumn
Last taken 8th February 2019 Report generated 4th October 2019

Pupil details
Class: Year 2 class The pupil’s standardised score
Member of:
on this test on the normal
Cracking Comp Year 3; Reading Planet Reception; Achiev e Online GPS Group; Non-Pupil Premium - Year 2

distribution graph. A score of

Overall performance 100 is the average for this test.

The average score of the

standardisation cohort for
the gender of the child. Any score above 100 and
on the right-hand side of
the graph has performed
above average in this test.

If you’re using the interactive versions

of AMT, ART, PiRA and PUMA and a
pupil has been allocated extra time,
you can see their score before and
after it has been applied.

Test date Age at time of Raw score Average SS Age-SS Percentile Hodder Scale Maths Age Concern?
test score score

08/02/2019 7:5 17 17.2 98 88 22 2 6:9 No

SS: Standardised Score Age-SS: Age-Standardised Score

The Hodder Scale (or NTS Scale if you

Raw score is the total number are using NTS Assessments) is a decimal
of marks that a pupil has scale, which enables progress to be
scored in a particular test. It is monitored term-by-term and year-by-year.
used as the starting point for In addition, it can be used as a basis for
all the other scores. predictions about expected progress.

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 Who would find this report useful?
Class teachers who want to look at individual children and
make summative observations, whilst examining relative
strengths and areas of development for that child.

Strand performance

The pupil’s average

score on each
strand is expressed
as a percentage.

Test Date Fractions Geometry Measures Number Operations Statistics

PUMA 2 Autumn 08/02/2019 1/2 3/5 2/4 6/8 4/9 1/2

Predicted Hodder Scale scores

This test PUMA 2 Spring PUMA 2 Summer PUMA 3 Autumn

2.0 2.3 2.6 2.7

Predicted Hodder Scale (or

NTS Scale if you are using This shows marks scored
NTS Assessments) indicates and number of marks
expected progress from one available per strand.
test to the next if average
progress is made by a child.

You have free access to this report when you buy:

(New) PiRA Primary / (New) PUMA Primary / GAPS / PiRA for Scotland / AMT / ART / NTS Assessments

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 Pupil Progress Who would find this report useful?
Class teachers who want to look at individual pupil
Report performance over time and identify trends. Parents who
would like to view their child’s performance. SEN leaders/
Compare performance of one DSL, for discussion in relevant meetings.
pupil across a number of tests

Rising Stars UK Ltd.

Pupil Progress Report
Chelsea Ford
Access Reading Test
Last taken 4th June 2018 Report generated 24th September 2019

Pupil details
Class: Year 9 class
Member of:

Overall performance

Black bars indicate National

Average AGE SS +/- 15%

The black lines show

a national average
standardised score of
100 and 15% either side
above and below.

Strand performance

The pupil’s average

score on each strand
in each test expressed
as a percentage.

Test date Age at time Raw score National SS* ✝

Age-SS✝ Percentile Reading
of test Av erage SS Age

ART Form A 22/09/2017 13:9 31 100 -1 82 12 10:7

ART Form B 04/12/2017 14:0 29 100 -1 78 7 9:11
Overall performance
RSART
Assessm
Form Cent from Hodder Education
ART Form D
12/03/2018
04/06/2018
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*SS: Standardised Score ✝Age-SS: Age-Standardised Score (New) PiRA / (New) PUMA / GAPS / PiRA for Scotland / AMT / ART / NTS Assessments

Strand performance
12 Test Date Analysis Literal comprehension Inference Vocabulary
Group Progress Who would find this report useful?
Class teachers who want to view whole group
Report performance and trends over time. Subject leaders and
SLT members who want to identify changes in group
Compare performance of a group standardised scores, thus aiding further investigation.
of pupils across a number of tests

Rising Stars UK Ltd

AcademicClass
Intake, Year, Class or Group
or Group Progress Report
Progress Report
Year 6 class
PUMA
Most recently taken 1st March 2018
Users select the tests
Report generated 08 March 2018
they wish to compare
in this report.
PUMA 5 Autumn PUMA 5 Spring
No. Min Max Mean Hodder Nat. No. Min Max Mean Hodder Nat.
Pupils SS SS SS Scale av 'ge Pupils SS SS SS Scale av 'ge
Girls 8 110 139 127.3 5.2 N/A Girls 8 103 125 109.9 4.5 N/A

Boys 7 87 140 113.3 4.4 N/A Boys 7 71 133 108.3 4.3 N/A

All pupils 15 87 140 120.3 4.8 100 All pupils 15 71 133 109.1 4.4 100

*SS: Standardised Score Nat. av'ge: National average

PUMA 6 Autumn PUMA 6 Spring

No. Min Max Mean Hodder Nat. No. Min Max Mean Hodder Nat.
Pupils SS SS SS Scale av 'ge Pupils SS SS SS Scale av 'ge
Girls 8 105 129 113.5 4.8 N/A Girls 8 103 112 108.6 4.9 N/A

Boys 7 105 129 115.6 5 N/A Boys 7 103 112 108.4 4.9 N/A

All pupils 15 105 129 114.5 4.9 100 All pupils 15 103 112 108.5 4.9 100

160 PUMA 5 Autumn

PUMA 5 Spring
PUMA 6 Autumn
120 PUMA 6 Spring
Standardised Score

80

40

Black bars indicate National

Av erage SS +/- 15%
0
Boys Girls All pupils

The black lines show a

national average standardised
This group’s average (or mean)
score of 100 and 15% either
standardised score as a group and
side above and below.
broken down by boys and girls.

You have free access to this report when you buy:

Primary / PiRA for Scotland / AMT / ART / NTS Assessments

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 Group Who would find this report useful?
Class teachers, subject leaders and SLT members who wish
Comparison Report to look at the standards of different groups. Subject leaders
and SLT who want to look at standards over time and
Compare the performance of communicate this clearly and visually with stakeholders.
groups on one test paper

Rising Stars UK Ltd

Academic
Intake, Year, Class
Class or Group
or Group Comparison Report
Comparison Report
Year 5 Non EAL; Year 5 FSM; Year 5 SEN; Year 5 Non-PP; Year 5 EAL; Year 5 PP

PUMA 5 Autumn
Most recently taken 23rd January 2018 Report generated 8th March 2018

Year 5 SEN Year 5 FSM

No. Min Max Mean Hodder No. Min Max Mean Hodder
Pupils SS SS SS Scale Pupils SS SS SS Scale
Girls 2 94 127 110.5 4.2 Girls 3 94 127 113 4.3

Boys 3 87 140 106.3 4 Boys 3 87 140 106.3 4

All pupils 5 87 140 107.7 4.1 All pupils 6 87

Users
140
can select
109.1 4.1
as many groups to
compare as they
Year 5 Non EAL Year 5 Non-PP wish. Groups can be
No. Min Max Mean Hodder No. Min set
Max upMean
by any user in
Hodder
the Manage area.
Pupils SS SS SS Scale Pupils SS SS SS Scale
Girls 0 0 0 0 0 Girls 3 132 139 134.7 5.7

Boys 1 87 87 87 3 Boys 0 0 0 0 0

All pupils 1 87 87 87 3 All pupils 3 132 139 134.7 5.7

Year 5 EAL Year 5 PP

No. Min Max Mean Hodder No. Min Max Mean Hodder
Pupils SS SS SS Scale Pupils SS SS SS Scale
Girls 3 132 139 134.7 5.7 Girls 2 110 132 121 4.8

Boys 2 105 132 118.5 4.7 Boys 1 110 110 110 4.1

All pupils 5 105 139 128.2 5.3 All pupils 3 110 132 117.3 4.6

This group’s average (or mean)

standardised score as a group and National Average
150
broken down by boys and girls.
Score
All pupils 100
120

Year 5 SEN
Standardised Score

Year 5 EAL
90 Year 5 PP
Year 5 Non-PP
Year 5 Non EAL
60 Year 5 FSM Key
National
Av erage
Lowest value
across these
30 groups

Highest value
across these

You have free access to this report when you buy:

0 groups
Girls Boy s All Pupils
SS Standardised Score
(New) PiRA / (New) PUMA / GAPS / PiRA for Scotland

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Group Analysis Who would find this report useful?
Class teachers who want to compare the performance
Report of individual pupils against the national average
(standardisation sample) and each other.
View pupils’ scores together and
compare against the class average

Rising Stars UK Ltd

Rising Stars UK Ltd. This group’s average (or
Intake,
AcademicClass
AcademicYear,
Year, or
Class Group
or
Class Group Analysis
Analysis
or Group Report
Report
Analysis Reportmean) standardised score.
2011-2012
Year 2 class;
PUMA
PUMA 5
2 Autumn
Autumn
Most recently taken 21st Nov ember 2016 Report generated 19th July 2017
Most recently taken 9th February 2020 Report generated 21st February 2020

Standardised Score
Standardised Score
No. Average Standard Group National
No. Average Minim um Maxim um Median Standard Group National
Pupils Age Minim um Maxim um Median deviation Average Average
Pupils Age deviation Average Average
Boys 7 9:2 87 132 107 16 109 N/A
Boys 3 6:9 88 106 91 8 95 N/A
Girls 8 9:4 94 139 127 14 124 N/A
Girls 6 7:5 78 117 101 14 100 N/A
All Students 15 9:3 87 139 118 17 117 100
All Students 9 7:6 78 117 96 13 98 100

The standard deviation

is a measure of how
spread out the group is.
The higher the number,
the more spread out
the results.

This group’s median standardised

score, which is the midpoint of the
group’s standardised scores.

National average standardised

score is 100 for the whole
standardisation trial. Class
average is the average of this
group’s standardised scores.

Class average National average

Class average National average

You have free access to this report when you buy:

GAPS / PiRA for Scotland

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 Group Listing Report
View the performance of one group of pupils on a specific test

Rising Stars UK Ltd.

Academic Year, Class or Group Listin

Non-Pupil Premium - Year 5
PiRA 4 Summer
Most recently taken 4th June 2018

Performance
indicators help you First Last Date of Age at Reading Raw SS Age- %ile
to identify whether Nam e Nam e Test test Age Score SS
children are meeting Bilal Ahmed 04/06/2018 9:7 9:7 23 101 100 50
performance Oliver Brow n 04/06/2018 8:9 <8:2 14 85 93 32
expectations for their Danielle Ferlow 04/06/2018 9:9 9:5 22 99 98 45
year. Standardised Holly Field 04/06/2018 9:0 9:2 21 97 101 52
scores are colour- Nathaniel Jackson 04/06/2018 9:5 8:5 18 92 95 37
coded according
Leon Jackw ell 04/06/2018 8:10 8:5 18 92 98 45
to their associated
performance indicator
Francis Mc Crow 04/06/2018 9:5 <8:2 15 87 91 28

threshold.
Amber Meadow 04/06/2018 9:8 8:2 17 90 92 30
India Mellow 04/06/2018 9:8 8:8 19 94 95 37

Red = Working Christopher Miles 04/06/2018 9:2 >10:6 28 110 113 80

towards (<94) Mechai Simpson 04/06/2018 9:1 8:5 18 92 96 40

Julia Smiles 04/06/2018 9:4 10:4 25 104 106 66

Green = Working at Grace Smith 04/06/2018 9:9 8:8 19 94 94 34
(94-114) Elijah Snow 04/06/2018 8:9 9:2 21 97 103 58

Blue = Working at Kelandra White 04/06/2018 9:0 10:4 25 104 108 70

greater depth (>114)

SS: Standardised Score Age-SS: Age-Standardised Score %ile: Age-SS Percentile HSS:
Hodder Scale Score

Average 20.2 95.9

RS Assessment
Proportion from Hodder
matching Education
expectations 1/2
Av

Key

Working at greater
Percentage of pupils depth
in each threshold
40%

Working at
shown as a pie chart.
60%
Working towards

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 Who would find this report useful?
Class teachers who want to compare the performance of individual
pupils in numerical form (overall score and strands). Subject leaders
and SLT members who wish to compare strands across groups,
whilst looking for strengths and areas for development.

ng Report
Measure pupil progress with this individual scale. Useful
for tracking and predicting performance of children who
are working outside Report
of their age range,
generated but continue
24th September 2019 to
make small increments of progress for their year.

HSS Com prehension Language, structure and Making inference including

(15) presentation (17) prediction (8)

3.9 8 10 5 Each pupil’s score for

3.1 3 8 3 each strand. The total
3.8 11 7 4 marks available for
3.7 9 8 4 each strand appears
3.4 5 9 4 after each strand
3.4 8 7 3 label, in brackets.
3.2 5 6 4

3.3 7 6 4
3.5 8 8 3
4.4 9 14 5
3.4 5 8 5 The Hodder Scale (or NTS
4.1 9 9 7 Scale if you are using NTS
3.5 8 9 2 Assessments) is a decimal scale,
3.7 7 9 5 which enables progress to be
4.1 12 10 3
monitored term-by-term and
year-by-year. In addition, it can
be used as a basis for predictions
Numbers in brackets indicate maximum marks av ailable about expected progress.

7.6 8.5 4.1

2 Average strand performance mark.rsassessment.com

The strand bar chart

allows teachers to
Key
100% compare their group’s
performance against
National the national average,
by strand.
50% Average

0%
Comprehension Language, structure Making inference
and presentation including prediction

Range indicates National Av erage e.g. [15,25]

You have free access to this report when you buy:
(New) PiRA / (New) PUMA / GAPS / PiRA for Scotland / AMT / ART / NTS Assessments

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We work with the following partners to make this possible:

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We work with these partners so that you can view your

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In addition to syncing your pupil data with MARK, you can choose to share summary test data with our
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Test data for PiRA, PUMA, GAPS and NTS Assessments appears at pupil level and school
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Test data for PiRA, PUMA, GAPS and NTS Assessments will be presented in aggregated
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pupils, based on their performance indicator group.

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