If you see an asterisk (*) in your reports, first please check the module status in the 'Assessments' section of the platform. Knowing this will help you to work out the next best steps.
'Pending' and 'In Progress' status
'Pending' - the student hasn't yet begun the module, there will be an asterisk in your report for this module.
'In Progress', this can be for various reasons.
- It may be that the module is still being completed
- The session was interrupted and or/the module results have not returned to us automatically. If there is a problem with the results returning to us automatically, the student will see a warning message at the end of the module advising them to let their teacher know. Please follow the on screen instructions to save the results file locally to prevent a retake being necessary.
If a module is showing as 'Pending' or 'In Progress', it will still be available to take when the student logs back in to their CPI assessment.
'Completed' Status
Sometimes, despite the status for all modules showing as 'Completed' in the 'Assessments' section of the platform, you might find a score has not generated and instead you are presented with an asterisk (*). Here we will cover the likely scenarios when this can happen.
First, it's important to understand the distinction between modules and sections within the assessment. There are 5 modules, and each module (excluding spelling) has multiple sections making up the module. In our Core package, you have access only to module level scores. For the Plus package, you can see the scores at module and section level.
The most common reasons you will see an asterisk instead of a score for 'Completed' modules are below for you:
Developed Ability Module -an asterisk for the overall module score
This module presents the Picture Vocabulary section first, and then the Non-Verbal section which is the second and final section of this module.
The Non-Verbal section requires the student to successfully answer some example questions before they can progress to the actual assessment items. This is because if the student doesn't understand the activity, they may score 0 for this section and therefore the overall module results will be inaccurate.
If the Non-Verbal questions aren't answered correctly, the assessment questions for this section will not be presented and the module will appear to end as usual.
Failure to answer the example items correctly will result in a missing Non-Verbal section score and you will see an asterisk for this module in your reports. If you are a Plus customer, there will an asterisk for the Non-Verbal section with a score for the Picture Vocabulary section.
Arithmetic Module -an overall score but an asterisk in the reports for some sections (Plus customers)
The sections in this module come in the following order: addition, then subtraction, multiplication and division. If the student is not getting many right, stopping rules may cause the assessment to exit without presenting any items in one or more of the later categories.
Regardless of how many sections the student completes, there will be an overall Arithmetic module score. If you have the Plus package you may notice that there is an asterisk in some of the later sections of this module.
Reading Module -an overall score but an asterisk in the report for the Comprehension section (Plus customers)
This module potentially has 3 sections: Word Recognition, Word Decoding and Comprehension.
To be presented with the Comprehension questions, the student needs to achieve an average age equivalent score of 4 or more in the Word Recognition and Word Decoding sections.
If a student doesn't achieve a high enough score in these first sections there will still be an overall score for Reading in your reports. If you have the Plus package, you will see an * for the Comprehension section if the student hasn't been presented with that section. In this case, they will be credited with the minimum Comprehension score in the calculation of the composite Reading score.
What should you do about missing scores?
The action you take will depend on the scenario and the student.
- You can choose to simply use the scores you have available to support with your planning for that student (in most cases, a missing score indicates a lower ability in that area).
- You could have the student retake the module where you have missing scores (especially where you don't feel the missing score is representative of their ability). Please note that retakes are at modular level and will overwrite all scores for the entire module. It is not possible for the student just to retake one or more sections of a module.
- If the missing score is due to not progressing past the Non-Verbal example questions of the Developed Ability module, we strongly recommend explaining the format of these questions to the student in advance of a re-take. Please see the article below for more information.
Detailed Guides and Supporting Information
Preparing for the Developed Ability module (Non-Verbal section)
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