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How to Look at Class-Level Data

This article gives an overview of different ways for teachers to analyze class-level assessment data in Forefront.

Explore this interactive demo for how to look at class-level data in Forefront.

Start on the Overview Page

The first view within a class is the Overview page. It displays proficiency levels calculated across all configured programs.

Each column represents a domain or learning target configured by your school or district. Use this page to identify patterns in class performance, group students around a focused skill area, and explore the evidence behind proficiency results.

Sort Results by a Skill Area

Sort a column to group students by performance within a focused skill area.

This can help teachers quickly identify:

  • Areas of class-wide strength

  • Students who may benefit from additional support

  • Students who may be ready to extend their learning

Sorting remains available as you explore more specific standards and learning targets.

Drill Into Results

Select a domain, standard, or learning target to explore more detailed information. You can expand categories to identify student strengths and areas of need.

Depending on how standards are organized, there may be multiple levels available to explore.

Select an individual result to view performance in the context of how students were assessed on that learning target. This underlying body of evidence can help teachers understand which tasks contributed to the displayed proficiency level.

Switch Subjects

Switch subjects to access comprehensive data across your school or district’s curricula.

The subjects and programs available within a class depend on the configuration selected by your school or district.

Change the Grade-Level Lens

Use the grade-level drop-down menu to change the lens or view expectations from a prior grade level.

For example, a third-grade teacher may view students’ current performance against second-grade expectations. Sorting and expanding these categories can help reveal prior strengths and areas in which students may need additional instructional support.

Looking at prior grade-level expectations can be especially useful when:

  • Preparing for beginning-of-year instruction

  • Identifying starting points for intervention

  • Reviewing unfinished learning

  • Planning differentiated instruction

Dig into the Body of Evidence

To understand how a student's proficiency was computed, click a cell from the Class overview or Program and Parts pages.

The body of evidence shows evidence of student performance. Click the dropdown arrows to see more details.

View Data by Program or Unit

Select a program name to open its Parts page.

The Parts page displays standards performance across units, modules, or assessment windows. Use the reporting options to isolate results for a specific assessment, instructional program, unit, or other program part.

This view can help teachers connect assessment results to instructional planning and better understand the scope and sequence of a curriculum.

View All Standards Included on an Assessment

For assessments that span multiple grade levels, select Assessed Standards to view results for all standards included in the assessment.

This view is useful when the standards assessed do not align exclusively with the enrolled grade level or when an assessment includes skills from across a grade band.

Explore Individual Student Profiles

Select a student’s name to open their individual student profile.

Student profiles bring together results from across programs and assessments. Use the profile to examine an individual student’s evidence, identify patterns over time, and prepare for instructional planning or conversations with colleagues and families.

On the overview page, each column (in this case, the Common Core ELA domains) supports sorting and drilling in more specific standards.

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