All participating students receive a comprehensive diagnostic report of their strengths and weaknesses, including their comparative performance. Schools receive an in-depth report on each class group, indicating strengths and weaknesses, comparison and tracking of class-level progress from one year to the next.

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From 2008, Comparative Performance information is also available on each student report. This information provides students with historic tracking, outlining the results they achieved in the assessment in previous years. Students and their parents can then observe and monitor progress and development from year to year

EAA has developed new report format to provide more comprehensive information in an easier-to-read form. The new reports contain detailed information for schools and teachers about the performance of students at a school compared with all other participating students. They also contain new reports for parents that provide enhanced and accessible diagnostic information about their child's performance.

The main benefits of the new format are that the reports are easier to read and understand. They now contain more information that helps schools track the progress of clusters and individuals over time. This helps teachers and parents target exactly what the students know and do not know in order to better plan their future teaching and learning.

The new student report contains the following:

• The student's raw score
• A series of line graphs comparing the student's overall scores and average with the averages of other participating students, for all the different areas assessed.
• A graph comparing the student's performance this year compared with previous years and showing the mean score for the class level in the year ahead.
• A table showing all the questions in order of difficulty, and highlighted to show which the student answered correctly or incorrectly. This table also shows which answer the student chose and indicates areas of relative strength or weakness.

The new school reports contain the following:

• A summary providing information on how a school performed compared with other schools participating in the Assessment. It shows the average score achieved by students at the school and by other students participating and gives a graphical comparison of the performance of students in the school compared with others.
• A graph comparing the performance of each cluster of students within the school and the region* on a common scale. The common scale is developed through a statistical process called equating and allows for legitimate comparisons of performance to be made. The graph shows changes in performance across class level.
• A section analysing the performance of students of a school in the skill areas tested and comparing them with other participating students.
• A table listing all the questions in order of difficulty and showing percentages of students in the school and the region* answering correctly. This table also shows the strengths and weaknesses of students in the school. Each question is described with a summary of the skill that is being tested.
• A table listing all the questions in order and showing percentages of students in the school choosing the responses available. This table allows for an analysis of incorrect answers, which can point to specific areas of weakness or target teaching points for future lessons.
• A table listing students in alphabetical order showing achievement by certificates awarded and percentile ranking for school and region*.
• A graph ordering questions from easiest to hardest and students from highest to lowest scores. This ordering generates a 'Gutman' pattern: a visual representation of the strengths and weaknesses of individuals and groups in the school.
• A graph comparing the performance over a number of years of one group/class level in the school with corresponding students in the region*. The second graph compares the performance over a number of years of different gorups/class level in the school with corresponding students in the region*.

*Region refers to participating students of all countries where the assessment is held.

Participating schools are advised to obtain the signatures of students while handing over the reports to them. If duplicate copies of these are required in the event of any loss/damage post delivery, the same would be available from Macmillan Publishers India Ltd on payment of Rs 50 per student per subject.

Schools, students and parents are advised in general that no re-evaluation of Answer sheets or Assessment reports is permissible under any circumstance.