Although we do not have a specific manual for reports and progress, the following may help to understand what each report shows.

Group Report:

The program starts with the ‘Shark Challenge’, a base line test to determine the starting point in Supershark. Supershark is the automatic progression course of the main Wordshark Course. To see the result of the Shark Challenge you would need to view the group report. This will show the result of the Shark challenge and the unit where the pupil was placed. It will also show:

Each student has a link from the group report to their individual unit report. The individual report can also be accessed separately via 'Student Progress'.

The reports are based on the spelling check games spell check, maze spell check and moving spell check. In Supershark these are enforced every 6th game. In set work these are enforced every 5th game.

Individual Report:

1. Track by Unit Report

The unit report can be expanded to show the individual lists within the unit. It gives an overview of whether the list has been mastered or not and at what level, e.g., 85% +, 60% to 84% It gives an indication of which lists may need a bit more practice, either by resetting the unit in Supershark or by taking individual lists and giving this as set work.

2. Track by Word List Report

The word list report gives more detail. It includes:

3. Game Play Report

This provides a list of all the games the pupil has completed along with the date and time. Useful if you want a quick check to see if they have been accessing the program out of school hours. It also shows any incomplete games. If the games are repeatedly incomplete it may be that the pupil is finding the list hard or, if just one game, may be unsure how it is played. Help can be selected at any time during a game if they are unsure. Poor readers can click on the speaker icon for it to be read out to them.

All three reports are run over night and based on time periods:

NB: if a pupil does not play the any of the spell check games while using Free Play there will be no results for the Unit or Word List reports. The only results will be the Game Play report.

The group report will give an overview for the Supershark course and indicate progress made by the number of units completed along with those mastered.

For game play reports, comparing like for like games from the beginning to the end of the period should show improved spelling, along with a better time taken to complete the game as the pupil’s confidence grows.