Impact Report

Overview

The Impact Report compares two rating windows to show any growth of students between the two periods. 

To generate the Impact Report

1. Select Data and Insights at the top of the main dashboard

2. Select Impact from the menu on the left
3. Select two Ratings Windows to compare at the top of the report and click Apply.

Impact Report charts

Change in Students' Overall Social and Emotional Competence

The Change in Students' Overall Social and Emotional Competence (See Image 1) at the top shows the distribution of students who have ratings in both rating windows being compared across the three descriptive ranges:

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Student Movement

The Student Movement charts (See Image 2) display how students who started in a particular descriptive range, such as Need for Instruction, moved to another descriptive range category in the second rating window:

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Clicking on any of the descriptive ranges in this view will generate a report of student movement details (Image 3)

The student movement report provides a detailed view of the changes in students’ overall T-scores and descriptive ranges between two rating windows. It can be filtered by an initial descriptive range (from the first raging window included in the Impact Report) and/or a new descriptive range (from the second rating window included in the Impact Report.

Additionally, this report can be sorted by student name, the rating date or rating T-score from either rating window, the amount of change between both scores, and the level of magnitude of that change (small, medium, large, or no change).

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How to Access Student Movement Details in the Impact Report:

1. Click the Data and Insights tab at the top of your dashboard
2. Click Impact Report on the left side menu
3. Using the Ratings filters, select Rating Window 1 and Rating Window 2 (apply other filters as needed)
4. Click Run Report
5. Scroll down to the Student Movement section
6. Click on a specific descriptive range to open the Student Movement Details report
7. From here, you can filter for different initial or new descriptive ranges. For example, you can select “Typical” as your initial descriptive range and “Strength” as your new descriptive range to see which students increased from Typical to Strength between your two selected rating windows.

Tips for the Student Movement Details Report:

1. Sort this report by clicking on either the “Amount Changed” or “Magnitude” columns to see which students experienced the smallest or largest change in their overall T-score. Students with the largest amount of positive change (increase in T-score) may represent examples where current supports are working successfully while students with the largest amount of negative change (decrease in T-score) may benefit from new or adjusted individualized supports or additional assessment.
2. When running the Impact Report, be sure to filter the data for specific sites, grades, racial/academic categories, and rater type before accessing the Student Movement Details report. This will help you identify any significant variations in the data that may require further planning and action. For example, are there any sites or grade levels that have a significantly higher number of students with large positive changes in their T-scores? If so, what approach led to this growth? Can this approach be replicated elsewhere?
3. The descriptive range you click on will dictate how the Student Movement Details report is filtered. For example, if you click the blue circle that says “Typical” under the first rating window (on the left side of the report), your Student Movement Details report will automatically load with “Typical” selected as the initial descriptive range.

Student Grade Level & Competencies Chart

The Student Grade Level chart (See top of Image 4) displays the changes in descriptive range, grouped by grade. As a note, the grade is representative of the student's current grade as of the date of the report. Each grade band is therefore comparing the same group of students.
The Competencies Chart(s) at the bottom (See bottom of Image 4) show the changes in the descriptive range, grouped by competency. As a note, only students with competency level scores in both rating windows will be displayed in this chart.

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Details about this report:

• Available for Educators, Site Leaders, Program Administrators & Org Administrators
• This report will only show data of students who had ratings in BOTH rating windows, in order to compare apples to apples.
• Progress monitoring is excluded
• Select the … in the upper right-hand corner to print the report
• The Student Grade Level graph shows the student’s current grade
• DESSA-mini forms do not have competencies and will not appear for the Competencies chart.

Impact Report FAQs:

• On the impact report, what does the Composite Score (SEC) represent from Pre to Mid?

Response: The Social-Emotional Composite Score (SEC) is the total score students receive on the DESSA. On the Impact Report, the SEC score is averaged across all students included in the report (based on the filters selected) to examine the overall change in DESSA scores between the two rating windows selected. Note: Only students who were rated in both windows will be included in this calculation.

• On the Impact Report, when comparing the previous year Mid to this year's Mid, are the student's being compared to themselves or is it a different group of students this year?

Response: The Impact Report is designed to evaluate whether students showed a change in their DESSA scores over time. Therefore, to compare apples to apples, the same group of students are being compared in both rating windows. Note: This report will only show data of students who had ratings in both ratings windows.

• Is it possible to see individual rater data on the impact report?

Response: No, the current report does not include a rater filter-but it includes filters for grade level and site, which can be helpful in figuring out the raters.

• When looking at the impact report from last year to this year Mid on the DESSA HS SSR, are last year's ninth graders being compared to this year's ninth graders?

Response: No, this year’s ninth graders are being compared to themselves. Technically, since they were eighth graders last year, there should be no HS SSR data for last year’s rating window unless there are cases where students repeat the ninth grade.