Teacher tips for using Assignment Reports

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- In my math classes, I typically assign

about two to three Khan
assignments per week.

To review my students' data,

I use the Assignments Reports feature.

What's really neat about
this is it's color coded.

For students who are doing well,

they have their score in a green box.

Students who are maybe
needing additional help are

in the yellow, and
students who are struggling

with this content have
a red-colored square.

This makes it very easy to
identify student progress

and able to see which students

will need an additional assistance

or perhaps a Khan video to watch

to help them better
understand the content.

The students who earn the green scores

may be ready for an extension

or more challenging assignment
or a video to watch.

- As a warmup,

I have used Khan Academy
to give the students

a little snippet of a
video and some questions,

and I look at the color code

to see how the students are performing

and that way I can see where they are

before I start their lesson.

So that's how I use Khan
Academy as a warm-up

before I teach a new lesson to students.

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- I will use the Responses Report

when I click on a student's score

to see exactly how they responded
to individual questions,

and we may look at that as a whole class,

at how the whole class responded

to each individual
question on an assignment

and make sure that we don't have

any misconceptions as a class.

I've also used it on a one-on-one basis,

where if a student has
struggled with an assignment,

I will call them over
to my desk or go to them

and we will look at exactly what it was

that they were missing,
why they were missing it,

and hopefully correct that misconception.

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- So with my assignments,

I have them at least three attempts

or if they attempt it one time
and it is a passing grade,

normally about an 80 or above,

because we wanna have
those high expectations,

then they don't have to
continue to attempt it

to get a better grade
if they're okay with it.

Some students will because
they want that higher grade.

With ours, it's depending on the concept.

If I go to the reports and
they've attempted it three times

and they're still only
getting one out of four right,

I know that that's a problem area

and I'm gonna wanna pull them

and hit a mini-lesson or
work with them one on one

to figure out, hey,
what's about this concept?

Do we need a different type of video?

Do we need more practice?

Do I need to review with you
one on one so you can see me?

So that's one way I use the reports.

Another way is to show students' growth.

That they see what I started

and where I ended and the growth between,

and even if they don't make
a 100 on a final assessment,

I can pull up a report
for their first attempt

and last attempt on Khan Academy

and they can see their growth,

and that just reemphasizes my motto

of progress over perfection.