Assessments
Using diagnostic assessments
The diagnostic assessment acts as a screener to inform a learner's entry point on to the Leap program and allows for a personalized learning pathway. The diagnostic assessment is integral to the program and supports its effective delivery.
Viewing assessments
Within the assessments app, you can switch from overview to diagnostic view at the top of Lexonik Cloud.
From the diagnostic view, the learners’ diagnostic summary is visible.
The search function can be used to find and view a learners' latest progress.
You should know!
You do not need to resave a record when viewing it.
Creating a diagnostic
From overview, select diagnostic found to the right of the learner’s name. Before starting the diagnostic, take time to read the guidance notes and attach any relevant assessment tags to the diagnostic.
Record the learner’s attempts as they read from the diagnostic assessment sheet. Marking their attempts as either correct or incorrect. Leave blank any sounds/words they do not attempt.
You should know!
The assessment sheet is found in your Lexonik Leap resource kit.
Updating a diagnostic
At various points in the Leap program, you will want to update the diagnostic to record progress and ensure it remains a true reflection of the learner’s phonic knowledge.
The diagnostic can be updated from your activity record sheet. Once a learner has secured the selection of sounds/words you have been working on, these can be updated on the diagnostic. Maintaining an accurate record in this way will support session planning.
It is best practice to screen all 6 steps of the Leap program in the first attempt of the diagnostic as this acts as your baseline. Establishing the learner’s gaps in knowledge of all 6 steps also avoids the need to revisit the assessment with them later.
You should know!
The attempts are a way to track progress so should only be completed where improvements have been made. Autosave functionality will ensure you don’t lose data in the event you have to pause an assessment to resume later in the day.
Session planning
The diagnostic can be used to support session planning. Via the session planner view, you can see which sounds/words the learner needs to learn. The red dots indicate gaps in their knowledge. The green dots indicate those sounds/words already known.
With each attempt, these dots will stack up to show the progress made, red dots changing to green when they have worked to secure the sound/word. The bottom section of this page then sifts the diagnostic information and displays the sounds/words the learner needs to secure for each section. Focusing only on the gaps in knowledge will support your card selection for the activities in each step.
You should know!
When sifting the diagnostic information to identify sounds/words the learner needs to work on, the system will not factor in any sounds/words left blank.
Grouping diagnostic assessments
To further support your session planning, you can also group learners’ diagnostic assessments to reflect the intervention group. A maximum of 4 learners can be grouped together.
Once learners have been grouped, the session planner will identify sounds/words from each step that all learners need to secure. Knowing the sounds/words that all learners need to secure allows you to prioritize your teaching focus.
You should know!
Tags should be used if you want to link more than 4 learners. The diagnostic group functionality is only intended to link learners who have been enrolled on the taught intervention together.
Analyzing progress
The diagnostic assessment is a working document with a rich history. Viewing the impact report displays the progress between each attempt, providing you with the learner’s overall journey. Green arrows indicate where progress has been made between each attempt and you can drill down to view which specific sounds/words have been secured.
The impact report displays the progression time for the intervention. The progression time calculates the number of weeks between the first and last attempt.
You can print the impact report from this view.
Managing attempts
Except for attempt 1, you are able to delete previous attempts of the diagnostic. This will remove the attempt from the impact report and revert the record to the last remaining attempt. This action is irreversible.
Deleting an attempt may be necessary if you have already used all 8 attempts before you’ve finished working with the learner.
You should know!
The attempts are a way to track progress so should only be completed where improvements have been made. Autosave functionality will ensure you don’t lose data in the event you have to pause an assessment to resume later in the day.
Finalising a diagnostic
Once the learner has completed Leap and/or is no longer receiving intervention, the diagnostic assessment should be completed. The completed button is located at the bottom of the diagnostic page. This should be done with each assessment to accurately record progression time.
Completing a diagnostic means the diagnostic can no longer be updated and the diagnostic is automatically converted to a read only version.
You should know!
This action is irreversible.