ETS® Data Manager for The Praxis Series™
ETS is currently working on the ETS® Data Manager for The Praxis Series™. This powerful new data analysis tool that allows users to analyze their Praxis™ data to gain insight into examinee performance and trends, as well as data to inform program improvements. The tool consists of two parts, Quick Reports and Custom Reports. In Quick Reports, users will be able to access a variety of common reports that will show data by testing year. All Quick Reports will have data available year-to-date, so you will be able to analyze your data as the testing year progresses rather than waiting for the entire year to be completed. For those needing more detailed analyses, Custom Reports provide the user with the ability to create custom analyses as broad as multiple testing years or as granular as a single test administration month. Custom Reports also provide a feature to add charts and graphs, as well as the ability to save the custom-designed reports for future use.
Development of the Data Manager is on track and set to be available to our state clients in the fourth quarter of 2010 and for our institutional users in 2011. Quick Reports is nearing completion and development is well underway for Custom Reports. The log-in screens are developed and data is being loaded and validated. Be on the lookout this fall for invitations to sign up for training sessions via Live Meeting. If you have any questions about the Data Manager, please contact your Client Relations Director.
Sneak Peek: List of Quick Reports available for State Clients
- Designated Institution (DI) Summary Reports: Statistics and percent pass by test title and testing year.
- 1-Year Pass Rate Reports: Pass rates on all test titles for a single testing year.
- 2-Year Pass Rate Reports: Pass rates on all test titles for two testing years (the testing year selected and the prior testing year).
- 5-Year Performance Summary Reports: Statistics and percent pass for five individual testing years (the testing year selected and four prior testing years). Reports include all test titles.
- Repeater Pass Rate Reports: Pass Rates by first time test takers and repeat test takers for the testing year selected. Reports include all test titles.
Note: both a Designated Institution version and an Attending Institution version are available for each report type. Designated Institution versions analyze data from examinees that requested their scores be sent to your state's licensing agency. Attending Institution versions analyze data from examinees that indicated they received training at any one of your state's attending institutions.
Sneak Peek: List of Demographic Variables Available
- Variables Available in Quick Reports
- Total Group
- Gender
- Ethnicity
- Education Level
- Teacher Preparation Program Description
- Intend to Teach in Same State as Testing
- Undergraduate Major Group (e.g., Humanities, Social Sciences, Special Education)
- Graduate Major Group (e.g., Humanities, Social Sciences, Special Education …)
- Variables Available in Custom Reports: all the variables available in Quick Reports PLUS
- Best Language of Communication
- Certification Field(s)
- Cumulative Undergraduate GPA
- First Language Learned as a Child
- Geographic Area to Teach in Next Year
- Graduate Major (e.g., Biology, English, Music, …)
- Language Proficiency
- Most Recent Occupation
- No Years of Experience
- No Years Since Attended College
- Teacher Ed Program Enrollment
- Teaching Status
- Undergraduate Major (e.g., Biology, English, Music, …)