The Screener has been the foundation of the True Progress platform. It is the starting point for every student, K–8, and takes an average of 25 minutes to complete.
What the Screener tells educators:
The Screener answers three questions at the start of — and throughout — the school year:
Which students' data indicates learning below curriculum expectations and may need additional support?
Which students' data indicates learning above curriculum expectations and may benefit from additional challenge?
Which students' data indicates learning well aligned with the curriculum as it is?
The Screener produces a scale score, percentile score, grade-level equivalent, and proficiency level for every student. It also produces domain scores — calculated across approximately five to six questions per domain — that show where across the curriculum the data indicates relative areas of strength and areas that may need instructional attention.
Score colors:
The Screener uses four color categories to help educators quickly read the data:
Red — The data indicates learning below curriculum expectations. Students with red scores are candidates for the Diagnostic assessment.
Yellow — The data indicates learning that warrants closer monitoring. Students with yellow scores may also be candidates for the Diagnostic.
Blue — The data indicates learning at curriculum expectations.
Green — The data indicates learning above curriculum expectations. Students with green scores may be ready for additional challenge.
What educators can do with Screener data:
Classroom teachers can view the full class profile to see how the class as a whole is tracking across domains, identify which domains show lower scores across the group, and drill into individual students to see their question-by-question responses — including the domain, whether each question was answered correctly, and how long the student spent on it. Because the Screener is adaptive, the difficulty of questions adjusts based on each student's responses, so the question sequence itself shows the level at which the student was assessed.
School leaders can view Screener data by grade and by class to analyze ELA and Math scores across groups of students.
Tracking progress over time:
Administered up to four times per year, the Screener produces a timeline of each student's data across windows. The timeline shows whether a student's scores are consistent, improving, or declining — information that is as important as any single score.