Single Word Spelling Test (SWST) Digital

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Single Word Spelling Test (SWST) Digital
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Contents
SAMPLE REPORTS
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Explanation of Single Word Spelling Test report 3
Demographics Comparison table 4
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Demographics Comparison graphs 5
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Mean Score and Stanine Distribution graph 6
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Mean Score and Stanine Distribution table 7
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Analysis by Spelling Level 8
Question by Question graph 9
Question by Question listing 10
Percentage of pupils by Spelling Age equivalent bands 11
Student Listing 12
Year on Year Comparisons - Explanation of Single Word Spelling Test Year on Year 13
Comparisons report
Year on Year Comparisons - Comparisons of Group Scores - Mean Score table 15
Year on Year Comparisons - Comparisons of Group Scores - Mean Standard Age 16
Score graph
Year on Year Comparisons - Progress Chart 17
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Single Word Spelling Test
Digital (SWST Digital)
Single Word Spelling Test Digital (SWST Digital) is an online
version of the popular paper spelling test. Featuring the
same carefully constructed tests as the paper version, the
assessment consists of nine tests, which have been digitised
to allow pupils’ spelling to be assessed electronically.
Single Word Spelling Test Digital provides you with an
instant group report featuring:
• Spelling Ages
• Percentile Ranks
• Standard Scores
• Question by question analysis against national
scores
• Analysis by word level against national scores
In addition to the group report, pupils’ individual responses
are also available and data can be exported so that results
can be further analysed and specific weaknesses addressed.
Year on Year Comparisons - Summary Table 18
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Year on Year Comparisons - Pupil Listing by Surname 19
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SWST Report
Single Word
Spelling Test 11
School: Sample School Section:
A, B, C, D, E, F
Group:
Sample Group
SWST Level: 11
The following pages give a summary of the results achieved based on the overall Standard Age Score (SAS). A SAS
comes from comparing the pupil's raw score with the national standardisation sample, taking chronological age into
account. This shows how each pupil is performing compared to the national average for their age. The national
average SAS is 100.
Section A - Comparison of group and national SAS mean scores
The table shows average SAS and standard deviations for each group of pupils. The chart shows the average SAS scores (red dot)
with 80% confidence bands (black horizontal line). Confidence bands are not displayed for groups with less than 5 pupils as these
are usually very wide with few pupils. If the black horizontal line overlaps the national '100' line the results for your group do not differ
significantly from the national average. The chart also shows the score distribution displayed as a box and whisker plot for each
group of pupils. The graphic below shows an example for a group of pupils. Half the pupils have scores within the box range which in
this example is between 90 and 110. It also shows that 5% of pupils have SAS scores below 80, 25% have scores below 90, 50%
have scores below 105 (vertical black line), 75% below 110 and 95% below 125.
SAS Score Distribution
Section B- Comparison of group and national SAS distributions
The bar chart shows the percentage of pupils that fall within certain ranges of scores. The score ranges on the graph and table are
grouped into nine categories called Stanines. The chart and table allows you to compare the score distribution of your groups with
the national standardisation sample. The distribution of the national standardisation sample is a "normal"
distribution.
Section C- Analysis by Spelling level
The chart shows the percentage of the group answering correctly against the national average by level.
Section D- Question by Question listing
The chart and table shows the percentage of the group answering each question correctly against the national percentage.
Section E- Percentage of pupils by Reading Age equivalent bands
This table shows the percentage of pupils by reading age equivalent bands.
Section F- Student listing
This report lists the results for each student from the selected group of students who took the test. Scores for each student are
shown including Standard Age Score (SAS), Stanine, National Percentile Rank, Group Rank, Raw Score and Spelling age.
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Single Word Spelling Test Demographic Comparisons Section A
School: Sample School
SWST Level: 11
Group: Sample Group
Number of pupils: 26
Gender
Ethnic Group
Free School Meals
Special Education
EAL
Postcode
All pupils
Number
of pupils
Standard Age Score Raw Score
Mean Mean
SD* SD*
26 91.0 13.6
26.7 12.6
Male 15 92.4 15.5 27.5 14.1
Female 11 89.2 10.9 25.6 10.9
White 17 89.6 13.2 25.6 12.7
Asian 4 95.0 11.8 31.5 10.1
Black 3 95.3 22.3 27.7 17.8
Chinese 1 100.0 38.0
Mixed 1 78.0 12.0
No 22 94.2 12.2 30.2 10.2
Yes 4 73.8 4.4 7.5 4.8
None 22 94.2 12.2 30.2 10.2
School Action 4 73.8 4.4 7.5 4.8
No 22 94.2 12.2 30.2 10.2
EAL 4 73.8 4.4 7.5 4.8
EE2 8 98.1 15.6 33.2 11.4
EE3 7 87.3 5.4 23.9 7.2
EE1 6 77.5 6.8 12.5 8.6
EE4 5 101.2 9.7 37.4 7.4
* SD = Standard Deviation - can only be calculated if there are 2 or more pupils with valid scores within a group
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Single Word Spelling Test Demographic Comparison Graphs Section A
School: Sample School
Group: Sample Group
SWST Level: 11
Number of pupils: 26
Number
of pupils
Standard Age Score distribution
60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140
Gender
Ethnic Group
Free School Meals
Special Education
EAL
Postcode
All pupils
26
Male 15
Female 11
White 17
Asian 4
Black 3
Chinese 1
Mixed 1
No 22
Yes 4
None 22
School Action 4
No 22
EAL 4
EE2 8
EE3 7
EE1 6
EE4 5
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Single Word Spelling Test Mean Score and Stanine distribution Section B
School: Sample School
Group: Sample Group
SWST Level: 11
Number of pupils: 26
Single Word
Spelling Test
11
Stand. Age Scores
Percentage of pupils in each Stanine
126
Mean SD N 1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
National 100 15
4 7 12 17 20 17 12 7 4
All pupils 26
91.0 13.6 8 12 31 23 8 8 4 8 0
Gender
Male 15 7
92.4 15.5 20 13 27 13 7 0 13 0
Female 11 9
89.2 10.9 0 55 18 0 9 9 0 0
Key: N - Number of pupils, SD - Standard Deviation.
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Single Word Spelling Test Mean Score and Stanine distribution Section B
School: Sample School
SWST Level: 11
Group:
Sample Group
Number of pupils: 26
Stand. Age Scores
Percentage of pupils in each Stanine
126
Mean SD N
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Gender
Ethnic Group
Free School Meals
Special Education
EAL
Postcode
National 100 15
4 7 12 17 20 17 12 7 4
All pupils 91.0 13.6 26
8 12 31 23 8 8 4 8 0
Male 92.4 15.5 15 7
20 13 27 13 7 0 13 0
Female 89.2 10.9 11 9
0 55 18 0 9 9 0 0
White 89.6 13.2 17 12
6 35 24 6 12 0 6 0
Asian 95.0 11.8 4 0
0 25 50 0 0 25 0 0
Black 95.3 22.3 3 0
33 33 0 0 0 0 33 0
Chinese 100.0 1 0
0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0
Mixed 78.0 1 0
100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
No 94.2 12.2 22 0
5 36 27 9 9 5 9 0
Yes 73.8 4.4 4 50
50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
None 94.2 12.2 22 0
5 36 27 9 9 5 9 0
School Action 73.8 4.4 4 50
50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
No 94.2 12.2 22 0
5 36 27 9 9 5 9 0
EAL 73.8 4.4 4 50
50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
EE2 98.1 15.6 8 0
0 38 25 0 13 0 25 0
EE3 87.3 5.4 7 0
14 43 29 14 0 0 0 0
EE1 77.5 6.8 6 33
33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0
EE4 101.2 9.7 5 0
0 0 40 20 20 20 0 0
Key: N - Number of pupils, SD - Standard Deviation.
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Single Word Spelling Test Analysis by Level Section C
School: Sample School
Group: Sample Group
SWST Level: 11
Number of pupils: 26
Breakdown by Spelling Level
Level Number of Questions Group % correct National % correct Difference
Level 2 2 92
91 1
Level 3 3 99
94 5
Level 4 8 54
74 -20
Level 5 17 59
73 -14
Level 6 15 44
62 -18
Level 7 20
5 37 -17
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Single Word Spelling Test Question by Question Graph Section D
School:
Sample School
SWST Level: 11
Group: Sample Group
Number of pupils: 26
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Single Word Spelling Test Question by Question Listing Section D
School: Sample School
SWST Level: 11
Group: Sample Group
Number of pupils: 26
Questions sorted by National Percentage Correct
Question Number Spelling Level Target Word Group%
National% Difference
5 96
4 night 97 -1
4 96
3 because 96 0
1 100
3 dream 94 6
2 100
3 chair 93 7
3 96
2 sticking 91 5
12 88
2 glasses 90 -2
17 81
5 knew 89 -8
6 92
5 watch 88 4
7 92
6 adventure 84 8
26 54
4 disused 83 -29
13 85
6 bridge 83 2
8 92
5 writing 81 11
34 27
6 laughing 79 -52
35 27
5 worried 78 -51
16 81
5 instead 78 3
9 92
5 stopped 77 15
27 50
4 churches 77 -27
11 92
5 replied 77 15
18 81
6 treasure 76 5
19 77
5 bouncing 75 2
23 62
5 parties 73 -11
14 85
6 information 73 12
10 92
4 altogether 73 19
29 35
5 entertained 72 -37
15 85
6 dangerous 72 13
36 27
4 misunderstanding 71 -44
32 35
5 damaging 71 -36
20 73
6 respectful 71 2
31 35
4 thirsty 70 -35
28 50
5 search 70 -20
38 23
6 automatic 69 -46
24 62
4 discovered 69 -7
22 62
7 dictionary 69 -7
21 69
5 complained 69 0
30 35
6 paragraphs 66 -31
33 27
5 planning 65 -38
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Single Word Spelling Test
Percentage of pupils by Spelling Age equivalent bands
Section: E
School:
Sample School
SWST Level: 11
Group: Sample Group
Number of Pupils: 26
Number of
pupils
Average age of pupils
(yrs:mnths)
Percentage of pupils by Spelling Age equivalent bands
7:11 or
less
8:00 -
8:11
9:00 -
9:11
10:00 -
10:11
11:00 -
11:11
12:00 -
12:11
All Pupils 26 11:06 15% 23% 27% 12%
4% 19%
Male
15 11:06 20% 20% 13% 20%
7% 20%
Female
11 11:06 9% 27% 45% 0%
0% 18%
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Single Word Spelling Test
Student Listing
Section: F
School:
Sample School
SWST Level: 11
Group: Sample Group
Number of Pupils: 26
Student Results sorted by Standard Age Score
Name of Student
Age at test
(yrs:mnths)
Standard Age Score (90% Confidence Bands)
Stanine Percentile
Rank
Group
Rank*
Raw
Score
Spelling
Age
Spelling Level Breakdown
2 3 4 5
6
7
Eddie Brown 11:06 121 8 92 1 48 12:00
100 100 100 100
93
80
Alan Watkins 11:06 121 8 92 1 48 12:00
100 100 100 100
93
80
Sandeep Kaur 11:04 112 7 79 3 45 12:00
100 100 100 100
87
40
Damien Price 11:04 110 6 75 4 44 12:00
100 100 100 100
80
40
Dolly Mos 11:06 105 6 63 5 42 12:00
100 100 100 94
73
40
Kevin Moss 11:04 100 5 50 6 38 11:06
100 100 88 88
60
40
Jonathan Aransiola 11:05 97 5 42 7 36 10:11
100 100 88 88
53
20
Pierce Bowler 11:03 94 4 34 8 32 10:03
100 100 75 76
47
20
Vikram Kapoor 11:05 93 4 32 9 32 10:03
100 100 75 76
47
20
Anita Sidhu 11:04 90 4 25 10 28 9:06
100 100 63 65
40
20
Lucy Tucker 11:05 90 4 25 10 28 9:06
100 100 63 65
40
20
Johnny Fowler 11:04 90 4 25 10 28 9:06
100 100 63 65
40
20
Hugh Vincent 11:06 89 4 23 13 28 9:06
100 100 63 65
40
20
Samantha Nash 11:06 88 3 21 14 26 9:05
100 100 50 59
40
20
Caroline Bradshaw 11:08 86 3 18 15 24 9:02
100 100 38 53
40
20
Carol Dawes 11:06 86 3 18 15 24 9:02
100 100 38 53
40
20
Nina Sharma 11:05 85 3 16 17 21 8:09
100 100 25 47
40
0
Sean Peters 11:07 84 3 14 18 21 8:09
100 100 25 47
40
0
Emma Gill 11:05 84 3 14 18 20 8:09
100 100 25 41
40
0
Alison Roberts 11:04 84 3 14 18 19 8:06
100 100 25 41
33
0
Sean Gilbert 11:06 82 3 12 21 18 8:06
100 100 25 35
33
0
Matt Thomas 11:05 81 2 10 22 15 8:02
100 100 25 24
27
0
Brad Simons 11:07 78 2 7 23 12 7:11
100 100 25 24
7
0
Colin Brown 11:07 77 2 6 24 11 7:09
50 100 25 24
7
0
Angelina Blake 11:07 71 1 3 25 5 7:03
50 100 13 0
0
0
Ben Smith 11:07 69 1 2 26 2 7:00
0 67 0 0
0
0
*Group Rank based on Standard Age Score
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Single Word Spelling Test
School: Sample School Section:
Class/Group:
Sample Group
A, B, C
Section A - Comparison of Group Scores.
Single Word Spelling
Test
Year On Year
Comparisons
The table shows the mean Standard Age Scores (SAS) for each of the two Single Word Spelling Tests and
the mean score difference between the tests for each group of pupils. A SAS comes from comparing a
pupil's raw score with the national standardisation sample, taking chronological age into account. This
shows how each pupil is performing compared to the national average for their age. The national average
SAS is 100.
The table below shows the number of pupils completing each test as well the number of pupils completing
both tests.
SWST 12 SWST 11 Completing both tests
Number of pupils
26 26
26
The chart shows the average SAS scores for each test (red dot) with 80% confidence bands (black
horizontal line). Confidence bands are not displayed for groups with less than 5 pupils as these are usually
very wide when there are few pupils. If the black horizontal line overlaps the national '100' line the results for
your group do not differ significantly from the national average. The chart also shows the score distribution
displayed as a box and whisker plot for each group of pupils. The graphic below shows an example for a
group of pupils. Half the pupils have scores within the box range which in this example is between 90 and
110. It also shows that that 5% of pupils have SAS scores below 80, 25% have scores below 90, 50% have
scores below 105 (vertical black line), 75% below 110 and 95% below 125.
SAS Score Distribution
60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130
140
5% 25% 50%75% 95%
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School: Sample School Section:
Class/Group:
Sample Group
A, B, C
Section B - Progress Chart and Summary table.
The Progress chart displays the two SAS scores for each pupil as a dot in a scatter plot. There should be
one dot for each pupil except for pupils that have the same values on both tests and the dots will overlap.
The range of expected scores on the second test are indicated by the upper and lower dashed red lines.
Single Word Spelling
Test
Year On Year
Comparisons
Nationally, around 70% of pupils are expected to be within this range. Where a pupil's score is above the
upper red dashed line they have made significantly more progress than expected, where their score is below
the lower red dashed line they have made significantly less progress than expected. 15% of pupils
nationally are above the upper red dashed line and a further 15% below the lower red dashed line.
Section C - Pupil Listing Ordered by Surname.
The listing includes pupil’s SAS scores on each test as well as the difference in SAS scores. The progress
category indicates if a pupil's progress based on the SAS score is in the ‘As Expected’, ‘Upper’ or ‘Lower’
categories. Nationally, around 70% of pupils are expected to be in the ‘As Expected’ category, 15% of
pupils in the ‘Upper’ category and a further 15% in the ‘Lower’ category. The listing includes pupils that
have completed just one of the two tests and no progress categories are reported for these pupils.
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Single Word Spelling Test
Comparison of Group Scores
Section A
School: Sample School
Year on Year SWST
Group: Sample Group Number of Pupils: 26
Gender
Ethnic Group
Free School Meals
Special Education
EAL
Postcode
Number
Mean Standard Age Scores
Mean Raw Scores
of pupils
SWST 11 SWST 12 Difference SWST 11 SWST 12
All Students
26
91.0 92.7 1.7 26.7 24.3
Male 15 92.4 90.7 -1.7 27.5 22.7
Female 11 89.2 95.4 6.2 25.6 26.4
White 17 89.6 91.9 2.3 25.6 23.6
Asian 4 95.0 99.8 4.8 31.5 30.8
Black 3 95.3 88.0 -7.3 27.7 19.7
Chinese 1 100.0 86.0 -14.0 38.0 17.0
Mixed 1 78.0 98.0 20.0 12.0 31.0
No 22 94.2 92.8 -1.4 30.2 24.2
Yes 4 73.8 92.3 18.5 7.5 24.8
None 22 94.2 92.8 -1.4 30.2 24.2
School Action 4 73.8 92.3 18.5 7.5 24.8
No 22 94.2 92.8 -1.4 30.2 24.2
EAL 4 73.8 92.3 18.5 7.5 24.8
EE2 8 98.1 90.1 -8.0 33.2 21.6
EE3 7 87.3 90.3 3.0 23.9 21.7
EE1 6 77.5 94.0 16.5 12.5 26.5
EE4 5 101.2 98.6 -2.6 37.4 29.4
Note: results in the table are based on pupils that have completed both tests.
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Single Word Spelling Test
Group Demographic Comparison Graphs
Section A
School: Sample School
Year on Year SWST
Group: Sample Group Number of Pupils: 26
Gender
Ethnic Group
Free School Meals
Special Education
EAL
Postcode
Number
of pupils
All Students
26
Male 15
Female 11
White 17
Asian 4
Black 3
Chinese 1
Mixed 1
No 22
Yes 4
None 22
School Action 4
No 22
EAL 4
EE2 8
EE3 7
EE1 6
EE4 5
Standard Age Score:
SWST 11
Standard Age Score:
SWST 12
60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130
140
Note: results in the table are based on pupils that have completed both tests.
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Single Word Spelling Test Progress Chart Section B
School: Sample School
Year on Year SWST
Group: Sample Group Number of Pupils: 26
Notes:
(1) The x-axis gives a pupil's score on the
first test in the series and the y-axis gives
their score on the second test in the series.
Each pupil's scores are plotted as a dot.
There should be one dot for each pupil,
except where two pupils have identical
scores on both tests and their dots will
overlap.
(2) Pupils are not expected to achieve
exactly the same score on both occasions.
The range of expected scores on the
second test is indicated by the upper and
lower dashed lines. Nationally, around 70%
of pupils are expected to be within this
range. Where a pupil's score is above the
upper red dashed line they have made
significantly more progress than expected,
where their score is below the lower red
dashed line they have made significantly
less progress than expected. 15% of pupils
nationally are above the upper red dashed
line and a further 15% below the lower red
dashed line.
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Single Word Spelling Test
Summary Table
Section B
School: Sample School
Year on Year SWST
Group: Sample Group Number of Pupils: 26
SWST 11
Group
National
Mean Standard Age Score
Standard Deviation
91.0
13.6
Progress
Category
Number of
pupils
%
%
SWST 12
Lower
7
27%
15%
Mean Standard Age Score
92.7
As Expected
11
42%
70%
Standard Deviation
Difference
Difference Between Mean Scores
15.3
1.7
Upper
Total
8
26
31%
100%
15%
100%
The above table is based on 26 students completing both tests
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Pupil Listing Ordered by Surname
Section C
School: Sample School
Year On Year SWST
Group: Sample Group Number of Pupils taking at least one test: 26
Forename
Surname
Date of Birth
SWST 11
SWST 12
Difference in SAS
SAS Score
SAS Score
Scores
Progress Category
Jonathan Aransiola
19/04/1998 97
76 -21
Lower
Angelina Blake
18/02/1998 71
106 35
Upper
Pierce Bowler
08/06/1998 94
96 2
As Expected
Caroline Bradshaw
03/02/1998 86
103 17
Upper
Colin Brown
28/02/1998 77
74 -3
As Expected
Eddie Brown
20/03/1998 121
88 -33
Lower
Carol Dawes
15/03/1998 86
69 -17
Lower
Johnny Fowler
14/05/1998 90
70 -20
Lower
Sean Gilbert
30/03/1998 82
123 41
Upper
Emma Gill
29/04/1998 84
86 2
As Expected
Vikram Kapoor
09/04/1998 93
95 2
As Expected
Sandeep Kaur
24/05/1998 112
117 5
As Expected
Dolly Mos
10/03/1998 105
99 -6
As Expected
Kevin Moss
19/05/1998 100
86 -14
Lower
Samantha Nash
25/03/1998 88
69 -19
Lower
Sean Peters
08/02/1998 84
92 8
As Expected
Damien Price
03/06/1998 110
104 -6
As Expected
Alison Roberts
09/05/1998 84
121 37
Upper
Nina Sharma
14/04/1998 85
97 12
Upper
Anita Sidhu
29/05/1998 90
90 0
As Expected
Brad Simons
13/02/1998 78
98 20
Upper
Ben Smith
23/02/1998 69
91 22
Upper
Matt Thomas
04/05/1998 81
90 9
As Expected
Lucy Tucker
24/04/1998 90
92 2
As Expected
Hugh Vincent
05/03/1998 89
106 17
Upper
Alan Watkins
04/04/1998 121
72 -49
Lower
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