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The ‘Comparison of progress vs expectations’ graph is probably in the majority of users’ top two CASPA reports and graphs. \u00a0So it is not surprising that we receive a lot of feedback on things that users would love to see added to it’s features.<\/p>\n
These have been pretty complicated to develop, but we have enhanced this graph to include most of these in ways that we think will exceed your expectations!<\/p>\n
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So having hyped these enhancements, what have we actually delivered in the latest release?\u00a0 Most changes can be grouped into two broad areas,\u00a0enabling users to:<\/p>\n
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Drill down into pupil data<\/h3>\nIn all likelihood, you already know that hovering over one of the chart marks displays a list of the pupils in that band (see thumbnail at the top of this article).<\/p>\n
If your CASPA installation is up to date\u00a0(Build 1.2.2.1.\u00a0 Check via Help | About<\/strong> if you are unsure), you will find that you can now double-click the chart mark, enabling you to select a pupil.<\/p>\n Often, you want to check the history of results recorded, needs selected, etc to answer a question about why this pupil appeared in the particular band in the Traffic Light graph. Sometimes you want to add or correct data.\u00a0 Right-click on a pupil in the list for options to view or edit the data for that pupil – one to take you to the data entry pages in read-only mode (view) and one to the historic data pages for the selected pupil in edit mode (edit).\u00a0 Double-click on a pupil to go straight to the data entry pages in read-only mode.<\/p>\n The list of pupils displayed on the\u00a0left of the data entry page, when you view the details,\u00a0is the same\u00a0list of pupils from the band selected in the traffic light graph.\u00a0 So if you were investigating why pupils are in the red band, you can work through each pupil\u00a0methodically.<\/p>\n When you close the data entry page, you are returned to the graph.\u00a0 If you return to the graph having edited any details, CASPA will refresh the graph to take account of changes.\u00a0 Never again will you need to close the Traffic Light graph to view or edit pupil details…<\/p>\n Additional hover marks have been introduced to replace the summary information that identified the numbers of pupils selected, those with data required for comparison and those with results out of range.<\/p>\n Now you can instantly identify\u00a0pupils who are missing start or end year data\u00a0(this used to show the\u00a0 number of ‘Pupils with data required for comparison’), those who have results that are out of range\u00a0(as above),\u00a0for the pupils selected and those for whom comparison is possible.<\/p>\n No more hunting through the report to\u00a0find which\u00a0pupils are missing data or are out of range.\u00a0 The drill down options mentioned\u00a0earlier in this article\u00a0are available for these hover lists too so you can go straight into the pupil’s data pages to check and, if necessary, make corrections.<\/p>\n You may be familiar with the report that sits behind the Traffic Light graph (via the ‘Report’ button above the graph).\u00a0 We are often asked if it might be possible to allow the data to be grouped according to whether the pupils are in the green band, amber band, etc.\u00a0 Now you can!<\/p>\n Other categories displayed are those pupils with results that are out of range, and those missing start or end dates.\u00a0 Strictly speaking, these are not bands, and they are not grouping options (as you may have grouped by gender in the graph already)\u00a0so we’ve had to coin a new name for these.\u00a0 We call these ‘Comparison bands’.<\/p>\n Taking requests for this report further, we’re asked if it would be possible to print this report for just one bar when two or more bars have been displayed when a grouping option has been selected, eg group by gender to display one bar for boys and another for girls.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Once again, right click on the bar you are interested and you’ll find options to display and print the report for just that bar, or for all pupils.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n As you will have noticed by now, the mouse’s right button offers you additional features.\u00a0 This button is often overlooked, and you will find that your right mouse button gives you shortcuts to all sorts of menu options in CASPA.\u00a0 Our developers make use of the right-click options in their development tools to speed up their work and see no reason why you shouldn’t benefit from this principle throughout CASPA too!<\/p>\n Try a right-click on a Red\/Amber\/Green bar.\u00a0 You’ll find shortcuts to the toolbar menu options, and more besides.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n There is!\u00a0 This article aims to highlight some of the key enhancements but there are additional related changes.<\/p>\n You can also use the same drill-down option in two other places in CASPA immediately:<\/p>\n This drill-down feature will help you to improve your use of CASPA by\u00a0making it easy to investigate results, targets and categories of need, saving you time in achieving this and enhancing confidence in your data and the resulting analysis of attainment and progress in CASPA.<\/p>\n The report noted above also applies different colour-coding; pupils who are ‘out of range’ are still highlighted in a red font, pupils missing a start and\/or end level are now highlighted in a blue font.<\/p>\n The report button above the Traffic Light graph, when clicked, instead of opening the report will give you options to run the report, grouping pupils by comparison band or to run it traditionally, ordered alphabetically.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The ‘Comparison of progress vs expectations’ graph is probably in the majority of users’ top two CASPA reports and graphs. 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<\/span><\/p>\nExtra chart marks<\/h3>\n
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<\/span><\/p>\nGrouping pupils in the report by ‘comparison band’<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nPrinting the report data for pupils in a single bar<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nUsing your mouse’s right-click options<\/h3>\n
Is there more?<\/h2>\n
Drill-down:<\/h4>\n
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Report:<\/h4>\n