Which question(s) are you interested in?

  1. Where can I find the insights?
  2. What are the insights?
  3. What do the class insights tell me?
  4. Can I see the insights for the whole year group - not just this class?
  5. What do the year group insights tell me?
  6. What can I do with the information from the insights?
  7. How are the percentiles calculated?
  8. Identifying students who need additional support
  9. How are the traffic lights calculated?
  10. One of my students achieved the maximum score (80 seconds) for balance, but their percentile score is quite low. Why is this? 

 

 

1. Where can I find the insights?

  • Click on the 'Dashboard' button in the top right-hand side of the page (or the 'Dashboard' button next to your class if you teach multiple classes) 
  • Click on the subheading ‘Insights' (it’s after 'Students')

 

2. What are the insights?

The insights show you the average score for each Fundamental Movement Skill you have assessed for your class and how this compares to children of the same average age across Australia.

Remember: a lower run score is better than a higher score as the faster you run, the lower the time!

 

3. What do the class insights tell me?

The class insights calculate the average score of the students in the class at the time they were assessed and compare that to the national average for students in the same 6-month age bracket

 

4. Can I see the insights for the whole year group - not just this class?

Yes! Your KIDDO Manager will be able to see insights for each class and whole year groups in your school or organisation. 

  • When in the 'Dashboard', access these in the left-hand side menu by clicking on 'Insights'
  • From there, you can choose to view insights for individual classes, or year groups as a whole.

 

5. What do the year group insights tell me?

The year group insights are calculated slightly differently from the class insights. The national average is calculated based on all students in that year group (E.g. Year 1) across Australia/world and compared to the average score for that year group (E.g. Year 1) in the school.

 

6. What can I do with the information from the insights?

Use it to inform your planning and programming! The insights will give you an indication of areas of strength or weakness for your students. You can then program to maintain their strengths but improve their weaknesses. The insights will also give you an indication as to whether your programs are working, as you will be able to compare the year group results from one year to the next.

 

7. How are the percentiles calculated?

  • Scores of students are arranged in a rank order
  • Lowest score is in the 1st percentile
  • Highest score is in the 99th percentile.
  • E.g. If a child scored in the 66th percentile that means they scored as well as or better than 66% of the group.

 

8. Identifying students who need additional support

  • Click on the 'Dashboard' button in the top right-hand side of the page (or the 'Dashboard' button next to your class if you teach multiple classes)
  • Find 'Additional support' (it's below the weekly lesson)
  • Here, you will see a list of students who may require additional support with their FMS development. If you click on the ‘More’ button, you will be able to see the students you have assessed and they will be classified as either:
    • Progressing well (green dot)
    • May need additional help (yellow dot)
    • Needs additional assistance (red dot)

 

9. How are the traffic lights calculated?

  • Red dot: average less than 20th percentile across all skills measured (needs additional assistance)
  • Yellow dot:  average 20th percentile to 35th percentile (may need additional help)
  • Green dot: average over 35th percentile (progressing well)

 

10. One of my students achieved the maximum score (80 seconds) for balance, but their percentile score is quite low. Why is this? 

  • In the older years, a reasonable number of students achieve the maximum score of 80 seconds (40 seconds on each leg) for the balance challenge. This means that children can't score in the high percentiles ranks even if they get the maximum score of 80 seconds. The percentile rank they are given will indicate how many children of that age group achieved the maximum score. E.g. if a child age 7 years scores 80 seconds and is in the 75th percentile, it means that 25% of children of that age also achieve the maximum score. 
  • This is one of the reasons this KIDDO FMS assessment is only valid up until Year 3 at the oldest as the balance measure and the bounce and catch (there are only so many bounces and catches you can do in 20 seconds) do have an upper limit and therefore beyond this age, it is not possible to gain an understanding of the full range of capability of the children.
  • Once a child has reached the maximum score in the balance assessment, whether this is in foundation year or year 2 it is not necessary to re-assess them on this measure as you will not gain any new information
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