CAPIT Data Analysis
CAPIT regularly hosts 30-Minute Data Analysis Coaching Sessions in which we show teachers how to harness their student data to help drive instruction. If you haven’t attended a Data Analysis, please have your administrator schedule a session by clicking on the button below.
The CAPIT Skill Progression
To see each level’s Skill Progression, click on the Yellow Square (Level 1), Purple Square (Level 2), or Green Square (Level 3) in your Teacher Portal, and the Skill Progression will pop up (Fig. 1).
Level 1 covers Letter Sounds (Fig 2).
Level 2 covers CVC Words (Fig 3).
Level 3 covers Consonant Clusters, Digraphs, Diphthongs (Fig 4).
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Fig. 1: The CAPIT Skill Progression
Fig. 2: Level 1 Skill Progression: Letter Sounds
Fig. 3: Level 2 Skill Progression: CVC Words
Fig. 4: Level 3 Skill Progression: Consonant Clusters, Digraphs, Diphthongs
CAPIT Goals
CAPIT teachers have three Goals: Yearly Goals, Weekly Goals, and Daily Goals:
YEARLY GOAL: Kindergarten students should finish Level 1 (Fig. 1) within three months and Level 2 (Fig. 2) by the end of the school year. Students 1st grade and above should finish Level 3 (Fig. 3) by the end of the school year.
WEEKLY GOAL: Ensure students use CAPIT 5 DAYS A WEEK, or a minimum of 4 days a week. Students who begin learning with CAPIT in August or September should use CAPIT for over 100 days a year.
DAILY GOAL: Ensure students complete their daily quota of CAPIT Lessons. Kindergarten students can complete between 1 to 3 lessons a day. 1st-Graders and 2nd-Graders can complete between 3 to 5 lessons a day. Students should spend a minimum of 15-20 MINUTES A DAY learning with CAPIT.
The only exceptions are the struggling students who take longer to complete each lesson. Struggling students need additional time on CAPIT to keep up—and eventually—catch up to the rest of the class. We recommend two 15-minute sessions, one in the morning and another later in the day.
Yearly Goals
The vaccine to the Summer Slide
Fig. 5: Kindergarten students should finish Level 1 within three months.
Fig. 6: Kindergarten students should finish Level 2 by the end of the school year.
Fig. 7: 1st-Grade students and higher should finish
Level 3 by the end of the school year.
Weekly Goals
Daily Goal
USAGE
5 Days a Week • 100 Days a Year
PACE
Number of Lessons per Day
Fig. 8
Students should use CAPIT 5 DAYS A WEEK, or 4 days a week at a minimum. Students who begin learning with CAPIT in August or September should use CAPIT for over 100 days a year.
Ensure students complete their daily quota of CAPIT Lessons.
Kindergarten students can complete between 1 to 3 lessons a day.
1st-Graders and 2nd-Graders can complete between 3 to 5 lessons a day.
Students should spend a minimum of 15-20 MINUTES A DAY learning with CAPIT.
Struggling Students: Some students take longer to complete each lesson and need additional time on CAPIT to keep up—and eventually—catch up to the rest of the class. We recommend 2x 15-minute sessions, one in the morning and another later in the day.
Teacher Portal: Usage
CAPIT measures a student’s activity in days. When a student completes 1 or more new lessons on any given day, CAPIT credits the student with a day of usage. Students can complete several new lessons each day, and teachers should encourage students to do so.
The image on the right (Fig. 9) shows that one student used CAPIT for only 28 days (Red), and another used it for 47 days (Green). (Yellow indicates an Average User.) Disparities in usage are common, but we should minimize them by ensuring all students access CAPIT every day and use it correctly. Some students will need a reminder that they must complete NEW Lessons each day.
For more information on what constitutes Usage, click on the button below.
Fig. 9: Active Usage
Teacher Portal: Progress
Aside from Usage, the CAPIT Teacher Portal also tracks your students’ Progress (Fig. 9).
We use colors to indicate which students require your immediate attention.
The image on the right shows that one student completed 93 Lessons in Level 2 (Red), and another completed 173 Lessons (Green). Yellow indicates an average student.
Disparities in progress are common, but we should eliminate them by ensuring all students use CAPIT every day and complete their quota of lessons.
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A student’s Progress + Usage provides teachers with critical information on their students.
Fig. 10: Progress (Levels 1-2-3)
Colors and Averages
Yellow indicates an average student in either Progress or Usage (Fig. 11).
Green indicates an above-average student (Fig. 12).
Red indicates a below-average student (Fig. 13).
(We calculate averages by comparing each student to the entire class’s average performance.)
Fig. 11: Yellow indicates an Average User
Fig. 12: Green indicates an Above Average User
Fig. 13: Red indicates a Below Average User
Three Types of Students
ADVANCED STUDENT
Fig. 14
Usage: Above Average
Progress: Above Average
Keep them motivated to finish CAPIT.
LOW USAGE STUDENT
STRUGGLING STUDENT
Fig. 15
Usage: Below Average
Progress: Below Average
We define Usage as the completion of a NEW CAPIT Lesson.
Fig. 16
Usage: Average or Above Average
Progress: Below Average
Struggling students should spend an additional 15-20 minutes a day on CAPIT so they can catch up to their classmates. To learn how you can monitor your students’ daily activity, read below.
Your Friend, the Filter
The Filter—found on the bottom of the Teacher Portal—allows you to know with certainty which students used CAPIT and how many lessons they completed. The filter’s default setting is from the date your school or district created its CAPIT account through the present day (See Fig. 17).
To use the filter, enter your desired dates and click Filter. Your CAPIT Portal will now report only the data generated within your specified time-frame (Fig. 18). Now you can see who used the program today. 1 Day indicates a student who completed today at least one new lesson. 0 Days indicates a student who did not complete any new lessons on this date.
When you look to the left of the "Active Usage” column, you can see student progress made on this date. Fig. 18 shows that one student completed only 1 lesson in Level 2, and another completed 5 lessons. The bottom two students did not progress due to lack of Usage (1+ new lesson completed).
Teachers should use the filter regularly to ensure their students completed their daily and weekly quota of lessons and are on track to meeting their Yearly CAPIT Goals, thereby achieving optimal growth as readers.
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For ideas that will help you motivate your students to achieve their CAPIT Goals, please click on the button below.
Fig. 17: The filter is now set to display the Progress and Usage generated from 6/17/2020 to 2/6/2021,
Fig. 18: The filter is now set to display only the progress and usage generated on 2/6/2021.
WHAT DOES THE COLOR BLUE MEAN?
The Blue color indicates that the student skipped CAPIT lessons using the CAPIT Placement Test. (This is a good thing.)
Students can skip Level 1 using the CAPIT Placement Test (Fig. 19).
Students can skip part or the entire Level 2 using the CAPIT Placement Test (Fig. 12).
To learn more about the CAPIT Placement Test, CLICK HERE.
Fig. 19: These students skipped Level 1
Fig. 20: This student skipped part of Level 2
Fig. 21: The CAPIT Placement Test results
THE CAPIT PLACEMENT TEST RESULTS
When you scroll to the right, you will see your CAPIT Placement Test results (Fig. 21). The Placement Test has 11 sections. The Teacher Portal will indicate which Test your students passed.
In this example, one student completed 3 Sections of the Placement Test, and another student completed only one section.