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Measuring Student Growth with the LOGIC App

Learn how to administer LOGIC Assessments and view student growth reports.

Written by Talia Smith
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LOGIC App Overview

CodeHS LOGIC Assessments (Learner Outcomes for Growth and Computing) are designed to help educators measure student growth in computer science throughout the school year. These assessments include a pretest given at the start of the course and a posttest administered at the end of the course.

The LOGIC app on CodeHS is where you can view available LOGIC assessments, administer these assessments to students, and access reports that provide clear insights into student performance and learning growth over time.

You can find the LOGIC app under the Curriculum category in the left-hand navigation menu:

Screenshot of the LOGIC app pointing to the LOGIC button in the left-hand navigation menu

Using the LOGIC App Tools

The LOGIC app features three tools, which can be accessed by the tabs at the top of the page: Overview, Administer, and Growth.

Screenshot of the three LOGIC tools in the top navigation bar: Overview, Administer, and Growth

Overview

In the Overview tool, you can view all of your courses that offer LOGIC assessments. You can also see how many sections are using each course's LOGIC assessments and find additional information about those sections, their students, and their assessments.

Click the arrow next to a course name to view more information about the sections that can take that course's LOGIC assessment. For each section, you can view the number of students, the number of questions on the pretest and posttest, and whether either assessment has been administered.

Screenshot of the Overview tool in the Logic app showing the different assessments available for sections

To administer an assessment, click the blue Administer pretest or Administer posttest button next to a section. This will take you to the Administer tool, where you can assign the selected assessment to your students.

Administer

In the Administer tool, you can manage how students in a section take a LOGIC assessment. Use the Section and Assessment dropdowns at the top of the page to choose which section and which pretest or posttest you are administering.

Screenshot pointing to the Administer tool within the Logic app, pointing to the section and assessment filters

Each student in the section is listed along with their assessment status, the date the assessment is available until, the date they took the assessment, and whether they can view their results in their account.

Use the checkboxes (or Select All and Deselect All) to choose students, then use the buttons at the bottom of the page to:

  • Assign: Makes the assessment available to selected students so they can start it on their own, with an optional deadline.

  • Assign and Push to Students Now: Makes the assessment available to selected students and sends them to the assessment's start page immediately.

screen shot of the selection and assessment assigning buttons within the Administer tool in the logic app

If you click the blue Assign button option, a pop-up window will appear where you can optionally set a deadline for when students must begin the assessment. After setting a deadline (or leaving it blank), click the green Assign button in the pop-up window to make the assessment available to the selected students.

screenshot of the "Assign" pop up menu showing how a teacher can set a LOGIC assessment deadline to students

After the assessment is assigned, students will see it on their student dashboard and assignment page for the course, where they can complete it asynchronously.

Growth

In the Growth tool, you can view reports on how your students performed and how much they grew between the pretest and posttest. Use the Assessment, Section, and Student dropdowns at the top of the page to choose which results to view.

Screenshot of the growth tool in the logic app pointing to the assessment, section, and student filters

At the top of the report, you'll see your section's average pretest and posttest scores, along with growth shown in both points and percentage.

Below, the Overall Pre-Test vs Post-Test charts compare score distributions, and the category table breaks down results by concept, such as Loops, Arrays, and If/Else and Conditional Logic, so you can see exactly where students improved.

Click on a Category name to view its specific score distribution charts:

screenshot of the pre-test and post-test score distribution charts in the growth tool

At the bottom of the page, the By Student section shows each student's individual pretest score, posttest score, and growth. You can click on a student's name to expand their specific score distribution charts:

GIF of the By Student section at the bottom of the page in the Growth tool


The Logic App is available as part of CodeHS Pro. To get CodeHS Pro for your school, contact our team at sales@codehs.com.

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