The Item Report provides a curricular content breakdown for each item regarding thinking with, and using, evidence in science, at the curriculum level that the test is recommended for. The Item Report indicates what percentage of the group of students answered each question (item) on a test successfully. It also compares the success of the group on the questions with the success of students from the national reference group at a given year level.  


The level of difficulty of each question is provided by the scale allowing teachers order the items and find next steps for students at different scale levels. The brief description supports efficient review of the types of questions ākonga are good at or not good at.



Kaiako use this report to focus their data inquiry as they work to understand who has learned the knowledge and skills that have been taught and can use them independently.

  • The use of the filters can focus on cohorts of interest/annual target students. 
  • Understanding the scale difficulty of each question helps teachers to see progressions in different concepts - are students ready for this? should they know this and they don't? why?
  • Being able to filter on Strand and Question Type allows teachers to isolate curriculum content for more focused inquiry
  • Ordering the Percentage Correct  toggle provides insights for teachers about what they teach well and what they might need to work to improve. Teachers should check the scale difficulty when they compare one question against another



The Indivdual Item Report



The Individual Item Report provides  a breakdown of each question/item plus  in-depth diagnostic knowledge of the strand, the science capability, next step learning, and  possible causes for error. Good curriculum knowledge will allow teachers to quickly make links behind the particular concept or capability being tested by individual questions and the students' responses, to make formative decisions about how students think and what they might need next.


The Individual Item Report  allows kaiako to dig deeper into the ideas and concepts that sit under the questions. This level of curriculum detail, and knowledge of question difficulty, helps the teachers to reflect on if it has been taught, which learners picked up the knowledge and skill, and question themselves as to why other students did not.


Kaiako can support next steps planning by accessing the Science activities and conceptual maps in the Assessment Resource Banks (ARBs). Click on Browse Curriculum Resources (right-hand Search) or use key words provided it the item breakdown to search for specific activities for specific learning.