The Skills Report helps you effectively target instruction by tracking student skill growth over time with a dynamic Momentum Score and actionable Smart Groups. It can look at a student's entire history on Quill, including work from previous years and other classes, to give you a complete picture of their learning journey.

To help you see both the big picture and the fine details, the report organizes skills into two levels. It starts with broad Skill Categories (e.g., "Capitalization") and then breaks them down into the specific, foundational Skill Sub-Categories that make them up (e.g., "Capitalizing Holidays" and "Capitalizing Dates").

The report is built around two main sections, each offering a unique way to analyze student data. Within each section, you can then choose to view the data "By Skill" or "By Student."

First, choose the type of analysis you want to do:

Once you've selected a section, you can choose your perspective:

Finally, two powerful filters at the top of the report allow you to customize the data shown in any view:

Based on Quill's proprietary algorithm, the Momentum Score is the centerpiece of the report. It is a dynamic score that reflects a student's learning journey and is not just a basic percentage of questions answered correctly. The score is carefully calculated to reward accuracy—awarding a tiered number of points based on which attempt is correct—while also emphasizing recent growth by giving more weight to a student's latest work.

The Activity-Level Score, as shown on other reports like the Activity Summary report, is a traditional percentage score based on the final outcome of an activity. It tells you the percentage of questions a student got correct, with a question being marked 'correct' even if it took multiple attempts to get the right answer. To learn more about how individual activities are graded, you can read this article: How does Quill grade activities?

In contrast, the Momentum Score provides a more dynamic picture of learning. It considers how a student arrives at an answer by awarding more points when they are correct on earlier attempts. Furthermore, the score gives more weight to a student's most recent practice, ensuring it reflects their current momentum and growth over time.

So while activity-level scores provide a static snapshot of correctness, the Momentum Score offers a broader, dynamic view of student progress. It helps teachers uncover patterns, identify strengths, address challenges, and celebrate meaningful growth over time.

The Momentum Score is a powerful instructional tool designed specifically for teachers and is therefore not displayed in the student's dashboard. Students will continue to see the more straightforward Activity-Level scores on their completed work.

This design allows you, as the teacher, to use the score's deeper insights to guide instruction, while still having the flexibility to share these insights with students manually if you choose. To learn more about the student's view, please read this article.

We are always eager to hear from educators. If you would like to see the Momentum Score made available to students, we invite you to share your thoughts on our Product Feedback board.

It’s important to see how much practice has gone into a skill alongside the Momentum Score so you can gauge how confident you should be in its accuracy. Low exposure means the score is based on limited data and may be less reliable, while higher exposure provides a stronger foundation for confidence.

Skill Exposure is determined by the number of questions answered for the selected skill category or sub-category:

This metric provides a clear, actionable view of whether performance is improving, declining, or staying steady. It was designed to reduce noise from minor fluctuations by only displaying "Trending Up" or "Trending Down" when a meaningful change in the Momentum Score occurs.

While the Momentum Score shows a student's current level, the trend reveals their trajectory, allowing you to gain several key instructional insights:

By using the Performance Trend, you can move from reactive to proactive support, tailoring your instruction to a student's learning trajectory, not just their latest score.

Quill allows students to replay activities to improve their score, and these replayed questions are always eligible to earn full points. The Replay Rate shows what percentage of a student's practice is from replayed questions. It is calculated by dividing the number of questions replayed by the total number of questions answered, providing critical insight into their effort and learning process.

By analyzing the Replay Rate in context, you can gain several key instructional insights:

By exposing this data, you can better tailor interventions, monitor effort, and ensure that replays are being used effectively as a pedagogical tool.

The Skills Report is designed to bridge the gap between data analysis and targeted instruction. After identifying areas of need, the report provides powerful tools to act on those insights. This section explains how to use Smart Groups to quickly identify student needs, assign Targeted Practice to address skill gaps, and customize the Momentum Score Goal to align the report with your classroom objectives.

The Smart Groups are powered by a Momentum Score Goal you can set (the default is 80).

You can use these groups as the foundation for both digital and in-person instruction. The most direct action is to assign Targeted Practice on Quill, which is detailed in the next section. Additionally, you can use the report's download feature to organize students for personalized, in-person support, such as small-group work with students in the "Needs Support" group.

Targeted Practice is designed to help you quickly and easily assign activities from Quill's vast Activity Library. Each curated pack contains approximately 15 questions or more, which is specifically designed to provide enough practice for a student to reach "High" Skill Exposure. You can assign these packs directly from the report to individual students, Smart Groups, or an entire class.

The activities in these packs were selected to minimize overlap with Diagnostic recommendations and provide fresh practice. Where overlap does occur, the report treats it as a valuable teaching opportunity. The Replay Rate is specifically designed to help you analyze these moments, distinguishing between a student who is struggling despite repeated attempts and one who is demonstrating persistence and growth.

The assignment action is always contextual to your current filters and selections. You can assign practice from all views except for the Performance Breakdown, "By Skill" view.

To change the goal that powers your Smart Groups, click the "Change goal" button. A modal will appear where you can set a new goal between 50 and 100. When you save, your Smart Groups will automatically update.

Please note, this is a global setting for your teacher account. When you change the goal, it will apply to the Skills Report for all of your classes.

Please feel free to send a message to the Quill team using the green message bubble on the bottom right corner of the screen or email us at support@quill.org.