Student Data Reports (Grades And Progress)

Boom Learning Reports help you answer the questions educators ask every day:

• Which students need additional support?
• Which students have mastered a skill?
• Is a student improving over time?
• What data can I use during parent conferences, interventions, or IEP meetings?
• How can I monitor student progress without adding more grading to my workload?

Whether you're a classroom teacher, special educator, or speech-language pathologist, Reports provide quick access to student performance data so you can make informed instructional decisions.

Reports can be found in 3 places: the Reports Tab, the Classes Tab and the Deck Reports.

Use the table of contents to jump to sections that matter to you!

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Before You Begin: Key Terms
• What Can Reports Help Me Do?
• Navigating The Reports Tab
  • Time Frame
  • Classrooms
  • Decks
  • Report
  • Filters And View Options

  • Go Live: Real-Time Monitoring

  • Which Metric Should I Use?
• Understanding Your Data
  • Plays
  • Gems
  • Time
  • Average (Avg)
  • First, Last, and Best Scores
• Print and Export Reports from the Reports Tab
• Real-World Reporting Examples
• Accessing Reports From The Classes Tab
• Navigating Individual Student Report 
  • Progress & Gems
  • Deck Performance Report
    • Performance by Play Session
      • Accuracy
      • Response Time
      • Exporting Reports from the Individual Student Report
      • Deck Detail Report
      • Printing Reports from the Individual Student Report

• Navigating Deck Reports
  • Reports by Students
    • Exporting Data
  • Report by Card
• Need More Help? 

Before You Begin: Key Terms

Understanding a few Boom Learning terms will help reports make much more sense.

Term	Meaning
Batch	A group of cards delivered to a student during a play session.
Set	All cards contained in a deck.
Plays	How many deck sets have been completed.
Gems	Cards answered correctly at least once.
Average	Performance across recent completed sets.
First	Score from the first completed set.
Last	Score from the most recent completed set.
Best	Highest score from recent completed sets.

What Can Reports Help Me Do?

Classroom Teachers

Can use reports to:

• Identify students who need further help
• Create intervention groups
• Monitor independent work
• Reduce grading time with automatically collected performance data
• Track student growth over time

 

Special Education Teachers

Can use reports to:

• Monitor IEP-related progress
• Collect instructional data for student reviews
• Document intervention effectiveness
• Track independence and mastery
• Prepare for meetings without scrambling for data at the last minute

Speech-Language Pathologists

Can use reports to:

• Track articulation and language progress
• Monitor vocabulary and social-pragmatic skill development
• View performance trends over time
• Collect data during therapy without disrupting student engagement
• Reduce manual session documentation burdens 

Navigating the Reports Tab

The Reports tab allows you to view, filter, print, and export student performance data.

Choose:

• A time frame
• A classroom
• One or more decks

Once selected, the report area automatically populates with student data. 

Time Frame

The Time Frame menu lets you focus on a specific reporting period.

The number displayed next to each time frame represents the number of recorded plays during that period. This allows you to compare performance across time.

Use this when:

• Preparing for progress reports
• Reviewing recent intervention results
• Evaluating growth over a defined period

Classrooms

Select the classroom whose data you'd like to review. The reports update automatically to reflect the selected class.

Decks

Choose one or multiple assigned decks.

You can:

• Browse library folders
• View currently assigned decks
• Search directly for a deck by name

Viewing multiple decks together can help identify broader skill patterns across a classroom.

Report

Once you have selected your criteria, the main reports area will populate.

 

Filters and View Options

Use filters to:

• Search for specific students
• Sort by name
• Print reports
• Export data to CSV

These tools are especially useful when preparing documentation or reviewing a single student's progress.

 

Go Live: Real-Time Monitoring

Premium members can use Go Live to view student activity in real time.

This feature helps you:

• Monitor independent work
• Spot misconceptions while students are working
• Provide immediate reteaching
• Track student engagement during in-person or remote instruction

 

Which Metric Should I Use?

If you want to know...	Look At
Has the student completed the assignment?	Plays / Progress
Has the student mastered the skill?	Gems
What did they score most recently?	Last
Are they improving?	First vs Last
What is their overall performance?	Average
Which questions are difficult?	Accuracy Report
Which skills need reteaching?	Deck Detail Report
Are students becoming more fluent?	Response Time

Understanding Your Data

 

Plays

The Plays metric shows how much of a deck has been completed.

Because some decks are delivered in batches, a student may have partial plays displayed (such as 3.5 plays). This indicates they have completed part of another set but not the entire deck.

What Should I Look For?

✅ Students steadily progressing toward completion

✅ Completed sets available for trend analysis

⚠️ Many incomplete plays may indicate students are not finishing assignments

How Can I Use This Data?

• Monitor assignment completion
• Determine when enough data exists for analysis
• Verify participation levels before reporting progress

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Gems

Gems represent the number of cards answered correctly at least once.

The goal is for the first number to match the total possible number of gems available in the deck.

What Should I Look For?

✅ Gems increasing over multiple plays

✅ High gem counts combined with strong Last Scores

⚠️ Low gem counts despite multiple attempts

How Can I Use This Data?

• Monitor mastery
• Identify skills requiring reteaching
• Document student growth
• Track intervention effectiveness

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Time

Time displays the total amount of time spent working through deck content.

What Should I Look For?

✅ Increasing accuracy with stable completion times

✅ Faster performance combined with high accuracy

⚠️ Very long completion times may indicate difficulty

How Can I Use This Data?

• Evaluate fluency
• Adjust difficulty levels
• Identify assignments that may be too challenging or too easy

 

First, Last, and Best Scores

First

The student's score during their first completed set.

Last

The student's most recent completed set.

Best

The highest score among recent completed sets.

What Should I Look For?

✅ Last score higher than First score

✅ Best score continuing to improve

✅ Consistent progress across play sessions

⚠️ Little or no improvement after repeated attempts

Example

Metric	Score
First	40%
Last	85%
Best	90%
Gems	18/20

This pattern suggests meaningful growth and increasing mastery of the targeted skill.

Print and Export Reports from the Reports Tab

You can print and export reports from the Reports tab The Export button will create a downloadable CSV file (for Excel) with the data organized by the deck and student.

Select the classroom and decks that you would like to view data from. Then, click the Export button.

You will be prompted to choose a destination for the file on your device. Once you have saved the file, you can open it in Excel. The data will be formatted in a simple table layout with the student's name and deck name.

Real-World Reporting Examples

Example: Creating Intervention Groups

You review a comprehension deck and see:

Student	Average
Ava	95%
Ben	82%
Liam	45%

Instructional decisions may include:

• Ava: Enrichment activities
• Ben: Continue current instruction
• Liam: Targeted reteaching and intervention

Reports help you quickly identify next instructional steps.

Example: Progress Monitoring

A student's scores show:

• First: 50%
• Last: 85%
• Gems: 19/20

This data indicates growth over time and can contribute to instructional progress discussions. Always follow district and organizational requirements regarding formal progress reporting and documentation.

Accessing Reports from the Classes Tab

You can access Reports from the Classes Tab too. 

The functionality is the same as the Reports tab described above.  

Navigating Individual Student Report 

To focus on one student:

• Select a classroom.
• Select a student
• Select Report from the action menu

This view displays:

• Assigned decks
• Recent plays
• Progress indicators
• Earned rewards and achievements

Progress & Gems

 

Progress (Green Circle)

Measures completion.

The checkmark appears when students have completed all assigned cards.

Gems (Blue Circle)

Measures mastery.

Students can continue practicing to earn additional gems and demonstrate stronger mastery.

Other Rewards

Student can also earn Coins and Pulses (Lightning Bolts). These are rewards and achievements that students earn for playing Boom Cards. You can learn more here: Coins, Gems, and Pulses 

 

Deck Performance Report

The Deck Report shows how a student responded across all plays of a deck.

This report is particularly valuable when you need to determine:

• Exactly which skills need reteaching
• Which questions are consistently missed
• How performance has changed across recent sets

 

Performance by Play Session

This chart allows you to compare student performance over multiple play sessions.

Best Uses

• Tracking progress over time
• Measuring intervention effectiveness
• Evaluating growth trends
• Determining readiness for new content

Accuracy

The Accuracy report displays correct and incorrect responses and allows educators to identify specific areas of difficulty.

Best Uses

• Planning reteaching
• Monitoring learning gains
• Comparing pre-intervention and post-intervention performance

Response Time

Response Time shows how quickly students answer questions. The red line represents average response speed.

Best Uses

• Measuring fluency
• Identifying hesitation points
• Discovering skills that need additional practice

Exporting Reports from the Individual Student Report

Exports generate a downloadable CSV file that can be opened in Excel or Google Sheets for additional analysis and documentation.

From the Student Report View, you can Export:

• Student scores
• Time Spent
• Date and Time the play took place

Here is what that export will look like:

Deck Detail Report

The Deck Detail Report shows how a student responded to individual cards.

This report is particularly valuable when you need to determine:

• Exactly which skills need reteaching
• Which questions are consistently missed

Printing Reports from the Individual Student Report

You can print Card details for an individual play session using the "Show Details by Card" button. 

The Report will show:

• Scores
• Timestamps for the recent play
• Ink used on the card when applicable

You can choose to print this view. Select the print layouts displaying 1, 2, or 3 cards per row depending on your documentation needs. 

Time-Saver Tip

Print individual reports before parent conferences, annual reviews, or team meetings so your data is organized and ready to discuss.

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Navigating Deck Reports

Access your Deck Report from the Library tab, in the action menu of a deck.

Reports by Students

The default view of the Deck reports is Reports by Students. 

Here you can see

• Student account nickname and Username
• Date and time of play
• Time Spent 
• Play status
• Student Score

Exporting Data

You can Export the data in the Report by students to a CSV file that can be opened using Excel or Google Sheets.

This report would contain Deck Name, Deck Author, Student account nickname, Student Username, date and time of play, Time Spent, Play status, Number correct, and number incorrect.

It will look something like this:

Time-Saver Tip

Print individual reports before parent conferences, annual reviews, or team meetings so your data is organized and ready to discuss.

Report by Card

The view will allow you to see a histogram of all answers to each card. 

This view can be filter by date range.

Keep an eye out for

⚠️Tall red bars are an indication a common misunderstanding

⚠️Short Green bars indicate many student need more support

Need More Help?

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