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What is Puzzle Goal Progress?

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Overview

Puzzle Goal Progress is based on a fixed number of puzzles associated with a year's worth of progress.  Since ST Math allows teachers to assign content to students from any grade level they need, any new content a student plays advances their progress. It does not represent a completed curriculum for a specific grade level’s Journey. Instead, it shows how much work a student has completed during this school year regardless of grade.  

Through this metric, students with intervention work aren't penalized, and students promoted to a higher grade level in a previous year don't have a head start. It's a good way to compare how much work a student has completed in your class, this year.

 

Calculating Puzzle Goal Progress

Puzzle Goal Progress is calculated by the total puzzles a student has collected divided by the fixed number of puzzles based on the student’s grade. If you click on a class, Puzzle Goal Progress will show the percent, and also a fraction with the correct denominator for the student.  

Below is an example of the fixed numbers by grade. Actual numbers will vary by state.  

  • 750 puzzles for PK and TK
  • 1800 puzzles for grades K-5
  • 2200 puzzles for grades 6-8

If a student in 6th grade has completed 823 puzzles this year, their Puzzle Goal Progress would be 37%, or 823 divided by 2200.

Puzzle Goal Progress only counts puzzles played in the current school year.

  
A picture of progress bars for three students, one with a checkmark indicating 100%, one at 69%, and one at 20%

What advances Puzzle Goal Progress?

All new puzzles completed contribute to a student's progress. This includes:

  • ST Math assigned grade-level Journey Objectives & Assignments
  • Assignments from other grade levels
  • Bonus Journey
  • Challenge Objectives
  • Optional Objectives

What happens once students reach 100% Puzzle Goal Progress?

Because the fixed number of puzzles can be less than the number of puzzles a student completes in their Journey, it is possible for students to have a percentage over 100%. If a 2nd-grade student completes all 2,309 puzzles in their Journey, the student would show 128% progress.

Where can I learn more about on grade-level content completion?

If you are looking for how much ST Math content in a particular grade your students have completed, you might want to use the Standards Report or view the student's Journey Progress.

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