Representation report is a job in Item Bank Health Check (IBHC) that generates a comprehensive analysis of how representative a collection of Items is against predefined categories.

Unlike other job types that flag specific Items for revision, this functionality provides an overview of representation in your content, identifying where diversity is robust and where gaps in representation currently exist.

Guideline categories may include gender representation, cultural context, geographic references, and socioeconomic framing.

This job supports the creation of custom Guideline categories and subcategories, enabling your organization to establish specific benchmarks that align with your institutional requirements.

When to use this job

The representation report job is particularly effective when you need to:

• Audit Item bank content: Evaluate the demographic or thematic diversity of your Item bank at scale.
• Prepare for audits: Efficiently ready your Item banks for upcoming equity reviews or compliance certifications requiring evidence of representation.
• Guide content strategy: Establish representation targets during the curation or creation of a new Item bank.
• Inform stakeholders: Provide detailed reports on the inclusivity and representative quality of your assessment materials.

Configuring Guidelines

Having navigated to Guidelines in the IBHC menu, you can click Create new Guideline and select Representation report in the menu. From this page, you can:

• Enter a title for the Guidelines in the title field
• Select the Item banks to which this set of Guidelines will apply
• Select up to 10 Guideline categories from the existing set or create your own custom Guidelines
• Select up to 10 subcategories and create your own subcategories where needed
• Preview your Guidelines and publish it to access it in the job creation page

Find further information on Guidelines here.

Running the job

• Open the Learnosity Console and navigate to Item Bank Health Check.
• Create a Collection or select an existing one with the Item bank you want to analyze.
• Click on Create and select Representation reports from the menu of available job types.
• Initiate the process by clicking Run job.

Reviewing results

Following the analysis of the Collection, a detailed report is provided for evaluation and download. This report typically includes:

• A summary of the Item bank's overall representation profile.
• Category-by-category breakdowns showing the proportion of Items in each segment.