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Schoolnet I
Welcome
Instructor:
Learning Goals
At the end of this workshop, you will understand how to:
•Create, share, and search for assessment items
•Create, schedule, and assign assessments
•Explain the student testing experience
•Monitor student progress
•Incorporate best practices
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Where can I find helpful resources ?• DPI and Pearson have loaded a variety of helpful materials into
Schoolnet. Search Home Base in Instructional Materials to locate:
• Quick reference cards
• End user PowerPoint presentations
• Training scripts
• Schoolnet contains screen specific help on every screen ( to access click the )
• For hardware and software questions click System Requirements in the footer of any screen
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Pearson K12 Technology Customer EducationSelf-Paced Distance Learning: When are we training?
• Self-Paced Distance Learning, accessed via PowerSource,
• Web-based “Mastery in Minutes” training includes short tutorials that are topic-specific for easy answers to simple tasks
• Online distance learning consists of interactive courses approximately one hour in duration. Designed for adult learners, this type of training includes authentic assessment, interactive storylines, and hand-drawn graphics to engage learners.
• Unlimited access! LEAs determine who can access the materials
Authentic Assessment to evaluate understanding of concepts
Practice throughout the course
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What Assessment Items are available?
DPI has loaded a total of 35,919 assessment items (as of Sept 19th 2014)
• ELA – 6,352
• Math – 13,536
• Science – 12,834
• Social Studies – 2,432
• Additionally, there are 869 passages
More items/ Passages can be created and submitted for approval to the state. Once approved they will be available for every educator in North Carolina.
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What Instructional Materials are available? DPI has loaded a total of 38,026 instructional materials (as of sept 19th 2014)
• Curricular Units - 396
• Instructional Units– 1,545
• Lesson Plans – 12,212
• Assessments - 442
• Resources – 11,454
• External Resources – 11,977
More instructional materials can be created and submitted for approval to the state. Once approved they will be available for every education in North Carolina.
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My Schoolnet Home Page
The Schoolnet home page provides shortcuts to key information about your students, school and district. Principal and teacher views differ.
Discussion
• What is the general feeling towards assessment in today’s schools today? Why?
• What are the benefits of assessments to educators, and students?
• What is a positive experience you have had with assessment either as a student, parent, or educator?
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Common Assessment Problems
We are not sure:
•Why we are assessing
•What we are assessing
•How to look at results
•How to communicate targets and results
What is assessment?
Assessment is the process of gathering and interpreting evidence of student learning. It is the crucial link between learning outcomes, content, teaching and learning activities.
Assessment is used by learners and their teachers to decide where the learners are in their learning, where they need to go, and how best to get there.
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performancedata, available
online
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Create testsand test scoring key
Print answersheets and booklets orusernames
Administer tests to students
Scan results or collect them online
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Testing Administration Overview
Analyze
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• Use Assessment Admin to build tests and monitor the collection of results
• View reports on student responses in the Classrooms and School & District Data modules
What is Assessment Admin?
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Login with Student InformationNote- Students will access Schoolnet through PowerSchool in North Carolina
• https://homebasetraining.schoolnet.com
• Username: student_#######
• Password: See sheet
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Student Online Assessment Experience• Make sure computers are ready for
assessments
• Student signs in and enters online passcode
back2school
Student Online Test Experience
Explain test-taking strategies to students
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Student Online Experience: Test-taking Tools
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Flaggingallows a student
to flag a question for
follow-up
Strike out feature for
multiple-choice items
Hiding/Showing answer choices
Passage Highlighter
The passage highlighter allows for areas of a passage to be highlighted
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Math Manipulatives
• Interactive manipulatives for online testing (calculator, ruler, protractor, compass)
• Manipulatives can be turned on or off for entire test for all students
• Three types of rulers: inch, centimeter, and units
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Protractor
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Compass
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Proctor Dashboard: Monitor an Online Test
• Graphic representation of the progress of the class
• Links to individual student score, answer sheets, and PDF test booklet
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Item Types
TYPE Paper Online Clickers Notes
Multiple choice Y Y Y
T/F Y Y Some
Gridded Y Y Some
Open Response Y Y Some Can be associated with a rubric
Inline Response Y Y N
Matching Y Y N
Hot spot - Single
N Y N
Hot Spot – Multiple
N Y N
Drag and Drop N Y N
Click Stick Drop N Y N
Tasks Some Y N A collection of items
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• Depending on settings, students may see scores as soon as they submit the test
• They can access scores at any time from the Schoolnet home page
• If enabled, students can see not only the correct answer versus their answer, but also the test content
• For some tests, students can self-assess their own open response questions
What do students see?
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Creating an Item
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Adding Item Meta Data ( Best Practice)
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Best Practices
Name – Enter Curricular/Instructional Unit of Study
Publisher – Enter School or District name
Keywords – Enter any key words related to the unit of study
Benchmark Items – Identify if the item has 3 or 4 answer choices and it is available for only for Benchmark assessments
Classroom Items – Identify if the item has 3 or 4 answer choices and it is available for classroom assessments
Item Text Editor
Options: copy/paste, spell check, thesaurus, grammar checker, hyperlinks, special characters, grade level vocabulary (if loaded on site), tables to create columns
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Insert Images
• Do not copy and paste an image; you must insert it as a file
• For peak online test performance, use sizes below 250KB
• Resize images before adding them
• Supported file formats: png, jpg, or gif
• Not suggested for passages of text
• Be sure to preview the item
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Equation Editor
• Open the equation editor from the text editor
• Link to additional equations and syntax to change font size
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Single and Multiple Selection Hot Spot Items• Online tests only
• Can be authored in Schoolnet with shapes defined as rectangles, circles, or polygons
• IE 8 users must upgrade their browser version or download the Google Chrome Frame plug-in in order to author or edit hot spot items
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Create a Passage for Multiple Items
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Rubric for Open Response Items
Single or multidimensional rubrics
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Try it! Create Items
• Create four test items
• Create a passage and connect two items to it
• Create a rubric for an open response question
Discussion
• What types of items did you make and why?
• What are the benefits and drawbacks of each type?
• Which item options did you try?
• What are the potential uses for passages?
• Which standards in your discipline require students to read and analyze passages?
Ways to Create a Test
• Express test
• Manual test
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Item & Test Item Settings
• Enable text formatting
• Enable student comments
• Capture teacher comments on answer sheet
• Enable self-assessment
• Hide item content from students
• Enable tools and manipulatives
• Specify number of items on test
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Manual Method
Add your own questions or use existing items.
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Adding a Passage with Multiple Questions• Add new Item – Look up in Item Central
• Search for the passage
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Ways to Create a Test
• Express test
• Manual test
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Express Test Best Practices
• Do not use the express test for ELA assessments
• Use the express test as a building block for a common assessment. Remember you can always add custom created items to an express test
• Bring in more items then you want so that you can modify the assessment later
• Advanced options allow you to select the type of items you want to display, select items that have/have not been previously used etc… Explore advanced options
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Express Test Method
Select the standards to include and the number of items for each standard.
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Express Test Advanced Options
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Where is My Test? • Teacher dashboard versions
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Scheduling
• Test dates have big implications
• Preview online
• Choose browser vs. Secure Tester
• Many online test options available
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Share Assessments with Gradebook
Assigning a Test as a Teacher
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Options for Test Administration
• Online (Browser)
• Online (Secure Tester)
• Plain paper
• OMR
• Student Response Systems (Clickers)*
• Other
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Scoring Options• Updating scanned results with open-ended score
– Teachers grade responses to open-ended items in Assessment Admin
• Online scoring only (no-scanner approach)– Teachers enter student scores directly in Assessment
Admin – For schools with no scanners or for oral tests
• Damaged scan sheets
– Authorized individuals search for students by ID or name and enter student scores manually
• Upload file
– Upload a spreadsheet of responses
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Where are the Results for Educators?
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Check for Understanding?
• What is your comfort level now compared to this morning?
• What was the most compelling thing you saw today that will excite teachers in your building?
• How does what you learned fit into other district initiatives?
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DAY 2 AM: LESSON PLANNING
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Lesson Planning Learning Goals
At the end of this workshop, you will understand how to:
•Locate available instructional materials
•Create lesson plans and schedule them on a planner
•Assign resources to students
Initial Discussion
• How many times have you wondered if there is a lesson plan from your colleagues about the same concepts you are teaching?
• How do you find that out now and get a copy of it?
Guided Practice
Schoolnet Training Site (Teacher)
• https://homebasetraining.schoolnet.com/
Training Login Information
• Login: teacher1
• Password: back2school
What materials are available to support instruction?
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What Instructional Materials are available? DPI has loaded a total of 26,440 instructional materials (as of July 4th 2014)
• Curricular Units - 315
• Instructional Units– 1,403
• Lesson Plans – 11,219
• Assessments (not a test) - 473
• Resources – 10,057
• External Resources – 2,973
More instructional materials can be created and submitted for approval to the state. Once approved they will be available for every education in North Carolina
My Materials
A combination of the materials that you created and those you saved from a materials search
Standards Search
• Search for standards that contain a keyword
• Locate all materials aligned to a standard
• Schedule standards on the lesson planner
Assign Resources to Students
• Any resource tagged for students that has content can be assigned to a section
• Only teachers can assign resources
Create a Lesson
You can only use one format for each lessonYou can only use one format for each lesson
• Recommend
• Submit for approval
• Edit
• Copy
• View related materials
• Build an express test
• Save locally or print
• Schedule to your lesson planner
Lesson Plan: Available Actions
Attach Resources to a Lesson
• Attach support materials to lessons
• Use the same resource for multiple lessons
Approval Process
Designated administrators can approve materials or request revisions. Approved materials are available to other teachers.
Rename Sections
Schedule on the Lesson Planner
• Drag and drop functionality
• Principal can view
• Personal and section views available
Discussion
• How can Schoolnet benefit administrators and teachers in your school?
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Welcome back
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Day 2 PM: Reporting in Schoolnet
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Reporting Learning Goals
• Educators will learn how to:
- Navigate Schoolnet’s home and sub-pages
- Use Schoolnet to examine data and improve student achievement
• Educators will have the opportunity to:
- Start examining their school’s data
- Begin crafting their own Schoolnet professional development
CLASSROOM LEVEL REPORTING
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Student Data on the Home Page
• Reflects current students
• Select desired class
• View roster and recent test results
Look at the Data
• Find a section of your school that has district and local assessment data
• Examine that assessment:
- In which band do most of your students place?
- What was the average score for your class?
- How did your class do as measured against the school? The district?
Which standards are difficult?
Use the Standards Mastery reports to find out.
Student Mastery Grouping
Which items are difficult for students?
Use the Benchmark Item Analysis report.
INDIVIDUAL STUDENT LEVEL REPORTING
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What information is available about each student?
Printing
• Single student profile
• Multiple student profiles
• One report
• Report for each section of a course
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Benchmark and Classroom Test Dashboard
Trends Report
• How is the class performing?
• Which standards are most difficult?
• Is the class improving?
Group Students for Differentiation
Create student groups based on assessment results or other criteria and view the data in a spreadsheet.
Practice Scenarios
• Which students have perfect attendance so far this year?
• On what standard or skill is your class doing the best? The worst?
• Do you see improvement from one test to the next?
• What instructional materials are available to help students with the skills they are having trouble mastering?
• Which benchmark question did your students do collectively better or worse than the district as a whole?
• Which students are in an LEP (or ELL or ESL) program?
• Which students perform well in math, but not in reading?
• Looking at the data, do you think that benchmark scores are good predictors of standardized test results?
Practice Scenarios (cont.)
• Practice: pick a test, what standard was more difficult, which item, for one student and subject, subject compare grades and scores
• Discussion: How can you use the info you’ve just seen for instructional planning?
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DISTRICT/SCHOOL LEVEL REPORTING
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View Key Performance Indicators
Explore the KPI Dashboard.
How did students perform on benchmark tests?
Reports Available to Investigate Further Access published reports in the Report Bank.
Districts may choose to published reports in the Report Bank. Learn more about this in the Schoolnet II series
Practice Scenarios
Find a section that has district and local assessment data.
- Which skill/standard is the greatest challenge for your students and which standards are the strongest and the weakest?
- What other information do you want to know?
- What evidence of strengths/weaknesses in curriculum, instruction, or assessment are apparent in the data?
Putting It Together
• You are going to a team meeting. Each of your team members needs to bring information about one section of a class that seems to be struggling.
• Select a section in which your results are markedly different than the district or school results on one assessment. Determine which skill and standard was the most challenging for students. Hypothesize about what might contribute to students’ misunderstanding.
• What instructional considerations does the data suggest?
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
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Where can I find helpful resources?• DPI and Pearson have loaded a variety of helpful materials into
Schoolnet including (search Home Base in Instructional Materials)
• Quick reference cards
• End user PowerPoint presentations
• Training scripts
• Schoolnet contains screen specific help on every screen ( to access click the )
• For Hardware and Software questions click System Requirements at the bottom of My Schoolnet (main start screen)
Where do I find more information?
• NCDPI / Home Base website: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/homebase/
- Support documentation
- Webinars available on all Schoolnet topics/components
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Pearson K12 Technology Customer EducationSelf-Paced Distance Learning: When are we training?
• Self-Paced Distance Learning, accessed via PowerSource, 24/7
• Web-based “Mastery in Minutes” training includes short tutorials that are topic-specific for easy answers to simple tasks
• Online distance learning consists of interactive courses approximately one hour in duration. Designed for adult learners, this type of training includes authentic assessment, interactive storylines, and hand-drawn graphics to engage learners.
• Unlimited access! LEAs determine who can access the materials
Authentic Assessment to evaluate understanding of concepts
Practice throughout the course
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Distance Learning and Mastery in Minutes
Enhancement Requests and Forums
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Next Steps
• Wrap up
• Questions and answers
• Evaluation
• Explore on your own site
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