3. Learning Goals
At the end of this workshop, you will be familiar with the
following:
•Logging in and basic navigation of Home Base
•Tracking the instructional progress of classes and students by
standard and using diagnostic assessment data from multiple
sources to analyze students achievement
•Locating available instructional materials
•Creating lesson plans and scheduling on a planner
•Strategies for turnaround training
4. Logging into Home Base
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8. Try It Out
Practice
•Find a student
•Create a PDF of the profile
•If available, compare classroom grade and test
scores for a subject
Check for Understanding
•What are two ways to get to a student profile?
•What kinds of data are available?
15. Try It Out
Practice
•Access each type of report
- Change view by options
Discussion
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How can report data impact instruction?
What is the purpose of each report?
What kinds of questions could each report
answer?
22. Standards Search
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Search for standards that contain a keyword
Locate all materials aligned to a standard
Schedule standards on the lesson planner
Be sure to search appropriate level of the standards
hierarchy
23. My Materials
A combination of the materials that you created
and those you saved from a materials search
24. Try it Out
Practice
•Locate a lesson and a resource and save to My
Materials
Check for understanding
•What are two ways a material gets into My
Materials?
•What materials are available for the subjects
you teach?
26. Attach Resources to a Lesson
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Attach support materials to lessons
Use the same resource for multiple lessons
27. Lesson Plan: Available Actions
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Recommend
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Submit for approval
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Edit and copy
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View related materials
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Build an express test
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Save locally or print
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Schedule to your lesson planner
28. Try It Out
Practice
•Create a resource (for students)
•Create a lesson with the above resource
attached
•Edit a lesson
33. Try It Out
Practice
•Schedule a lesson and event on your planner
•Rename sections if helpful/time
•Add a note to one day
Check for Understanding
•Who can see your planner?
•Who can add to your planner?
34. Assign Resources to Students
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Any resource tagged for students that has
content can be assigned to a section
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Only teachers can assign resources
36. Practice Scenarios
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Which students have perfect attendance so far this year?
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Do you see improvement from one test to the next?
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Which benchmark question did your students do collectively
better or worse than the district as a whole?
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Which students are in an LEP (or ELL/ESL) program?
On what standard/skill is your class doing the best? The
worst?
What instructional materials are available to help students
with the skills they are having trouble mastering?
Which students perform well in math, but not reading?
Looking at the data, do you think that benchmark scores are
good predictors of standardized test results?
38. What is Assessment Admin?
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Assessment Admin is used to build tests and monitor
the collection of results
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Reporting on the actual student responses is done in
the Classrooms and School & District Data modules
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39. Testing Administration Overview
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Create tests
and test
scoring
key
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Print answer
sheets and
booklets, or
usernames
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Tests
administered
to students
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Results
scanned or
collected
online
Performance
data available
online for
analysis
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41. Create Test Content (items)
Create items separately or as part of a test
TEST
TEST
CENTRAL
CENTRAL
Select items from
Select items from
Item Central
Item Central
ITEM
ITEM
CENTRAL
CENTRAL
Set up test
Set up test
Create items
Create items
within test
within test
Add items to
Add items to
Item Central
Item Central
Create
Create
items
items
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43. Create Items – Multiple Types Available
• Multiple choice
• True/false
• Gridded
• Open response (can attach a rubric – if time)
• Inline response*
• Matching*
Any item type may be attached to a passage
44. Insert Images
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Do not paste in image – must insert as a file
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Resize images before adding
For peak online test performance, use sizes
below 250KB
Supported file formats: png, jpg, or gif
Not suggested for passages of text
Be sure to preview the item
45. Equation Editor
• Open the Equation Editor from the text editor
• Link to additional equations and syntax to change font size
50. Rubric for Open Response Items
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Single or multidimensional rubrics
51. Submit and Approval Process
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Any user can submit an item, passage or rubric
to be shared
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Users who are permissioned to do so can
approve content at their default institution
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Once approved, content is no longer editable
by the submitter
53. Two Kinds of Tests
Benchmark
Classroom
•Results appear in School &
•Results only appear in
•Tests created at the district or
•Tests created for the purpose of
District Data and Classrooms
school level for the purpose of
institution-wide data collection
•Only highest level category
used for KPI calculations
Classrooms
classroom use
•Can be teacher-created or
selected from a pool of premade tests
•My Classroom or Common
Classroom categories available
57. Try It Out: Create a Test
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Create a test with the items you created
Add additional items from the item bank
Modify the score group or item numbering
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64. Ways to Administer a Test
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Online (including iPad)
Student Response Systems (clickers)*
Paper
Other (bulk upload results)
65. Printing
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Options available on test detail page
Discuss who will print:
- Test booklet
- Answer sheets
- Answer key
- Scoring instructions
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66. Proctor Dashboard: Monitor an Online Test
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Graphic representation of the
portion of the class that is
complete
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Links to individual student
score, answer sheets and PDF
test booklet
67. Student Online Test Experience
• Make sure computers are ready for testing
• Student logs in and enters online passcode
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68. Student Online Test Experience
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Explain test taking strategies to students
69. Scoring Options
• Updating Scanned Results with Open-Ended Score:
Teachers grade student 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 manually enter
student scores
• Upload File:
Upload a spreadsheet of responses
71. Where are the Results?
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Classroom and School & District Data
72. Available support materials
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Additional Home Base questions – NCDPI PD leads -have been
through Certification training and can help with implementation
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PowerSchool info provided by NC WISE coordinator
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PowerSource documents and Distance Learning available they were
already provided access.
All LEAs will receive training logins for turnaround training Mid July
Home Base IIS training materials available within Home Base IIS –
Search under materials for Home Base IIS
Taking attendance - Chair must not be greyed out. If it is greyed out the class is not in session
Single day attendance
Student – alerts – medical, guardian, discipline, etc.
For any more training information regarding Power School please contact your NC Wise Coordinator or visit PowerSource
- Have participants log in now
- Show My Classroom section picker – this is the ‘student set’
- Show roster
- Show Classroom Assessment Monitor – if no benchmark available, defaults to standardized test – most recent - teachers typically see this web part, frequently turned off for administrators
Note- Schoolnet is like a shell all information is being pulled from PowerSchool.
Anywhere you see a student name in blue text, such as on a report, you can click it to access the student profile. The Student Profile page is similar to an online cumulative folder. Teachers have a roster in the Schoolnet home page and in the Classrooms module that links to each profile.
Show how to link to the student profile from the name in a roster or the Classroom Assessment Monitor. Also show the Find a Student (type-ahead) search field—search using first name last name or student ID
Anywhere you see a student name in blue text, such as on a report, you can click it to access the student profile. The Student Profile page is similar to an online cumulative folder. Teachers have a roster in the Schoolnet home page and in the Classrooms module that links to each profile.
Building block of all reports
Demonstrate and discuss the available information on each tab of the Student Profile page
Show PDF link (do batch print later)
Show how to pick a section, and the navigation options available
Explain course vs. section – in Classrooms can look at 2 sections of same course together
Show how to get here from sub-navigation
Talk about teacher drop-down menu for principals
Point out link to curriculum and past year sections, if applicable
Classrooms and benchmarks dashboards work the same way—difference between two categories
Expand a test—the best way to navigate to reports—these are the same links we saw on the Classroom Assessment Monitor
In this classroom report, results are grouped by standard; it shows how many students are in each score group per standard
Materials and standards coverage
Drill in to see names
Try it out
Discuss Times Taught and Times Assessed
Will parse out results from open response items associated with multi-dimensional rubric
Standards and Materials may be scheduled directly to the Lesson Planner from this screen—try it later
This report is available both at the school and classroom level. In this classroom example, the teacher can see not only which questions struggled with, but also see the most popular wrong answers
Go to benchmark/classroom dashboard (or My Schoolnet) to get to item analysis
Views – Low performing option, Current vs. total enrollment
Section wide comparison
Click on item - sometimes content not available
Generate PDF to view printable view
Practice – have participants identify a question that many students missed and speculate on reasons why
It works the same way for standardized tests
Can drill down to skill level IF score group results are available
Look at groups, marks, latest benchmarks
Quick access to profiles
Use to batch print profiles—demonstrate
Birthday feature
Discuss a student group from the Item Analysis report or Standards Mastery report
Only you can see your student groups
Make notes regarding student instruction or progress
Determine appropriate instructional strategies
Differentiate instruction based on student needs
View in the analysis spreadsheet
Edit membership
Comments
Print list
Should have at least one pre-made column set available; you can also add your own columns
By default, student set is the selected section – can override with student group
If available, show running existing and editing
Otherwise, start with creating
Maximum of 25 columns
Can export to Excel
Trainer–be familiar with what is available for audience
Discuss how materials get in bank—source—NCLOR (North Carolina Learning Object Repository) Instructional Materials will be provided by the state (currently approx 7000 loaded)
Explain suggested materials, if implemented
Just click Search to see all available filters or browse available materials
Search by subject, grade, keyword, standard, material type, and more
Demonstrate external materials, if available, and explain differences – External Resources an be saved to My Materials but not edited.
Demonstrate how to search and save to My Materials
Sorting
Not only can you search for materials, but you can also search for standards and see what materials are available per standard
Be sure to point out that you can only search for one level of the standards hierarchy at a time. Select which level in the bottom left.
Use this screen to discuss the different material types—point to icons and discuss
This stays from one school year to the next.
Filtering works the same way as in the Materials Bank
In the lesson template, enter the information identified by the required fields, marked with an asterisks (*)
Include the duration (recommended because of the impacts on the planner)
Align to standards. which can be from other grades and subjects
Create content for each template type—but don’t switch
If usign the district template, any attachments must be added as a linked resource later
In the lesson template, enter the information identified by the required fields, marked with an asterisks
If your lesson already exists in another document, you can simply copy and paste text into this template
Any attachments must be added as a linked resource
Instructional units – Attached lesson plans, resources, and assessments
Lesson plans – Attach resources and assessments
This is the only way to add an attachment when using the district template
Can pull from bank, My Materials, or create on the fly—new resources become separate material
Show organizers in next tab
Show how to view detail to exit and return to lesson through My Materials
Actions will vary according to your role and the source of the material
We’ll discuss the submission process in a moment
You can:
Recommend an instructional material (similar to a “Like” on Facebook)
View Related Materials – Will display any material that is aligned to the same standards
Express test – create a pre- or post quiz using items aligned to the same standards
Submit to School then District the State. If none, discuss all possible options. Reference QRC.
Once you submit a lesson:
The lesson goes first to a school approver
If approved, it is available to other teachers at your school and can be submitted to the district
When approved at the district level, it is available district-wide
If approved, it is available to all Teachers in your District and can be submitted to the State
When approved at the State level, it is available State-wide
It can’t be edited once approved, but you can make editable copies
Designated users have a link to approve materials. There is an approval alert web part that can be added to My Schoolnet.
Benefit – keep track of standards coverage (reference Standards Mastery report)
Show views, scheduling events
Copying, extending length
Add note, attachment
Printing options
Discuss how principals can view (read only access)
If you can’t tell multiple sections of the same course apart, you can rename them.
If time demonstrate otherwise just talk to it
If needed, can copy some existing resources and edit the local copy to be tagged for students so they can be assigned.
If time permits, give a preview of School & District Data
Use for individual or group practice. Tell participants to adjust scenarios to make them more meaningful, if desired.
This is the focus of this afternoon’s training
This is the workflow…. Note that #5 happens in School & District Data and Classrooms.
Online testing, Clickers, Scanning, Traditional Paper and Pencil
<KEEP SLIDE ANIMATION>
In Assessment Admin, test items can be created in two different ways. NCDPI have loaded approx 22,000 items (ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies a bank of items to start with.
<CLICK and TALK THROUGH FIRST WORKFLOW – TEST CENTRAL to ITEM CENTRAL>
<CLICK and TALK THROUGH SECOND WORKLOW – ITEM CENTRAL, THEN PULLED INTO A TEST>
‘Layer’ filters to locate desired items, such as by keyword, grade and subject
Advanced search options
This is why you want to add meta data to items
Give participants time to see what is available for the subjects and grades they teach
If items aren’t available for your needs, easy to build new items
Refer back to quiz if taken
All types supported by paper and online, some on clickers
Demonstrate basic multiple choice with preview
Note that alerts don’t refresh until page does – can ignore unless you need to submit – preview make completed alerts go away
Demo site is having issues so talk to it but do not do
Size limitation – will let you know if too big
Resize before pasting in
Can put text in window
Coming in V15
Something else for math teachers…
Interactive manipulatives can be made available to students for online testing (ruler, protractor, compass)
Manipulatives are enabled on a test by test basis
Images in the test tunnels and printed test booklets will no longer be scaled down, this ensures image measurements remain as intended
Each manipulative has its own button which will launch the tool
NOTE: Due to a Safari 5 defect we are unable to support manipulatives on this browser, Mac users can use Safari 6 or Google Chrome
Reference QRC
Users permissioned to create items for other users will see this screen when they save an item and have the option to choose who else will be able to see the item.
Discuss use case for each
Suggest sticking with one grade and subject – invite participants to try out the features that apply to their classes (math equations, reading passages…)
Discuss
Demo best practices – use sample text doc to copy and paste
Discuss potential uses – Social studies adding Maps and Pictures, Math – Graphs and charts, ELA reading passages.
Create with first item, when you create additional items link the new passage to them
Add subject and grade, type
Orientation – can change later
Save or add new item
Passage orientation is for online testing only
Contrast to scoring instructions – if you have multiple items for same rubric, worth building a rubric
Will replace standard on item
Lowest level first
Can define a 0 level
Reference QRC
Items will be submitted to school. Approved by nominated Approver. – Reference QRCs
In Assessment Admin, we can create two kinds of tests. Benchmark is a generic term that covers all interim assessments not loaded as standardized tests – might call them progress checks, baselines, minis, etc. Tests can be made required or optional for teachers.
Express test (With or without existing items), add passages manually
Manual test – either from within item central or start new
naming conventions
Test categories – review
If teachers have access to create common classroom, they also have school benchmark category – be sure to pick appropriately
All multiple choice options
Explain AKO option
Score type
Customization options on test: Numbering, cut scores, attach resources
How differs
No passages
Ok if no items
Tip – request more than you need so you came pick the best options
Screen varies for teachers with no extra permissions
Use to locate tests
Point out recently viewed test drop-down
When entering dates, take the following into consideration:
The dates must be within the current school year
You can scan paper tests any time after the start date, even beyond the end date
Online tests can be administered any time within the window, and even after if the window restriction option is not selected
Remember, students can’t actually take the test until they are provided with the online passcode.
The score date is the recommended date for the test proctor to complete and score open response items and scan test results
Unless granted additional permissions, teachers do not have access to test content until the start date; however, they can print answer sheets once the test is scheduled
Benchmark assessments created at the highest level institution are used to calculate Key Performance Indicators in the School and District Data module
If benchmark KPIs are enabled, and if there are multiple tests assigned to the same grade level and subject, you may wish to consider coordinating the start date within the same window.For example, if 10th-grade students may take either a geometry or an algebra assessment in October, enter the same start date for each to include both tests in the calculation.
Schoolnet Secure Tester is not being used in the State of North Carolina
North Carolina will have an option to share the test with their gradebook.
Students use the passcode to access the test online. The code must be unique site-wide for each test.
Scramble questions -Do not use this option if your test has multiple passages with multiple linked questions. This feature could hinder students by forcing them to answer multiple questions on the same passage out of order.
Limit student test access to approved internet addresses is not being used in the State of North Carolina
Teachers can share assessments with PowerTeacher Gradebook when creating a test or after the test has been scheduled. Sharing tests with the Gradebook allows test details and student scores to automatically be added to the Gradebook upon saving, preventing information from being entered twice. Share Assessments with PowerSchool
Teachers can accept quick assignment (based on subject and grade level), choose specific sections or pick students
Test admins can assign or recommend by course:
Assign - teachers are required to administer the test
Recommend to teachers – Select to recommend this test to students based on their course enrollment; teachers may assign the test to students, but are not required to do so
Recommend to schools – Select to recommend this test to adminstrators who may assign the test to a teacher or section. Use the option to recommend to schools when you do not have sufficient knowledge of the courses at each school to assign the tests to courses. Will need to set up a test admin at the school
Which will you use
Advantages and barriers for each
Strategies – stations, rotating labs
*supported models only
Will you print district tests centrally or at each school or classroom?
Don’t use username/password links here (or in Assessment Admin) if students log in thru powerschool or another portal
Reference QRC
Point out highlighting, hide, flag, manipulatives if applicable, test summary, timer
Teachers can experience via test preview
Upload file is useful for results from 3rd party tests, such as clickers
Answer sheets must be scanned on a scanner attached to a computer installed with ScanIt
Point out My Schoolnet link is the ‘I’m lost, reset button
What’s new
Any custom links to materials
Online help
Knowledgebase in PowerSource – Mastery in Mins, Courses and documentation i.e. QRC’s
DL if applicable