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Dallas
Independent
School
District
A Solid Partnership
Getting Started with Istation
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Do you know your username and password?
If not, you can reset your password in the system by going to
www.istation.comClick on Customer Login, after you
have selected your school, click
Forgot Username or Password?Forgot User Name or Password?
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Face-to-Face Instruction
Online Assessments
Interactive Instruction
A True Blended Learning Solution
Istation provides a blended learning solution, with its mix of technology and traditional face-to-face instruction. Blended learning combines classroom instruction with online learning. Istation provides animated, engaging, and interactive instruction in a game-like format for students.The Online Assessment allows for screening an entire class in about 30 minutes depending on the grade level and individual students.
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Available on Any Device
Remember that Istation is available now on all devices. To download the student icon, go to the website, after you log in, click on the red button that says, Download Istation.
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Before the First ISIP
✓ Computers/Devices and Headphones Function Properly
✓ Istation App is downloaded to computers
✓ Students’ and Educators’ Data is Imported into Istation
✓ Teachers have received account information
MAKE SURE:
This can all be done ahead of time so that everything is ready to go!All teachers need to know their log-in information, so that they are able to monitor
their students’ progress, access their data, and use the teacher directed lessons. Teachers may need to set up a new password if they have never logged into Istation. If they have forgotten their password, they can reset it by going to the website at www.istation.com, clicking on Customer Login (upper right hand corner), then clicking on the purple button that says, “Forgot User Name or Password?”
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Before the First ISIP
✓ Teachers become familiar with the assessment and interactive instruction
✓ Student Log-in Cards have been printed
✓ Teachers and Administrators have viewed the Getting Started with Istation on the website (Day 1 and Month 1)
MAKE SURE:
It is important for teachers to take the ISIP themselves (if they never have done this) to see what their students are being asked on the assessment.Student Log-in Cards may be printed in two different sizes or on a one pager for easy teacher reference. The log-in cards for each classroom are located on the Classroom Tab.There are videos, webinars, guide sheets, etc. available on the website to get you started. Once you log in on the website, click on the green button on the right hand side of the page that says, Help Center to find Day 1, Month 1. You may also click on the green button that says, Set Up Istation. You will find instructions for importing, installation, and Student Log-in information.
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Before the First ISIP
MAKE SURE:Educators can use the Istation Cards on the Website Homepage to access the Getting Started Board.
Istation has a new feature for all educators called Istation Cards. The cards will be available when you log in on your Homepage on the website. They will appear up at the top of your homepage. The cards will be ongoing throughout the year with timely information, tips, tours, links, etc. You will click on a Card, complete it, and it will post to your personal Board. Tip…the more often you complete a card, the more new cards you will see!
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Istation: Fidelity of Use
Automatic Monthly Progress Monitoring
Benchmark Dates for Grades 3-8:BOY – Sept. 5 – Oct. 13
MOY – Jan. 9 – Feb. 9
EOY – Apr. 16 – May 25
Suggestion: K-2 students preview themodeling for Reading & Math in Sept. before the first ISIP.
• The Early Childhood Department provides a different assessment schedule for K-2:BOY Oct. 1-30MOY Jan. 9-31EOY Apr. 2-30
• Remember the students automatically receive the ISIP, the first time they login each month. Then they are placed seamlessly into their own instructional path in the interactive curriculum for the rest of the month. The teacher does not need to do anything for this to happen.
• The modeling activity is located on the student icon. Click on ISIP Modeling for Reading and Math in English and Modelando ISIP for Spanish.
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Istation: Fidelity of Use
➢Develop an Assessment Schedule for Classes (Schedule assessments early each month)
➢ISIP Monthly Administration = Consistent Data (Teachers need to Monitor during the assessment each month.)
It is important for the students to be monitored during the assessment each month. Students need to do their best on the ISIP to ensure they are placed in their correct instructional path based on how they responded on the assessment.
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Istation: Fidelity of Use
➢Interactive Instruction / Utilize the Recommended Usage Times for Tiers
This slide shows where the Usage Criteria for each Tier, in Reading and Math, can be found on the website….on the Homepage, in the Toolbox. Use the minutes in the Supplemental Category for English Reading. The minutes are the same for English and Spanish Reading. You can find the Math minutes for all grade levels at this location also.
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Tier 1
Tier 2
Tier 3
Students use the program for 30 or more minutes per week.
Students use the program for 60 or more minutes per week.
Students use the program for 90 or more minutes per week.
Recommended Minimum Usage
Istation Reading
This is the recommended minimum usage for Reading in English or Spanish. The minutes per week are the same for both languages. The Istation research and our reports are based on fidelity to the recommended minutes. Your campus may need to be creative in figuring out a way to provide extra minutes for your Tier 2 and Tier 3 students. Teachers may need to set up a rotation in their classrooms, schedule an extra time in the computer lab, take advantage of Home when students have access, provide a before school computer lab time, etc.
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Istation's Indicators of Progress(ISIP™)
• Computer Adaptive (CAT) assessment designed to find each student’s Zone of Proximal Development*
• Highly rated by National Center on Response to Intervention (NCRTI)
• Ongoing studies are conducted for… ✓Validity and Reliability Measures✓Periodic Re-norming
What Is ISIP?
*Developed by Lev Vygotsky
• Reading with ISIP and Lectura con ISIP are computer adaptive. A computer adaptive assessment is designed to adjust its level of question difficulty based on the responses provided by the students. It is matching the knowledge and ability of the test taker.
• Math with ISIP is computer adaptive within the grade level.
• Several universities, in partnership with Istation, conduct ongoing research on the assessment, the program, and the data. Istation is committed to maintaining the validity and reliability of its product, and periodically re-norms every 3-5 years.
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Pre-K& K
1st Grade
2nd & 3rd Grade
Listening ComprehensionPhonemic AwarenessLetter KnowledgeVocabulary
Phonemic AwarenessLetter KnowledgeVocabularyAlphabetic DecodingComprehensionSpellingConnected Text Fluency* (Maze/Cloze Passage)
VocabularyComprehensionSpellingConnected Text Fluency*(Maze/Cloze Passage)
Grade SubtestsISIP Early Reading
*Text Fluency subtest is not included in overall ability score.
This slide shows the subtests for ISIP Early Reading in English, PreK-3rd grade.Note that the subtest for Text Fluency is a separate score and is not included in the overall reading ability score.A description of each subtest is available in the Interactive User’s Guide on the website.
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GradeISIP Español
Subtests
Pre-K & K
1st Grade
2nd Grade &3rd Grade
Vocabulario/VocabularyComprensión auditiva/Listening ComprehensionDestreza fonológica /Phonological Awareness & Phonics
Vocabulario/VocabularyComprensión de lectura/ Reading ComprehensionDestreza fonológica/Phonological Awareness & PhonicsComunicación escrita/Spelling & Writing Conventions
Vocabulario/VocabularyComprensión de lectura/Reading ComprehensionComunicación escrita/Spelling and Writing ConventionsLectura con fluidez/Text Fluency*
* The fluency subtest is not included in the overall ability score.
The subtests in Spanish are similar to the English Reading ISIP. However, the Spanish items are not translated or trans-adapted, but written especially for Spanish speaking students. The main difference is the addition of the Comunicación escrita subtest.
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Word Analysis
Fluency
Vocabulary
Comprehension
Domain SubtestsISIP Advanced
ReadingGrades 4-8
Word Analysis(Fully Specified OrthographicRepresentation)
Text Fluency*(Maze/Cloze Passage)
Vocabulary(General & Content)
Comprehension(Main Idea, Inference, Critical Judgment & Cause & Effect)
* The fluency subtest is not included in overall ability score.
Again, text fluency is a separate score and not included in the Overall reading ability score for the Advanced Reading ISIP.If you want to read a description of any of the subtests for Early Reading, Spanish, or Advanced Reading, you can go to our Get Help green button (upper right hand corner of the Homepage) and click on the FAQs for our Interactive User’s Guide and search ISIP subtests.
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ISIP LecturaAvanzadaGrades 4-5
Vocabulario/Vocabulary
Comprensión de lectura/Reading Comprehension
Comunicación escrita/ WritingConventions & Spelling
Lectura con fluidez/Text Fluency*
*The fluency score is not included in the overall ability score.
These are the subtests for the new Spanish Advanced Reading ISIP in Grades 4-5.
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This slide shows the location of the 3 ISIPs on the student app.
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The Istation
Student App
On the student app, you (teachers & admin) can login using YOUR username and password. You are able to take the test yourself.For PreK-1…students are able to login to the ISIP Modeling or the Modelando ISIP to practice how to take the assessment. This is recommended to have the students do before they take the first ISIP in the Fall. It does not count as part of their ISIP score, it is just practice! The ISIP Early MATH Modeling is located inside the Reading ISIP Modeling icon.
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0 – 20th
percentile
21st – 40th
percentile
Above the 40th
percentile
Istation’s Instructional Tiers
Tier 3
Tier 2
Tier 1
Critical Intervention0-10th percentile
Once students take the ISIP (Reading, Spanish, or Math), they are
immediately placed into Tiers based on their performance on the ISIP
assessment. The Tiers are color-coded for easy recognition. Tier 1 students
are performing at or above grade level, Tier 2 students are moderately
below grade level and in need of intervention, and Tier 3 students could be
as much as one to two grade levels below their grade level and in need of
intervention. The students that are at the 10th percentile or lower are
considered Critical Intervention and will be highlighted in an orange color
on our reports. They are seriously below grade level and in need of intensive
intervention.
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LecturaAvanzada
Learning to Read Reading to Learn
DifferentiatedInstruction:
Reading
Cycles of Interactive InstructionEnglish (Cycle 0 and above)Spanish (Cycle 1 and above)
LecturaTemprana
Advanced Reading
Early Reading
English Cycles 0 -15 and then Timeless TalesSpanish Cycles 1-14 and Cycle 16 currently • Once the students complete the assessment, they are dropped seamlessly into the Cycles
of Instruction. The English Early Reading begins with Cycle 0, which follows the PreK Foundations program. The Spanish Instruction begins with Cycle 1.
• This slide is animated to show that if a student takes the Early Reading test, but is working at a higher level, the student will then be placed at a higher level along the continuum of instruction. (In the cycles)
• And the opposite is true also…. that if a student takes the Advanced Reading ISIP, but is working at a lower level, they will be dropped into the continuum of instruction at the appropriate lower level, indicated by the ISIP.
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ToolboxProvides resources
for Reading and
interpreting all
Istation Reports
and ISIP
Assessments
The Toolbox, found on the top menu on your Homepage, has the resources you may want to use: Reading Level Guide, Instructional Tier Goals chart, Usage Criteria, and Cycle Descriptions.
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Teacher ResourcesReading…Search for lessons, books, and materials in English or Spanish
One way to get to Teacher Resources, is to click on the Red Button on the right side of the Homepage, then you can search for English, Spanish, or Math lessons and resources.
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• Over 2,700 teacher-directed lessons
• 250+ printable books
• Word banks
• Educational games
• Easy-to-use guides
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Teacher-Led Intervention
Istation’s Blended Learning Solution provides many resources for the teacher…teacher directed scripted lessons, books to be projected or downloaded and used in small group instruction, games, word banks, poetry, graphic organizers, writing prompts, and much more at the teacher’s finger tips.
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Whiteboard InteractiveProjectable Lessons
TEACHER STATION in EnglishThere are interactive whiteboard projectable books and lessons located on the student app. These are for the teacher to use in whole class instruction or small groups. They are found in Teacher Station. The students do not have this icon.
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Whiteboard InteractiveProjectable Lessons
TEACHER STATION en EspañolThere are interactive whiteboard projectable books and lessons located on the student app. These are for the teacher to use in whole class instruction or small groups. They are found in Teacher Station en Español. The students do not have this icon.
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• Build background
• Activate prior knowledge
• Front load vocabulary
• Teach Science concepts
Cross Curriculum
Connections
Interactive Science Labs…
There are projectable Science lessons located in Teacher Station. These lessons are non-graded with important science vocabulary and content… Perfect for science teachers! The lessons are taught for the teacher and could be used to introduce content, develop and teach a new concept, or review a previously taught concept. They are interactive and highly engaging for the students.
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Fiction and Nonfiction Texts
Lexile Levels BR - 1175
There are several hundred projectable books in English and Spanish found on the student app… under Books or Libros.There are fiction, nonfiction, poetry, decodables, and alphabet books. Teachers can project a book and use it as the vehicle to teach a lesson. Each book is lexiled and has a focus of instruction. These books can be printed, read together, or listened to…
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The Writing Process
for
Expository and Narrative Essays
Writing Lessons with Scaffolds
Six Traits of Writing and Paragraph Building
Writing is also available on the student app as a separate icon for the students or in Teacher Station for the teacher to use with the whole class or a small group. The Writing is recommended for grades 3 and up, but a teacher could model the 6 traits of writing starting the second semester of 2nd grade. These are projectable and interactive lessons taught by Calvin Cool. We will offer training this year in how to use Istation’s writing program.*Writing materials, lessons, and prompts are also available in Teacher Resources, starting as low as Kinder level.
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Istation Home• Istation Home allows students to practice needed skills at home.
• From the Istation Website, teachers can create a parent letter to send home with directions for student login and Parent Portal.
• Teachers can also create Assignments for students to complete at home.
• Parent Portal allows parents to see reports and instructional materials for their child.
• Assessments are NEVER given at home.
Students continue working in their instructional path at Home…picking up where they left off at school. This is one way to supplement the extra minutes that are needed weekly for Tier 2 and Tier 3 students. We don’t encourage over usage at home…For example, we would not want to see Tier 1 students with 400 minutes for the week, but we do encourage the Tier 2 and Tier 3 students to use Home practice to get their 60 or 90 minutes in per week.
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Resources and handouts can be found here:
www.padlet.com/sjones29/Roswewww.padlet.com/gthompson8/DISDPD
Go to the padlet to get your materials and handouts…We will be adding to this padlet throughout the year.
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99.7% of Eligible
Students Enrolled in Istation
Support Monday-Friday, 7:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. CSTEmail: [email protected]: 866-883-READ (7323) EXT: 2
Keep the number for Support handy. Call when you have a question or if something should go wrong when a student is working on the computer. Call right then, so the student doesn’t miss their computer time. Support will login remotely and fix the problem!
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