Home Base IISSchoolnet Classrooms

Introduction

Donna Albaugh, Mary Keel,

Robin Loflin Smith

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

Logging into Home Base

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PowerTeacher – Opening the IIS

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Student Data on the Home Page

- Reflects current students- Select desired class- View roster and recent

test results

What information is available about each student?

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?

Teacher Dashboard

Which standards are difficult? Use Standards Mastery Reports

Which items are difficult for students? Use Benchmark Item Analysis

Skills Analysis• View percent correct by skill at any level of the

standards hierarchy

• View for one test or click Year-To-Date

Standards Mastery: Standardized Test Report

Discussion

Try It Out

Practice

•Access each type of report

- Change view by options

Discussion

• How can report data impact instruction?

• What is the purpose of each report?

• What kinds of questions could each report answer?

Student List and Printing

Group Students for DifferentiationCreate student groups based on assessment results or other criteria and view the data in a spreadsheet

Student Analysis SpreadsheetHow are my students performing across multiple data points?

Try It Out

Practice

•Batch print profiles

•View a spreadsheet

•Sort a column

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

What materials are available to support instruction?

Standards Search

• 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

My Materials

A combination of the materials that you created and those you saved from a materials search

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?

Create a Resource/Lesson

You can only use one format for each lessonYou can only use one format for each lesson

Attach Resources to a Lesson

• Attach support materials to lessons

• Use the same resource for multiple lessons

• Recommend

• Submit for approval

• Edit and copy

• View related materials

• Build an express test

• Save locally or print

• Schedule to your lesson planner

Lesson Plan: Available Actions

Try It Out

Practice

•Create a resource (for students)

•Create a lesson with the above resource attached

•Edit a lesson

Submit for Approval

• Share materials with other teachers

Approval ProcessDesignated administrators can approve materials or request revisions. Approved materials are available to other teachers.

Schedule on the Lesson Planner

• Drag and drop functionality

• Viewable by principal

• Personal and section views available

Rename Sections

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?

Assign Resources to Students

• Any resource tagged for students that has content can be assigned to a section

• Only teachers can assign resources

Key Performance Indicators

Practice Scenarios• Which students have perfect attendance so far this year?

• On what standard/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/ESL) program?

• 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?

Next Steps

• Wrap Up Classrooms - Lunch

• Assessment Admin is used to build tests and monitor the collection of results

• Reporting on the actual student responses is done in the Classrooms and School & District Data modules

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What is Assessment Admin?

Performancedata available

online foranalysis

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Create testsand test scoringkey

Print answersheets and booklets, orusernames

Tests administered to students

Results scanned or collected online

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Testing Administration Overview

LOCATE AND CREATE ITEMS

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Create Test Content (items)

ITEM CENTRAL

ITEM CENTRAL

TEST CENTRAL

TEST CENTRAL

Create itemsCreate items

Set up testSet up test

Create items within test

Create items within test

Add items to Item CentralAdd items to Item Central

Select items from Item Central

Select items from Item Central

Create items separately or as part of a test

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Locate Items, Passages, and Rubrics

• Filter by subject, grade, standard and more

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

Insert Images

• Do not paste in image – must insert as a file

• For peak online test performance, use sizes below 250KB

• Resize images before adding

• Supported file formats: png, jpg, or gif

• Not suggested for passages of text

• Be sure to preview the item

Equation Editor • Open the Equation Editor from the text editor

• Link to additional equations and syntax to change font size

Math Manipulatives

• Interactive manipulatives for online testing (ruler, protractor, compass)

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Item Visibility Options

Try It: Create Items

• Create one item of each type

• Discuss pros and cons of each

Create a Passage for Multiple Items

Rubric for Open Response Items

• Single or multidimensional rubrics

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Submit and Approval Process

• Any user can submit an item, passage or rubric to be shared

• Users who are permissioned to do so can approve content at their default institution

• Once approved, content is no longer editable by the submitter

CREATE AND SCHEDULE A TEST

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Two Kinds of Tests

Benchmark

•Results appear in School & District Data and Classrooms

•Tests created at the district or school level for the purpose of institution-wide data collection

•Only highest level category used for KPI calculations

Classroom

•Results only appear in Classrooms

•Tests created for the purpose of classroom use

•Can be teacher-created or selected from a pool of pre-made tests

•My Classroom or Common Classroom categories available

Ways to Create a Test• Express test

• Manual test

Express Test Method

• Select the standards to include and the number of items for each

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Manual Method

• Add your own questions or use existing items

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Try It Out: Create a Test

- 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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Where is My Test? Two Dashboard Versions

Test Schedule Dates

Online Test Options

Share Assessments with Gradebook

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Assign Test

ADMINISTER A TEST

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Ways to Administer a Test

• Online (including iPad)

• Student Response Systems (clickers)*

• Paper

• Other (bulk upload results)

Printing

• Options available on test detail page

Discuss who will print:

- Test booklet

- Answer sheets

- Answer key

- Scoring instructions

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Proctor Dashboard: Monitor an Online Test

• Graphic representation of the portion of the class that is complete

• Links to individual student score, answer sheets and PDF test booklet

Student Online Test Experience• Make sure computers are ready for testing

• Student logs in and enters online passcode

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Student Online Test Experience

• Explain test taking strategies to students

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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

Scanning: ScanIt Application

Where are the Results?

• Classroom and School & District Data

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Searching for Training Materials

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Select Instructional Materials under the Classrooms tab

Searching for Training Materials

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Note: Uncheck the box to limit to subjects and grades that I teach

Search for Home Base

Searching for Training Materials

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Filter under subject for Professional Development

Searching for Training Materials

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All Home Base IIS training documentation will display.

Select the document by clicking on the name

Searching for Training Materials

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Select the document and download

Questions?

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