Performance Tracker Teacher Manual

PerformanceTRACKER Teacher Manual

PerformanceTRACKER

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Contents

Logging In 5Changing a Password ............................................. 5

Navigation................................................................ 7

System Icons ........................................................... 7

Navigation Bar ......................................................... 8

User/Course Drop-Downs ....................................... 9

Calendar .................................................................. 9

User and System Messages.................................... 9

Help ....................................................................... 10

Release Notes ....................................................... 10

My Info ................................................................... 10

Roll Over My Units ................................................. 10

Recent Logins........................................................ 10

Recent Assessments ............................................. 10Viewing Standards 11Viewing Assessments 13Standard Report Descriptions 15Proficient vs. Not Proficient - Pie Chart ................. 15

Proficiency Level - Pie Chart ................................. 15

Standards - Level 1 - Bar Chart ............................. 16

Standards - Level 1 - Proficiency Detail .............. 16

Standards - Level 2 - Bar Chart ........................... 17

Comparative Report - Standards ........................... 17

Comparative Report - Proficiency Levels .............. 18ii


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Assessment Scores ............................................... 18

Standards Testing Frequency ................................ 19

Mass Print Student Assessment Detail (PDF) ...... 19

Cumulative Progress (PDF)................................... 20

Assessment Score Monitor.................................... 21Item Level Report Descriptions 22Assessment Summary .......................................... 22

Question Summary ................................................ 23

Standards Analysis ................................................ 23

Item Analysis ........................................................ 24

Student Summary .................................................. 24

Assessment Student Results (PDF) ...................... 25

Assessment Student Results w/o Answers ........... 25

Drill Down Thru Strands to Questions ................... 26

Drill Down Thru Buildings to Strands ..................... 27Running Reports 28Saving Report Settings .......................................... 30

Viewing the Student Detail Page ........................... 31Classes 33Editing Classes ...................................................... 35Students 36Creating New Focus Groups ................................. 37

Adding Students to Focus Groups......................... 38


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PerformanceTRACKER Teacher Manual

IntroductionPerformanceTRACKER gives users the ability to track and analyze student achievement using charts, graphs, and interactive reports. This manual contains instructions for PerformanceTRACKER users on getting started, viewing assessments and standards, opening reports, viewing/editing classes and more.

In order to use PerformanceTRACKER you must have a PerformanceTRACKER User ID • and Password. Please contact your district administrator regarding access privileges.•

Quick Note

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Running Reports5

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Logging In

To change your password click the 1. My Info link.

To log in to PerformanceTRACKER, enter your district’s PerformanceTRACKER URL (in most cases the URL will follow this pattern: http://yourdistrict-(state abbreviation).perfplusk12.com

Enter your User ID and Password.1. Click the 2. Login button.

Changing a Password


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The Edit My Information page appears.2. Use the Password field to type in the new password (type over the existing characters).3. Type the same password in the Verify Password field.4. Click the 5. Update and Return button.



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Navigation

System IconsIn the upper right corner there are three system icons, the Question Mark icon, the Printer icon, and the Logout Icon. These icons appear on all screens.

Question Mark: The Question Mark icon represents the page help for the current page.

Printer Icon: The Printer icon will convert the current screen to a printer friendly format.

Logout Icon: The Logout icon logs users out of the current session.



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Navigation Bar

Centered near the top of the page is the Navigation bar. Each icon takes users to a different area of the application. Hovering over each icon reveals its title. The icons displayed vary according to licens-es purchased.

Home: Returns the user to the Home page.• Reports: Takes the user to the Reports page.• Standards: Takes the user the Standards page. Allows users to view/edit the standards stored• in the software.• Teachers:Takes the user to the Teacher search page. Allows users to search/view/edit teacher • information stored in the software.Classes: Takes the user to the Class(es) page. This will display the user’s classes. It does not al-• low a user to search for other teacher’s classes.Students:Takes the user to the Student search page. Allows users to search/view/edit student • information stored in the software.Action Plans: Takes the user to the Action Plan page. Allows users to search/view/edit action plans • stored in the software.Assessments: Takes the user to an Assessment search page. Allows users to search/view/edit as-• sessments stored in the software.Course Maps: Takes the user to the Landscape Map screen. Allows users to view/edit their land-• scape maps.Lesson Planner: Takes the user to the calendar-based lesson planner. Allows users to view/edit • lessons and activities using the calendar.Messages: Takes the user to the Messages screen. Allows users to view/send instant messages • to other users within the district.Admin: Takes the user to the Administration menu. Allows users to access various administrative • functions.



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User/Course Drop-DownsBelow the System icons, users can select the desired login and course via two drop-down boxes.

CalendarThe month-view calendar along the left margin allows users to enter the lesson planner on a desired date.

User and System MessagesUser Messages, System Admin Messages, and New Feature notices are detailed on the home page.



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Quick Note Once in the software a blue bread crumb trail appears. Where the bar is displayed use it to navigate backwards instead of your browser’s Back button.

Click this link to access help documentation.

Release NotesClick this link to access release notes.

My InfoClick this link to view/edit account info.

Roll Over My UnitsAllows users to roll historical units into a current map.

Recent LoginsThe Recent Logins column displays recent login information for other users in the district. Active us-ers will be blue links. Click the link to message the user.

Recent AssessmentsThe Recent Assessments column displays recent assessments.

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Viewing Standards

From the navigation bar, click the 1. Standards icon.

The Standards page appears.2. Click the drop-down box and select the desired Standards group.3. Click the 4. OK button to display the desired Standards.Click the 5. Click to View link in the Action column to view a subject’s Standards.



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The Grade Level Summary page appears.6. Click the 7. View link in the View column to view a grade’s Standards for the selected subject.

The Standards for the selected subject appear.8. Click the 9. View All Standards and detail link to view all the Standards and details for a specific grade.Click the 10. View link in front of a statement to view the content standards associated with a stan-dard statement.



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Viewing Assessments

Click the 1. Assessments icon.

Enter the name of the desired assessment or use an asterisk at the beginning or end of the search 2. to perform a partial name search.Click the 3. Show Assessments button.



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Click the name of the desired assessment.4.

The Assessment Detail page appears. This page details Performance Levels, Standards, and/or 5. Indicators relating to the selected assessment.


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Standard Report DescriptionsProficient vs. Not Proficient - Pie Chart

Proficiency Level - Pie Chart

This report displays proficient and not proficient students in a pie chart for assessment(s). Click on a proficiency level to see students in that proficiency level.

This report displays data using the same number of proficiency levels that your state assessment fol-lows for a given assessment(s). Click on a proficiency level to see students in that proficiency level.



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Standards - Level 1 - Bar Chart

Standards - Level 1 - Proficiency Detail (Top Tier of the Standards)

This report displays student performance data by Standard/Anchor/Indicator. Click on a particular bar to see how students performed on that Standard/Anchor/Indicator.

This report displays how students performed on a given standard in a table format.



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Standards - Level 2 - Bar Chart (Mid-Tier of the Standards)

Comparative Report - Standards

This report displays student performance data by Standard/Anchor. Click on a particular bar to see how students performed on that Standard/Anchor/Indicator.

Compare multiple assessments across multiple years/grades on the same report. Users can mix na-tional, state, and local assessments. Click on a particular bar to see how students performed on that Standard/Anchor/Indicator.


Aligning Questions to Standards18

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Comparative Report - Proficiency Levels

Assessment Scores

Compare proficiency levels for groups of students on multiple assessments across multiple years. Click on a proficiency bar to see students associated to that proficiency level.

This report displays performance by section of the assessment with various sorting capabilities.


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Standards Testing Frequency

Mass Print Student Assessment Detail (PDF)

This report displays the number of times a standard has been aligned for a given subject, grade, and year. This report does not show you the number of times a standard has been assessed.

Creates one sheet per student detailing their performance on a given assessment.


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Cumulative Progress (PDF)

Creates one sheet per student detailing their progress over time. This report will only run on an assessment that has multiple schedule dates.



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Assessment Score Monitor

This report displays the number of sections that a student has grades for on selected assessments. This report could be used to determine cohort groups.



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Assessment Summary

With Assessment Builder for PerformanceTRACKER, users have access to item level reports not otherwise available. The reports allow districts to drill into local test results for more precise analysis. An Assessment Builder subscription is required to access Item Level reports.

Item Level Report Descriptions

This report displays summary information about an assessment. Information displayed includes total number of questions, number of students, average correct, average percentage correct, and minimum and maximum scores. A pie chart reflecting student performance on the assessment appears at the bottom.



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Question Summary

Standards Analysis

This report displays information question by question. The bar graph in each question will show what percentage of the students answered a given question correctly. Click the correct or incorrect link to view students in each category.

This report displays results by Standard and question with the ability to compare success rate (class, building, or group) to the entire district on a given assessment.



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Item Analysis

Student Summary

This report displays results question by question. It also displays how many students answered each possible response.

This report displays results for all students that took the assessment. Results are sorted by score from highest to lowest. Click the student name to view the student’s responses.



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Assessment Student Results (PDF)

Assessment Student Results w/o Answers

This report creates one sheet per student detailing performance on a given assessment. It displays student performance question by question including question text and student answers. The report is displayed in PDF format.

This report is the same as described above except it does not include the correct answers.



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Drill Down Thru Strands to Questions This report displays student results by Standard, comparing a filtered class to the district average. Click the chart or the Drill Down link to view a particular group.

Proficiency level sub-group (after drilling down through above chart).



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Drill Down Thru Buildings to StrandsThis report displays results within a district. Click the Classes or Sections link in the Drill Down column to view a particular group.

Proficiency level by class (after drilling down through chart above).



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Running Reports

Use the radio button to select the desired report.1. In the Filter Options section, choose the Assessments link.2.

Quick NoteUse the drop-down boxes on the Filter criteria page to find the desired assessment. • Comparative reports need at least two assessments selected to run correctly.• To view item level reports, the assessment must be an Assessment Builder assessment.•

To select and run standard reports, click the reporting button on the navigation bar.



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Use the drop-down menus to filter for the desired assessment.3. Click the 4. Re-Display button to filter.

Select the desired assessment using the check box.5. If more filters are desired, click the OK and Return button to return to the Reports page to select 6. school or demographic filters.To run the report without adding more filters, click the 7. OK and Run Now button.



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Saving Report Settings

To save report settings for future use, click the 1. Show My Reports link near the bottom of the reports page.

Type the report name and report description in the fields shown.2. Click the 3. Save Report Definition button.

Quick Note To access the saved report definition in the future, click the Show My Reports link. Then click the Go to my list of reports link.



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Viewing the Student Detail PagePerformanceTRACKER allows users to view student portfolios with information detailing performance.

Click the chart or the 1. Click to view the students link in the View Students column.

Click the name of the student whose profile you would like to see. 2.



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Display the information by school year or view all at once using the tabs.3. Choose which information to display using the Assessments, Reports, Classes, Student Groups, 4. Dynamic Subgroup Hist, Interventions, IEP Module (PA only), School Building History, and All links below the tabs.Click on any underlined Assessments Taken or Reports will display specific assessments or re-5. ports for the selected student.Summary information for Classes, Students Groups, Dynamic Subgroug History, Interventions, 6. IEP Module (PA only), and School Building History is also provided.



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ClassesPerformanceTRACKER makes it easy to manage teacher classes, view course maps, grade assess-ments, run reports, and more. Click the Classes icon in the navigation bar to get started.

View a class by clicking the class name. 1.



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After clicking the class name. The Class Detail page appears.2.



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Editing Classes

Click the 1. Edit Class link to change information relating to the title of the class.

Edit the class info as desired.2. Click the 3. Update button to save the changes.



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Students

Enter the student’s last name. To search for partial names use an asterisk.1. Use the Filter options to further refine the search.2. Click the 3. Search Now button

Use the Students section to search for specific students. Click the Students icon to begin.



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To create a new focus group and add students to it, type the name of the new group in the New 1. Focus Group text box near the bottom of the page.Click the 2. Create button.Add students to the group using the Add/Remove Focus Groups drop-down box (as described in 3. the previous section).

Quick Note The Create as Private option keeps the focus group hidden from other users.

Creating New Focus Groups

Click the student’s name to view his/her student detail page.4.



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Adding Students to Focus Groups

To add a student to an existing focus group, select the student using the check box next to the 1. student’s name.Use the Focus Groups drop-down box to find the desired focus group.2. Click the 3. Add the checked students to the selected focus group link.

Documents

Performance Tracker Teacher Manual