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Chapter 1. Table of Contents Chapter 1. Table of Contents 2 Chapter 2. Getting started 5 Core Classrooms Module Functions 5 Clicking: 5 Displays the: 5 User Roles and Permissions 7 Role/ Operation 7 Explanation 7 About My Schoolnet Classrooms Web Parts 9 Chapter 3. Manage Student Groups 10 Create a Student Group 10 Edit a Student Group 11 View, Edit, and Print Student Group Detail 11 Add Students to a Group in Student Performance 12 Chapter 4. Student Performance 15 Get Started with Student Performance and Standards Terminology 15 Work with the Standards Mastery Section 16 Drill Down to All Levels of a Standard 19 Understand Student Mastery Groupings 19 Work with the Skills Analysis Section 20 Work with the Item Analysis Section 21 Work with the Student List Section 24 Work with the Student Analysis Section 25 Create a Custom Student Analysis Report 25 Export Analysis Spreadsheet Data 26 About Intervention Plans 26 Chapter 5. Curriculum Management 27
Create Materials 29 Import Curriculum 30 Edit Properties 32 Edit Content 34 Edit Organizers 35 Edit Linked Materials 36 Edit Aligned Standards 39 Delete Materials 40 Chapter 6. Instructional Materials 41 Search Results 42 Material Details 48 My Materials 50 Create Materials 51 View Materials 56 Standard Details 60 Pending Materials 64 Chapter 7. Lesson Planner 74 Calendar Material Types 75 Schedule Materials 77 Create an Event 80 Schedule Standards Coverage 80 Submit for Approval 81 PDF Materials 81 Alerts 81 Search Other Calendars 82 View Related Materials 82 Chapter 8. Assignments List 83 Create Assignments 83
Edit Assignments 83
Chapter 2. Getting started The Classrooms module is Schoolnet s Curriculum and Instructional Management System, designed with teachers as well as curriculum and instructional managers in mind. It provides teachers with a comprehensive classroom profile that conveniently packages their class roster, daily lesson plan, student performance and standards mastery reports into a single interface. Moreover, the Classrooms module helps schools set and achieve higher academic standards. Teachers can track the instructional progress of their classes, create dynamic lessons tied to standards, and include exemplary resources in their lessons. The Classrooms module is designed to: Deliver student performance data, academic standards, and curricular materials to the teacher s desktop. Enable district curriculum staff to distribute standards, curricular materials, and best practices to teachers throughout the district. Provide district staff and teachers with easy-to-use tools to plan and analyze instructional practice based on student performance. Core Classrooms Module Functions Clicking: Planner Schedule Curriculum Student Performance Displays the: Lesson Planner page, which offers planning calendars to help teachers organize classroom instruction by scheduling curricular units, instructional units, and lesson plans. Schedule District Curriculum page, which is only visible to users with administrator permissions. This page offers the ability to schedule Curricular Units and Instructional Units for an entire course and push those schedules onto the calendars of teachers assigned to that course. Student Performance page, which displays courses by teacher, the standards addressed in each, students enrolled, and their mastery on each standard according to the various assessment tests. Each student s Instructional Learning Plan (ILP), marks, demographics, programs, enrollment, and assessment scores are accessible. Student Performance contains the following: Benchmark Dashboard. Allows you to view data related to Benchmark tests. Classroom Test Dashboard. Allows you to view data related to Classroom tests (i.e., tests created and administered by a teacher to their own students or sections and administration-assigned or recommended tests for
which data is not aggregated at the district level). Item Analysis. Enables you to review student answers to a particular test item and view the corresponding standard. Can be done on Benchmark, Classroom, or Standardized tests. Note: This tab is hidden if your district does not have benchmark reporting. Skill Analysis. View student performance on standards assessed during the year. Can be done on Benchmark, Classroom, or Standardized tests. Standards Mastery. View specific course standards to determine how many times they have been addressed or scheduled,and the collective mastery of that standard by students on recent Benchmark, Classroom and Standardized tests. Student List. View the students enrolled in each of your classes either by collectively by Student Group or individually by Student Profile. Student Analysis. Analyze student data through a variety of categories. You can create an Analysis Spreadsheet and export data to other applications. Instructional Materials A repository for units, lessons, resources, and assessments that you have created or saved from the public Materials Bank. The Materials section contains the following areas: :Suggested Materials The main Materials Search page contains standards and recommendation driven suggestions for your sections. Materials Search: Allows you to access the full range of training materials stored within your district s shared materials banks. My Materials: Allows you to access the full range of training materials that you have either created and materials that you have copied and/or tailored and saved from district materials. Standards Search: Allows you to search for standards and standard-aligned materials. Curriculum Search: Allows you to search for materials by curriculum. Courses Search: Allows you to search for materials by course.
Note: Lessons and units must be saved in My Materials to be available for scheduling in the Lesson Planner. Student Groups The Student Groups area of the Classrooms module allows you to place students into definable groups for differentiated planning, remediation, special events organization, seating arrangements, reporting, or whatever your unique activity or need may be. You can include notes, Section data from the current Section, and identify a Category for the group. User Roles and Permissions Schoolnet uses a combination of role membership and operation assignments to grant permission to certain functionality. Your school district can assign these authorizations to the appropriate users. Check My Account to see what roles and operations apply to you. Anyone who has access to the Classrooms module can search public materials, curriculum and standards. Role/ Operation Teachers Users in the Teacher role can: Explanation View the Lesson Planner for all sections they teach (if available from SIS) View / Analyze all Sections they teach (if available from SIS) Create, save, and submit lesson plans and instructional units for approval Note: Depending on how grades are reported in your school, the SIS system may not recognize that you teach certain students. For example, if you teach art, your students may actually show up under their homeroom teacher. Staff Users in the Staff role can: Create, save and submit for approval lessons, units, resources and assessments Curriculum Managers Users with the Curriculum Manager operation (at the highest level institution) can: Edit or delete a curriculum Create, edit or delete a curricular unit Map a standard (i.e., map two or more sets of standards to each other) Create, edit or delete a standard Create, save and submit for approval lesson plans, curricular units,
resources and assessments. Materials Reviewer Instructional Manager Users with the Materials Reviewer operation can: Approve materials (lessons, resources, units, assessments) submitted for approval to the public bank of their primary institution Submit materials in the public bank of their primary institution to the public bank of the tier above them for approval (if applicable) Create, save and submit for approval lessons, units, resources and assessments. Users with the Instructional Manager operation in their primary institution can: View the Instructional Planner for all teachers in the same institution or lower View the Student Performance area for all teachers in the same institution or lower. If this user also has the Student Detail Viewer role, then he/she will see everything under the teachers Student Performance area. If the user does not have this role assigned, he/ she will not see any Student Profiles or the Student Analysis tab Create, save and submit for approval lessons, units, resources and assessments Student Detail Viewer Instructional Managers who also have the Student Detail Viewer operation: Can access Student Profile information under Student Performance for all students in the same institution or lower Have a Student Analysis tab in Student Performance, allowing the user to look up data about students by class/section System Operator Users in the System Operator role can: Set the order of items in many of the dropdown lists throughout the Classrooms module Specify the items that are available in many of the fields, including resource types, differentiated procedure groups, Instructional Learning Plan (ILP), checkboxes, etc. Manage subjects, levels and standard sets
Bulk upload lessons, resources, assessments and standards Map a standard (i.e., map two or more sets of standards to each other) Create, edit or delete a standard Those with the student detail viewer (so they can access the student profile) can edit, add, and delete a Teacher's Note About My Schoolnet Classrooms Web Parts My Schoolnet is a user's personalized instructional portal that brings together the most important data and information from various Schoolnet applications into a single interface. Each Schoolnet application is packaged with a series of Web Parts or modules designed for specific system user types that may be added to your home page. The modules packaged with the Classrooms module include: My Classroom: Allows you to view a particular a specific Section's information, and provides links to the Lesson Planner, Classroom Pages, Student Data, My Materials, and Gradebook. Classroom Profile: Lets you view your classroom roster, view student profiles, and review student marks. My Calendar: Lets you view events happening at your institution by pulling applicable information from the Schoolnet Outreach module. My Resources: Reveals any web page(s) you have bookmarked. For more information on My Schoolnet modules, please refer to the My Schoolnet User Guide.
Chapter 3. Manage Student Groups The Student Groups area of the Classrooms module allows you to place students into definable groups for differentiated planning, remediation, special events organization, seating arrangements, or whatever your unique activity or need may be. You can include notes, Section data from the current Section, and identify a Category for the group. There are three places where you can build a Student Group: From Student Group under the Classrooms header From the Standards Mastery area of Student Performance From the Student List area of Student Performance Note: Privacy and security are a key part of Student Groups: Only you can see the Student Groups you create. Create a Student Group You can approach Student Groups in one of two ways: Create a Student Group without students (which you can later edit and add students into), or identify students and then add them to a new group or existing group. To create a Student Group and add in students later: 1. Hover over the Classrooms header and click Student Groups. 2. Click Create New Group. The Add to New Group screen appears, prompting you to name the group, include notes, and indicate if you want to include Section data. 3. Proceed by entering the following: a. In the Group Name field, enter a name for the group. b. In the Teacher s Notes field, describe the reason for and general purpose of the group. You can add as much detail as needed including references to websites, links, lesson plans, etc. c. In the Category field, indicate a category for your group, if desired. (This is useful for organizing many Student Groups.) d. Use the Strengths, Concerns and Improvement to add commentary in those areas. Or, click Save and Edit to access options for selecting Grade Range, Department, Course, and Associated Standards. 4. Click Save. Your group is saved. When you are ready, you can go back to this group to add students to it.
To create a Student Group and add in students later: 1. Hover over the Classrooms header and click Student Groups. 2. If needed, use a View By option to more readily locate the students you wish to group. The list of Students sorts accordingly. 3. Click the checkbox next to any student name that you want to add to your new group. 4. After you have selected all desired students, from the Add to Group dropdown menu, select New Group from the menu and click Go. The Add to New Student Group page appears with the number of selected students indicated in red at the top of the screen. 5. Proceed by entering the following: a. In the Group Name field, enter a name for the group. b. In the Teacher s Notes field, describe the reason for and general purpose of the group. Add detail regarding the Strengths, Concerns, and Improvement in those areas. c. In the Category field, indicate a category for your group, if desired. (This is useful as an organizing device if you have many Student Groups.) 6. Click Save. Edit a Student Group After you have created a Student Group, you can edit it in any of the following ways: Edit the Group Detail page to change the group name, category, custom fields (within the Teacher s Notes), and associated standards, etc. Edit the students within the group (remove students from the group). Edit or remove any Teacher Notes. View, Edit, and Print Student Group Detail 1. Hover over the Classrooms header and click Student Groups. Note: If (individual) students are displayed rather than groups, click the radio button beside Group Name in the View By section. 2. From the list, locate the desired Student Group. 3. Click the Student Group Name. Note: You can create a file and print the Student Group clicking the Create PDF icon at the top of the screen. You can edit any of the following items:
Student Group Detail: click the Edit button in the right corner of this section to edit the Group Name, Category, Department, Grade Level, Course, and any Associated Standards. Click Save to save any changes you make to this area. Students: click the Edit button in the right corner of this area to remove Students from the group by using the checkboxes provided. Click Save to save any changes you make to this area. Custom Fields: click the name of any field that lives within Teacher s Notes to edit that custom field. Use the HTML toolbar to edit your text as needed. Click Save to save any changes. Add Students to a Group in Student Performance Note: You can create a Student Group across sections if you have access to multiple sections. You can add students to a group through the Student Group menu or individually select students to add : 1. Hover over Classrooms and click Student Performance. 2. Select a section name from the drop-down. 2. You can add students to groups from the Standards Mastery page, the Skills Analysis page and the Student List page. Adding Score Groups from Standards Mastery 1. Click the Standards Mastery tab. 2. In addition to the test assessment and standards data displayed on this page, you can also view students by Score Group. Note: Only one Score Group can be added at a time. 3. Under the Students by Score Group area, select any Score Group (using the radio button next to the Score Group name) to add it to a Student Group. 4. Select the Student Group to which students will be added from the Add to Group drop-down. 5. Click Go. 6. If you are adding students to a previously created Student Group, you can simply click Save to add the students to the group. (Optionally, you can also make additions or edits to Teacher s Notes, Category, etc. ) If you are creating a new Student Group, you will need to:
Enter a name for the group in the Group Name field. Describe the reason for and general purpose of the group in the Teacher s Notes field. You can add as much detail as needed including references to websites, links, lesson plans, etc. Indicate a category for your group, if desired, in the Category field. (This is useful as an organizing device if you have many Student Groups.) 7. Click Save. When you are ready, you can go back to this group to add students to it. Adding Students from Skills Analysis 1. Click the Skills Analysis tab. 2. Use the checkboxes to indicate students you would like include in the group from the list of students shown near the bottom of the screen. 3. Using the Add to Group drop-down, select the desired Student Group and click Go. 4. If you are adding students to a previously created Student Group, you can simply click Save to add the students to the group. (Optionally, you can also make any additions or edits to Teacher s Notes, Category, etc. ) 5. If you are creating a new Student Group, then you will need to: a. Enter a name for the group in the Group Name field. b. Describe the reason for and general purpose of the group in the Teacher s Notes field. You can add as much detail as needed including references to websites, links, lesson plans, etc. c. Click the checkbox if you want to include Section data with the group under the Group Detail heading, d. Indicate a category for your group, if desired, in the Category field. (This is useful as an organizing device if you have many Student Groups.) 6. Click Save. Adding Students from the Student List 1. Click the Student List tab. 2. Use the checkboxes to indicate students you would like include in the group from the list of students shown. 3. Using the Add to Group drop-down, select the desired Student Group and click Go.
4. If you are adding students to a previously created Student Group, you can simply click Save to add the students to the group. (Optionally, you can also make any additions or edits to the Teacher s Notes, Category, etc. ) 5. If you are creating a new Student Group, then you will need to: a. Enter a name for the group in the Group Name field. b. Describe the reason for and general purpose of the group in the Teacher s Notes field. You can add as much detail as needed including references to websites, links, lesson plans, etc. c. Click the checkbox if you want to include Section data with the group under the Group Detail heading. d. Indicate a category for your group, if desired, in the Category field. (This is useful as an organizing device if you have many Student Groups.) 6. Click Save.
Chapter 4. Student Performance The Student Performance area allows teachers and instructional managers to generate reports and access instructionally focused data. Specifically, you will see dashboard views with details for each section, indicating the standards covered, students enrolled, and student mastery of each standard (according to the various assessment tests administered). You can report on student benchmarks for any assessment items that are aligned to a core set of standards. You can also create and add students into Student Groups. All features may be viewed at the section or course level. Specifically, Student Performance work as follows, depending upon the role to which you have been assigned within the application. Teacher Role Access Student Performance Access all information within Student Performance for their own sections. Instructional Manager Role Access Student Performance View Analyze Students sub-tabs and Student Profile information under Analyze Sections for all teachers' sections in the same institution in which those roles are given, as well as all lower institutions. View all information within Student Performance for teachers in the institution where they have the role Student Detail View Role View Student Analysis sub-tabs and Student Profile information under Student Performance for all teachers' sections in the same institution in which those roles are given, as well as all lower institutions. Get Started with Student Performance and Standards Terminology Understanding Standards Terminology and Rules Below are definitions for the Standards terms used in Schoolnet applications: Standard Sets: collection of Standards Documents (e.g., a district s set of core curriculum standards). Standards Document: group of individual Standards covering a single state, source, subject, and year (e.g., 2009 Texas Math Content Standards) Standards File: file sent from a vendor (e.g., Academic Benchmarks) that contains a single Standards Document; there is a one-to-one relationship between Standards Documents and Standards Files.
Standard: an individually numbered item in a standards document that specifies a piece of information that students must learn (e.g., fractions, pronouns, etc.) Standards Hierarchy or Tree: the way a Standards Document is organized. PD Standards: generally dictated by the Student Standards loaded. For example, ELA standards might be associated with PD Standards Pre-K, K, 1, 2, 3, etc. You can have only one default Standards Set, but multiple sets of standards. Also, Lesson Plans can be aligned only to the core Standards Set. You can, however, map any extra Standards Sets to the default set. You can also copy a standard set and edit the copied version. Get Started with Classrooms Sections From the Classroomsmodule, clickstudent Performance to view that page. Depending on your configuration, you can access up to seven areas in Student Performance, represented by the following tabs: Benchmark Dashboard: Allows you to view data related to Benchmark tests. Classroom Test Dashboard: Allows you to view data related to Classroom tests (i.e., tests created and administered by a teacher to their own students or sections and administrationassigned or recommended tests for which data is not aggregated at the district level). Item Analysis: For any benchmark, classroom or standardized test, see what answer each student selected and what standard each question is tied to. This tab is hidden if your district does not have benchmark reporting. (See also: Working with the Item Analysis Section in this chapter.) Skill Analysis: View students' performance on each standard assessed during the year. (See also: Working with the Skills Analysis Section in this chapter.) Standards Mastery: Use to view specific course standards to see how many times they have been addressed (or scheduled), and student s collective mastery on recent assessments or course standards as measured by those assessments. (See also: Working with the Standards Mastery Section in this chapter.) Student List: View the students enrolled in each of your classes. Each student has an individual Student Profile which you can use to track a student s academic progress, special needs, etc. (See also: Working with the Student List Section in this chapter.) Student Analysis: Analyze student data using demographic and other data. You can create a multi-column Analysis Spreadsheet and export the data to another application. (See also: Working with the Student Analysis Section in this chapter.) Work with the Standards Mastery Section The Standards Mastery section of the Student Performance allows you to view the specific standards that you have addressed (or plan to address) in each of your classes. Using this report, you can view the student s collective mastery on recent assessments or course standards as measured by those assessments. 1. Hover over the Classrooms header and click Student Performance. 2. Select a Course/Section from the drop-down.
3. Click the Standards Mastery tab. 4. Choose a Test Type using the corresponding radio buttons (Benchmark Test, Classroom Test, or Standardized Test) to filter the view to the selected test type. 5. Filter your view, optional. Select from the Subject, Test Level, Test Standard Set, and Test Category drop-down menus. 6. Select a test from the Test Name drop-down. 7. Select the View by options, optional. 8. Click on a Standards Mastery tool icon( ) to display the standard detail page, schedule standards coverage, or map the standard to related materials. Run a Benchmark or Classroom Test Report The Benchmark Test Report displays the number of students who scored in each proficiency group. Only the skills that were assessed on the assessment are displayed. The proficiency groupings are configured by the district and are based on the percent of questions answered correctly. Note: The following instructions reference benchmark tests. You may follow the same set of instructions for classroom tests. To run the report: 1. Hover over the Classrooms header and click Student Performance. If necessary, select an Institution, Teacher and Course/Section from the dropdown menus provided. 2. Click thestandards Mastery tab, choose the Benchmark Test radio button and the desired Grade.. The relevant Benchmark Test(s) will display, based on the criteria selected. 3. Use the Score Groups and Section Average radio buttons to list standards accordingly. Note that the selection you make will also be reflected in your PDF, if you print this information. Optionally, you can click the View or Link Materials icons in the Tools column to view standard details or materials linked to a standard. 4. From the bottom portion of the page, click the numeral link in the desired proficiency group column (e.g., Below Basic). You will see a list of the names of the students who fall into the proficiency group for a given standard or skill. 5. Click a student s name to view his/herstudent Profile. (See also: Viewing a Student Profile in this chapter.) Run a Standardized Test Report The Standardized Test Detail Report displays the number of students who scored in each Score Group by either course standard or assessment section. To run the report:
1. Hover over the Classrooms header and click Student Performance. Use the institution, teacher and course drop-downs if needed. 2. Click the Standards Mastery tab, then choose the Standardized Test radio button. (See also: Running Standards Mastery Reports in this chapter.) 3. Select the desired Test Name, Level,and Date from the dropdown menus. By default View By is set to display assessment standards. Note: If your district has mapped test sections to standards, you can view results as measured by course standards. 4. You can view each standard, the times each is taught, and when each is scheduled. Optionally, you can click any icon in the Tools column, or a standardname in the Standard column, to drill down to a detailed view of each standard displayed. Run a Benchmark Trends Report This report allows for results from up to three assessments to be compared for students in a teacher s course or Section. It displays the percent of students classified as proficient in each high-level course standard. The proficiency cut point is set by the district. The key at the bottom of the page displays the range students need in order to achieve a particular color status. Note that this report shows only the standards covered on the assessments (rather than all standards covered in the class). Note: Proficiency is an indicator that may be based on only a small number of questions per standard, and therefore may not be statistically valid. To run a Benchmark Trends Report: 1. Hover over the Classrooms header and click Student Performance. Use the institution, teacher and course drop-downs if needed. 2. Click thestandards Mastery tab, then choose thetrends radio button and indicate the desired grade. The Benchmark Trends Report displays. (See also: Running Standards Mastery Reports. 3. You have several options: Use the Score Groups and Section Average radio buttons to list standards accordingly. Note that the selection you make will also be reflected in your print-out, if you print this information. Click the View or Link Materials icons in the Tools column to see standards details or link related materials to the standard, respectively. Click a standard name in the Standard column, to see a detailed view of each standard displayed. (See also: Drilling Down to All Levels of a Standard in this chapter.)
Click Item Analysis Report and Individual Benchmark Test Report. (See also: Working with the Item Analysis and Running a Benchmark or Classroom Test Report in this chapter.) Click a colored cell to view the names of the students who fall into each proficiency group for a given standard or skill. Click a link under the Times Assessed column (which indicates by how many different assessments the standard has been covered) to display the Items Assessed page, which lists the: Test administration date Test name Test booklet used Drill Down to All Levels of a Standard Standards are typically hierarchical in nature. The Standardized Test Detail Report and Benchmark Trends Report allow you to drill-down to standards reported at more than one level. The Classrooms module accepts an unlimited number of standard levels, (e.g., strand, skill, and sub skill), although benchmark questions are generally aligned to one level only. See also: Running a Standardized Test Report.Note: Different standard sets use different naming (e.g., the highest-level standard appears in the Standard column by default). For standardized tests, note that assessment sections are treated as standard sets (e.g., reading/vocabulary). To drill down to all levels of a standard: 1. Hover over the Classrooms header and click Student Performance. 2. Click the Standards Mastery tab. 3. Click a standards link ( ) (e.g., 2.8.7: Algebra and Functions). 4. Click on any Proficiency Group name to view the students performing at each level for the selected standard. 5. Repeat this process to drill down to as many levels as you want (depending on the number of standards levels available). When a standard is no longer linked, you have reached the lowest level of the standard. Understand Student Mastery Groupings From the Standards Mastery Report page, you can view the names of the students who fall into each proficiency group for a given standard or skill. You can also display the corresponding Student Profiles: 1. Begin from a Report page. (See also: Running Standards Mastery Reports in this chapter.) 2. Click a proficiency group (e.g., Students Scored 80% - 100% Correct). The names of students who fall into the proficiency group for a given standard or skill will appear.
3. Click a student s name to view his/her Student Profile. (See also: Viewing a Student Profile in this chapter.) Work with the Skills Analysis Section The Skills Analysis section allows you to view student performance on each standard assessed during the year. To conduct a skills analysis: Administrators Access Skills Analysis: 1. Hover over the Classrooms header and click Student Performance. 2. Select Region, School, Teacher, and Course/Section from the drop-downs. 3. Click the Item Analysis tab. 4. Click Change Test. Note: This screen will default with the details of the most recently administered test. Click Change Test to select a different test. 5. Choose a Test Type from the drop-down (Benchmark Test, Classroom Test, or Standardized Test) to filter the view to the selected test type. 6. Filter your view, optional. Filter the available tests by selecting from the Subject, Test Level, Test Standard Set, and Test Category drop-down menus. 7. Select a test from the Test Name drop-down. 8. Click Hide Test Selector to hide the test selection fields. Note: If the selected course is Homeroom, there is a section indicated for each student grade level represented in the class. If there are students who took a different level test, use the Test Level drop-down to select the appropriate grade level of the test. 1. Optionally, click All Students to display past-year students. Currently Enrolled Students is selected by default. 2. Click: View All at Skill Level to display data by standard and skill level. View All at Subskill Level to display data by standard, skill, and subskill. View All at Standard Level to display data by highest-level standard only. Teachers Access Item Analysis: 1. Hover over the Classroomsheader and click Student Performance 2. Select a Course/Section from the drop-down. 3. Click theitem Analysis tab.
4. Click Change Test. Note:This screen will default with the details of the most recently administered test. Click Change Test to select a different test. 5. Choose a Test Type from the drop-down (Benchmark Test, Classroom Test, or Standardized Test) to filter the view to the selected test type. 6. Filter your view, optional. Filter the available tests by selecting from the Subject, Test Level, Test Standard Set, and Test Category drop-down menus. 7. Select a test from the Test Name drop-down. 8. Click Hide Test Selector to hide the test selection fields. View the Skills Analysis section. Scroll down to display the Standards Alignment portion of the page, which provides a full description of each standard and its associated skills and subskills. To send a test to the Gradebook: Gradespeed users can send test data to the Gradebook from the Skills Analysis tab by clicking Send Test to Gradebook in the upper-right corner of the page. Use the drop-downs to select an Assignment Type and Category, then click OK. Note: This action can only be performed from the Skills Analysis and Item Analysis tabs. Work with the Item Analysis Section The Item Analysis section allows for question-level analysis for any Benchmark, Classroom or Standardized test (that reports at an item level) taken in the selected course or section. Administrators Access Item Analysis: 1. Hover over the Classrooms header and click Student Performance. 2. Select Region, School, Teacher, and Course/Section from the drop-downs. 3. Click the Item Analysis tab. 4. Click Change Test. Note: This screen will default with the details of the most recently administered test. Click Change Test to select a different test. 5. Choose a Test Type from the drop-down (Benchmark Test, Classroom Test, or Standardized Test) to filter the view to the selected test type.
6. Filter your view, optional. Filter the available tests by selecting from the Subject, Test Level, Test Standard Set, and Test Category drop-down menus. 7. Select a test from the Test Name drop-down. 8. Click Hide Test Selector to hide the test selection fields. View the Summary Item Analysis Report and Student Detail Report for each student. 9. For open response questions, click to view the Student Answer. Use Previous/Next to page through a response. Teachers Access Item Analysis: 1. Hover over the Classroomsheader and click Student Performance 2. Select a Course/Section from the drop-down. 3. Click theitem Analysis tab. 4. Click Change Test. Note:This screen will default with the details of the most recently administered test. Click Change Test to select a different test. 5. Choose a Test Type from the drop-down (Benchmark Test, Classroom Test, or Standardized Test) to filter the view to the selected test type. 6. Filter your view, optional. Filter the available tests by selecting from the Subject, Test Level, Test Standard Set, and Test Category drop-down menus. 7. Select a test from the Test Name drop-down. 8. Click (hide test selector) to hide the test selection fields. View the Summary Item Analysis Report and Student Detail Report for each student. 9. For open response questions, click to view the Student Answer. Use Previous/Next to page through a response. Summary Item Analysis Report: The top portion of the Item Analysis report presents an item-by-item summary of student data. Use this area to view: Percent correct by item. The Section-Wide Percent Correct row displays what percentage of students answered each item correctly. To view how this section compares to your school, region, or district, expand (+) the report for further analysis. Aligned standards. Standard IDs are listed for each item. Expand (+) the report to view any secondary standards. Point values and correct answers. Item details. Click on the item you would like to view detail for in the top header including question content, distribution of student responses, and standard alignment details.
Items organized by Standards Performance or Percent Correct. Results are organized by Item Number by default. Use the Order by selector above the report to change the way items are organized. Standards Performance groups items by standard, and displays the average percent correct for that standard. Percent Correct orders the items from lowest percent correct to highest. Student Detail Report: The lower portion of the Item Analysis report contains student-by-student data. This section details how each individual student answered each assessment item. Where available, a Scale Score is also shown. The table uses the following icons to represent responses to each item: Icon Meaning Correct response. A - T T or F Incorrect multiple choice response. Incorrect true/false response. 12345 Incorrect gridded response. - None or multiple responses. [#] Number of Points awarded, open-ended response. Click the icon to view the student's response. Gap 1 - C Gap 2-1 - 2 - D 3 - Inline response test item. A red letter indicates an incorrect response, and a check mark indicates a correct response. In this example, the student received 50% of the points the question is worth. Matching test item. The number indicates the question stem number. A red letter indicates an incorrect response, and a check mark indicates a correct response. In this example, the student received 66% of the points the question is worth. The student detail section allows you to: Click a student s name to view his/her Student Profile. Sort students based on their responses to a single item. Click the Sort column header to reorder students based on those responses. Highlight students in the lowest score group. Select the Highlight Low Performing Students checkbox. Add students to a Student Group. Use the checkboxes next to student names to select students, then use the Add to Group dropdown below the student names to select an existing Student Group or create a new one. Click Go after making your selections.
Note: The score format is determined by the score type that has been selected for the test during test creation e.g. Percent, Raw, Proficiency. Additional Student Performance Tools: Tools are located in the upper right area of Student Performance. View Past Year Sections: View student performance from previous courses and sections for a selected test. Curriculum: View and update curriculum properties. Export: Batch-Create PDF Files: Creates a PDF of test data and provides additional print options. Create PDF: Creates a PDF of test data. Export to Spreadsheet: Creates a comma-separated value (CSV) report of test data. Work with the Student List Section The Student List section displays students enrolled in the class indicated in the Course /Section dropdown and a link to each student s Student's Profile. Note: Users with the Instructional Manager role who do not have the Student Detail Viewer role or do not teach students will not be able to view the Student Profile or Student List tab. (See also: Viewing a Student Profile in this chapter.) 1. Hover over the Classrooms header and click Student Performance. 2. Use the Section Chooser area to select the Classroom Profile you wish to view. 3. Click the Student List tab. 4. From here you can: Use the View by option to view students by Roster, Marks, Benchmark Results, or Student Groups Note: If students have taken a Benchmark test that is designed to predict student performance on a future standardized assessment, select Benchmark Results to view those predictions. Use the checkboxes next to student names and use the Add to Group drop-down to add them to a new or existing group. Click a student s name to view his/her Student Profile. (See also: Viewing a Student Profile in this chapter.)
Work with the Student Analysis Section The Student Analysis section packages the student list (as selected in the Course/Section dropdown, and shown on the Student List page) as a student set that you can use to form or add to a Student Group (see Chapter 2: Managing Student Groups for more details) or in an Analysis Spreadsheet. Simply use the Student Group radio button and corresponding drop-down to add students into a new or existing group. The Analysis Spreadsheet allows you to specify up to ten columns of filtered data for a student list. Data set options vary by district, but may include grades, gender, date of birth, ethnicity, absences, tardies, standardized assessment scores, etc. You can also export data to another application for further analysis. Note: This tab is not visible for users with the Instructional Manager role who do not have the Student Detail Viewer role or teach the students in the selected section. (See also: User Roles and Permissions.) Create a Custom Student Analysis Report 1. Hover over the Classrooms header and click Student Performance. 2. Click the Student Analysis tab. Reports displayed here will be from the Report Banks of the current section s school, region, and district. Note: If no Student Analysis reports appear, reports may not have been configured yet. Contact your System Operator for more information. 3. Click Advanced: create your own report. 4. You can choose multiple Spreadsheet columns using the Analyze By drop-down (e.g., Attendance, Benchmark Tests). 5. Click Add this Column after defining your column data to include it in your spreadsheet. Note: The data displayed is only as current as the most recent data update. For example, if you select a Days Absent data set -- and the data was last updated two months ago -- the Classrooms module will display the days absent data as of two months ago. 6. Click Go to Spreadsheet. 7. Select students to include on the report. 8. By clicking Advanced: edit this report, you can add more columns (up to 10 columns total, follow same steps above) or edit the ones you have.
Additional Report Options. Click Export to Excel to export the Analysis Spreadsheet data to Excel. (See also: Exporting Analysis Spreadsheet Data to Excel in this chapter.) Sort your data by clicking a column header (repeat this to reverse the order). Click a student name to drill down to the student s Student Profile. (See also: Viewing a Student Profile in this chapter.) Click the Add to Group drop-down (shown at the bottom of the screen) to add this collection of students to a Student Group. Export Analysis Spreadsheet Data 1. Hover over the Classroomsheader and click Student Performance. 2. Click the Item Analysis tab. 3. Click Export to Spreadsheet. A dialog box prompts you to save the file to a location on your computer. Make sure the file extension is:.xls. 4. Click Save. A dialog box prompts you to save the file to a location on your computer. 5. Open the file in Excel to view the imported Student Set data. About Intervention Plans If your school district uses Interventions, the Schoolnet Response to Intervention (RTI) module, an Intervention Plans tab will be included in Student Performance. This tab gives you a quick way to view which of your students have active intervention plans, and in what areas. Depending on your permissions in Interventions, you may also be able to view full intervention plans and create new plans from this page. 1. Click the Student Performance tab to load the Student Performance area. 2. Click the Interventions Plans tab. From here you may: View the names, start dates, days remaining, and statuses of students in the selected section who have an active intervention plan. View for which Eligibility Areas each student is receiving an intervention. These areas include Reading, Math, Suspensions, Days Absent, and BHS. View the intervention plans where you are a Team Member. The View Plan button will appear in the rightmost column for these plans. Identify the Case Manager on plans where you are not a Team Member, by clicking the expand icon ( ) by the student name. Note: See the Interventions: User Guide for more information on intervention plans.
Chapter 5. Curriculum Management Using Schoolnet's Curriculum Management utility, state, and district curriculum managers can create, copy, edit, upload and publish valuable curricula. If you are provisioned with the manage curriculum operation, you can easily manage and organize curricula and share these as best practice materials with affiliated districts and schools. All material is delivered to a private repository where curriculum managers can review and update the material before sharing. Once material is complete, curriculum managers can set the status as active making it available to all associated districts and schools. Active material can also be scheduled and mapped to specific courses. With Curriculum Manager, there are several built-in features available to quickly locate and manage materials: View Curriculum, Curricular Units, Instructional Units, Lesson Plans, Assessments, and Resources, including private drafts. Actions toolbar provides one-click access to the tasks you need most and includes the ability to select all materials, Edit, Copy, Delete, View, New, Import Spreadsheet File, and Import Files. Sort to organize the content by Material type, Title, Subject, Date Modified, Grade Range, Published by, and Status. Advanced filtering to limit the view to the selected criteria. Display options include the ability to set the number of items per page, and controls to quickly move forward and back through pages of materials. Edit the material title from the main screen. To set page display options 1. Hover over Classrooms header and click Curriculum Manager. 2. Select 25, 50, or 100 to determine the number of items that display per page. 3. Use arrows to move forward or back through pages of results. To sort materials 1. Hover over Classrooms header and click Curriculum Manager. 2. Select the sorting criteria from the Sorted by menu. Choose Type, Title, Subject, Date Modified, Grade Range, Publisher and Status to organize the list of content. 3. Upon making your selection, the screen automatically refreshes with the information sorted by the selected value. To filter materials 1. Hover over Classrooms header and click Curriculum Manager. 2. Select Show filters. The display includes categories and subcategories along with the number of items that have been created for each.
3. Choose one or many filtering options to limit the view to the selected criteria and click View Results. A filter status message provides a visual indicator when filtering has been applied to the display. Tip: Select filters from multiple categories to limit the list to only those materials matching the selection. For example, select Types: Assessments; Subject: English, and Grade Range: 12-12 displays all assessments that have been created for English for grade 12. 4. Optional: Select a sorting option to organize the display. To copy materials 1. Hover over the Classrooms header and click Curriculum Manager. 2. Locate the material from the materials page. Click on the row or check box to select the item. Tip:Use the built-in Filter and Sort features to quickly locate materials. 3. Click Copy. The title of the copy is appended with (Copy) and includes the (N) of times that the material has been copied. To edit a material title 1. Click the material title. 2. Highlight the text and enter the new title. 3. Click the Escape key to discard this change; to restore a deleted title, click out of the title area. The title will revert to the previously saved title. 4. Click out of the title area or press Enter to save the new material title. To view linked materials 1. Hover over the material title. 2. Click Browse Hierarchy. Option only displays if materials are linked to this item. 3. A panel displays to the right showing all materials linked to the selection. 4. Click on the + to the left of the material name to expand the list. If the material is expanded and you wish to collapse it, click on the - to the left of the material that you want to collapse. 5. Click Expand all to view all levels for each linked material or Collapse all to view only the top level of all linked materials. 6. Click the X or Cancel to close the panel.
Create Materials Curriculum managers who have been provisioned with the manage curriculum operation can create educational materials and quickly add these materials to their repository. Materials that can be created include Curriculum, Curricular Units, Instructional Units, Lesson Plans, Assessments, and Resources. When creating new materials, the properties that are available are dependent upon the type of material that is being created. Note:Users can verify their user roles and operations by clicking My Account and looking under Other Roles and Operations. 1. Hover over the Classrooms header and click Curriculum Manager. 2. Click New. 3. Select the material type: Curriculum, Curricular Unit, Instructional Unit, Lesson Plan, Assessment, or Resource (* demotes a required field): Title* Subject* Grade Range* Description* Duration Format For Students Enter a descriptive title for the material that will make it easy to locate later. Choose a subject. Choose a narrow grade range (e.g., 1 to 1) or broad grade range (e.g., 1 to 12). Enter a synopsis of the material. The entered value displays in the search results. Enter the duration of the new materials (e.g., days). Only appears if the new material is a resource. This option is available only for the resource material type. Resources are tagged for student use and have content defined may be assigned by teachers. A resource can be linked to only one type of content within a File and URL type. However, more than one template may be used as the content type. Once a resource has been assigned to students, it cannot be deleted. The content for an assigned resource may be changed but the resource must be linked to content. Yes - make the material visible to students. No - make material only visible to educators. Note: By default, materials that are not marked for students are