Transcript AIMSweb Benchmark Online Training For Benchmark Teacher Users

AIMSweb Benchmark Online Training For
AIMSweb Benchmark Managers
AIMSweb Benchmark
online Manager training is
intended as a review for
Benchmark Manager users
and is not intended for new
Benchmark Managers.
Overview:
This review highlights the
features of the Benchmark
classroom.
After this training, you will be
proficient in navigating the
AIMSweb Benchmark
System.
Agenda:
Logging into the AIMSweb system
Managing your Benchmark site
Adding or editing districts and
schools
Adding teachers and teacher users
Adding students and managing
classrooms
Creating and managing benchmark
targets
Entering benchmark scores
Viewing Benchmark Reports
Viewing Progress Monitor Cases
Logging Out of the AIMSweb system
Logging into the AIMSweb System
Login to your AIMSweb Benchmark account at www.aimsweb.com.
In the upper right corner of the AIMSweb website, click the Customer
Login button. Next, enter your customer ID, Username, and Password
(provided to you by Pearson).
When you first login,
note the
button in
the top right corner of
the AIMSweb window.
Clicking this button
provides page-specific
information.
We recommend using
this resource for quickand-easy answers to
frequently asked
questions.
Managing Your Benchmark Site
Adding or Editing Districts and Schools
After logging into the
AIMSweb system, click
the
tab to manage
your AIMSweb account.
If you need to add or edit
a school district ,click the
word Districts under your
AIMSweb Manage
Menu. The Manage
Districts window appears
to the right of the menu.
Adding or Editing Districts and Schools
Districts are
displayed in a
table at the bottom
of the Manage
Districts window.
Note the three table columns: ID,
displaying the district AIMSweb ID;
District name; and the Action
column with actions Edit, Delete,
and Select.
Add a new district
by entering
information in the
Manage Districts
window. The
required fields are
red.
Note the option:
Teachers Can Edit
Benchmark Data.
This feature
determines if
teachers can enter
or edit Benchmark
data or just view
Benchmark scores
and reports.
Click the Add
button to save your
changes.
Edit an existing
district by clicking
Edit in the Action
column next to the
district name.
Make the desired
changes and click
Save.
Click the Select
link in the action
column next to the
district name to
make changes to
schools within the
district.
Add or edit a school within the district by clicking Schools in the AIMSweb
Manage menu.
Make sure the correct district
is displayed in the menu.
Existing schools within
the selected district will
appear in a table at the
bottom of the window.
Add a new school by
entering the school
information in the fields
provided in the top half
of the window. Click the
Add button and the
school will then appear
in the table below.
Edit an existing
school by clicking
Edit in the actions
column of the
school table. Make
the desired
changes and click
the Save button.
At the beginning of a
school year, students
from the previous year
must be graduated a
grade level. Graduation
is a school-wide
process.
Click Graduate in the
action column to initiate
the graduation process.
Click OK in the
confirmation window
that appears.
The Transfer Students window will
appear next. You need to transfer
students from the school’s highest
grade served to either an un-listed
school or an existing school that
serves the student’s new grade. You
are able to transfer to multiple
schools at this time.
To begin, click the check boxes next
to the students’ names who are
transferred to the same school. Select
the school from the Transfer to drop
down menu, enter the grade after
transfer and click the
button.
When transferring to multiple
schools, repeat this process until
all students are assigned a new
school.
After all students have been assigned
new schools you will review the
student list and make changes as
necessary.
When you are finished, click
.
The last window displayed is the
Graduation & Transfer Summary.
Print the student transfer slips by
clicking the
button. When
you are finished, click
. To
cancel the graduation process,
click
at any time.
Adding or Editing Teachers and Teacher Users
Add or edit a teacher by
clicking Teachers in the
AIMSweb Manage Menu to
display the Manage Teachers
window.
Add a teacher by
entering information
in the labeled text
fields.
Use the grade
check boxes to
assign the teacher
classes for the
year.
Click the Add
button to add the
teacher or click
Cancel to remove
the changes.
Edit an existing teacher by
clicking Edit in the actions
column of the teacher
menu.
Note the Delete option in
the Action column of the
teacher table. Teachers can
only be deleted if they are
not assigned a classroom.
From the Manage Teachers
window, you can also add or
edit teacher users.
If the teacher does not have
a user created, Add will
appear in the User column
next to the teacher name.
Creating teacher users
allows the teacher to login
to the AIMSweb system and
manage Benchmark
classroom data.
Teacher users are created
two ways. First, you can
create a user account for
individual teachers by
clicking the Add link under
the User column of the
teacher table.
The Add Teacher User window
will appear. Enter the teacher
user information. Required
fields are red.
Use the User Type drop down
menu to designate the teacher
user as a Regular Teacher,
Progress Monitor Teacher, or
Regular and Progress Monitor
changes.
Click the check box next to
Email Password to User to
automatically generate an
Email with the new Customer
ID number, User Name, and
Password.
Click the
button to finish.
The second method for
creating teacher users
allows you to create
user accounts for all
teachers by clicking the
Add Users for All
Teachers link above the
teacher table.
You will not be required
to edit or enter teacher
user information at this
time. Rather then
emailing the username
and password to each
teacher individually, you
can print account
information slips by
clicking the Create
Account Information
Slips for Teachers link
above the teacher table.
Adding or Editing Students and Managing Classrooms
Add or edit a student by
clicking Students in the
AIMSweb Manage Menu
to display the Manage
Students window.
There are two sections to
the Manage Students
window. To the left is the
Add a Student column. To
the right is a Student List
of existing students.
Add a student by entering the student information in the Add a Student column.
The required fields are in red.
Click the Show link next
to Advanced Fields to
view or select student
criteria such as: Section
504, Behavioral Disorder,
etc.
Click the Add button to
add the student. The
students will appear to
the right in the Student
List.
To search for an existing
student, click the Clear
button in the Add a
Student column to
remove any previously
entered data.
Type the search criteria in
the text fields and click
the Search button.
The student will appear in
the Student List.
From this window, you
can view Student Data
Details (Benchmark
History) by clicking the
view icon.
You can also delete and
transfer existing students
from this window. To
delete a student, click the
check box next to the
student’s name and click
the delete button.
Students can only be
deleted if all Benchmark
scores have been
removed from the
AIMSweb system.
Transfer a student by
clicking the check box
next to the student’s
name. Then, clicking the
transfer button.
The steps for transferring
a student are identical to
the student transfer that
occurs during school
graduation.
You can create student
users to enable student
parents to login to the
AIMSweb system and view
the student’s assessment
scores.
Create a student user by
clicking the check box next
to a student’s name and
clicking the Add User button.
As an AIMSweb Manager, you will
need to manage classrooms and
edit class rosters.
Begin this process by clicking
Teachers in the AIMSweb Manage
menu to display each teacher and
the corresponding class.
When a teacher is
assigned a classroom,
the assigned grade will
appear below the
teacher’s name.
Add students to the
classroom by clicking
the Edit Roster link next
to the teacher’s name.
The Manage Roster window will then
appear in two sections. The top of
the page is the Class Roster with the
teacher, grade, school, and year
information.
The bottom half of the page is the
student list by grade and first letter of
the last name search for existing
students either by selecting the first
letter of the last name, or by clicking
All at the end of the alpha-bar.
Once the student you wish to add is
displayed in the list below, click the
check box next to the student’s name
and click the Add button.
The student will then appear in the
list at the top of the page under the
heading Class Roster. To assign
another teacher a classroom, click
the Return to Manage Classes link at
the bottom of the page.
Note the Delete Class
option next to the
teacher’s class.
Classes can only be
deleted after all
students have been
removed from the class
roster.
Creating and Managing Benchmark Targets
Click the Benchmark Targets link
in the AIMSweb Manage Menu to
access the Manage School
Benchmark Targets window.
Begin by selecting a General Outcome Measure (GOM) from the GOM drop
down menu.
Depending on the
General Outcome
Measure (GOM),
sample targets may be
available. Load pre-set
targets by selecting the
GOM from the GOM
drop down menu.
Select Sample targets
from the next drop
down menu and click
the Load button or
enter your own
Benchmark targets.
Click the Save button.
Entering Benchmark Scores
Some AIMSweb Managers
will be entering benchmark
assessment scores for their
school or district.
Begin entering scores by
selecting the Scoring tab at
the top of the page.
Benchmark data is entered by classroom. Select the district and school you
wish to view by using the drop down menus at the top of the page. Click the
Go button when your selection is made.
Use the Timeframe drop
down menu to select for
which Benchmark period
you would like to enter
scores.
Select a GOM type using
the tabs at the top of the
Benchmark window.
Click on the teacher’s name
to view the class list.
The teacher’s class list
is displayed.
Enter Benchmark
Scores by clicking the
Edit Scores button.
The assessment score
entry page is then
displayed. From here,
you can determine
how your scores are
entered.
Click to enter scores
vertically for one GOM
at a time or click the
icon again so it
displays as to enter
scores horizontally for
all GOMS.
Enter the score for
each student.
Use the Quick-Save
button to save the
scores in intervals
(recommended every
5 minutes) or use the
Save button to save
the scores and return
to the My Classes
home page.
Viewing Reports
Click the
tab to view AIMSweb system reports by Customer, District,
School, Grade, Class, and AIMSweb norms.
To view reports, either select the report criteria from the drop down menus and
click the
button, or click the sub-tabs for the views you wish to see.
Select the GOM you wish to view by clicking the top tabs in the reports window
and select the corresponding measure’s radio (circle) button.
Click the individual icons to display the reports you wish to view.
Customer level reports include data on every student in every class, grade,
school, and school district that has been entered into your AIMSweb account.
District level reports include data on every student in every class, grade, and
school in the selected school district. If more than one school district has
been added to your account, select the school district from the District drop
down menu and click the
button.
School level reports include data on every student in every class and grade in
the selected school. If more than one school is added to the district, select
the school from the School drop down list and click the button.
Grade level reports include data on every student in the selected grade of a school.
Class level reports include data on every student in the selected class. If more
than one class has been added to the selected grade, select the teacher from
the Teacher drop down list and click the
button.
View a classroom report by clicking the report under the
heading.
Once entered, student scores are listed under the column heading for each
GOM. Click the score to view the student’s Benchmark Report.
There are four Edformation Educational Averages (EEA) reports available.
The EEA are norm reports based on assessment scores that have been
entered for every student in every school that is using AIMSweb Benchmark.
Editing the RTI Task List
If your AIMSweb subscription
includes AIMSweb Response to
Intervention (RTI), an
tab
is available.
Click the RTI tab to view or
customize the RTI Initial
Planning or Intervention task
lists.
Use the drop down menu to select which list you would like to view. Click the
button once you have made your selection.
Use the available text fields to edit,
delete, or create tasks.
Once the changes are made, use the
Save button to save your changes,
the Cancel button to cancel your
changes, or the Revert to Defaults
button to return the task list to the
AIMSweb defaults.
Viewing Progress Monitor Progress Reports
If your AIMSweb subscription includes AIMSweb Progress Monitor, a
tab is available. Click the Progress Monitor tab to view reports for those
students being assessed with AIMSweb Progress Monitor.
You can view either Status Reports or Individual Progress Reports for each
schedule. Select the Reports sub-tab to view the Status Report and select
the Schedules sub-tab to view the Progress Reports.
Status Reports
Use the district, school, and teacher drop down menus to select who
you would like to include on the Status Report.
Use the GOM tabs and radio buttons to select which GOM you would
like to view.
Click the Status Report icon to generate the report.
Use the Display by drop down menu to view the status of students by
teacher, gender, ethnicity, service code, or meal status. Click the Go
button to make the selection.
Completed Progress Monitor schedules are represented in the Goal
column of the table. Incomplete Progress Monitor schedules are
represented in the Progress columns.
Completed schedules will have a goal summary of Achieved or
Missed. Current schedules will have a progress summary of Above
Target, Near Target, Below Target or Insufficient Scores.
The number of schedules and average rates of improvement are
displayed for each summary.
Progress Reports
Use the district, school, and teacher drop down menus to select the
Progress Monitor Caseload you would like to view.
AIMSweb Progress Monitor reports are available for multiple General Outcome
Measures and Early Literacy Measures. To view the schedules for only one
General Outcome Measure, select the General Outcome Measure in the
Showing _ Measures drop down list.
Click the performance summary in the column to view AIMSweb Progress
Monitoring Improvement Reports for the students.
View multiple students’ Progress Reports by clicking the check boxes next to
their schedules and clicking the View Selected button.
View multiple students’ Progress Reports by clicking the check boxes next to
their schedules and clicking the View Selected button.
AIMSweb Progress Reports are
available for all assessment
schedules. To view a Progress
Report, click the progress link
under the Progress Report
column of the caseload window.
Click the Expand link to view
the available options for this
report.
The End
For more information on the AIMSweb system, reference your
tab. From there, you can print and download the following
documents, which will provide you with further information:
Organizing and Implementing a Benchmark Assessment Program. Mark R.
Shinn, Ph.D.
Administration and Scoring Training Manuals for Use with General Outcome
Measures (GOMs).
AIMSweb Benchmark for Benchmark Manager Software Guide