Transcript Certification - part 1 - Pearson School Systems

Using CIITS to Create
Classroom
Assessments
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Welcome and Workshop Objectives
• Welcome and Meeting Room Orientation
• Learning Objectives:
1. Create classroom assessments using the item bank in CIITS
2. Create new multiple choice and gridded items (as time permits)
3. Understand test stages
4. Preview scheduling tests
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Working Norms for this Session
•
Use “full screen” options for easier viewing.
•
Ask questions using the chat box.
•
Open two browsers – one for this meeting, and another for your
district CIITS site.
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Complete the application activity and workshop evaluation.
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Benefits of Schoolnet Classroom
Assess
Districts, schools and teachers may create and administer
assessments online using CIITS
Teachers can use CIITS to:
− Create and administer their own items and assessments for
formative purposes
− Quickly assess what students know about a particular topic
Support is never more than a call (or an email) away
− Helpdesk: 1-855-435-7459 (1-855-HELP4KY) or
[email protected]
− Instructional Supervisors are the CIITS points of contact in each
district
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TEST CREATION &
TEST STAGES
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Online Testing Overview
1
Create test
2
Distribute
usernames
3
Tests
administered
to students
online
4
Score open
response
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Performance
data
available for
analysis
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Methods for Creating Assessments
Express Test
– From a deconstructed standard, lesson plan or other
resource that covers the same standards
– From within Assessment Admin on designated standards
Manual Test
– With items created as you build the test
– With items made available in an Item Bank
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Ways to Build a Test
Build a test by selecting
standards first and using those
standards as scaffolding for
the assessment.
OR, create your test the oldfashioned way,
item by item
“Makes the creation of standards-based assessments fast and easy,
offering educators more opportunities to create frequent assessments that
can be used for formative purposes to inform instruction.”
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ITEM CREATION AND EDITING
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Creating Items: Key Facts
Types: multiple choice, gridded response, T/F, open response, inline
response and matching
One subject, one right answer only in order to support reporting
Alerts: help you build an error-free item
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Using Images in Test Questions
Import image file: copy and paste not supported
As a best practice, keep images small, both in file size and
dimension.
If you want to gather images all at once, create a folder on a
network or local drive. Develop a file naming convention so you
can easily locate the right image for each question.
The Image icon opens your file chooser – navigate to the file,
highlight it and click Open.
For best results, resize before uploading.
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Passages
Do not use the Express Test method to create a test that
includes a passage
You can associate any question with a passage
Once you create a passage, you can select and
associate it with additional questions
The passage feature can be used for images that you want to
use with multiple test questions
As a best practice, create reading passages as text, not images
as text as resizing can make them difficult to read
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Rubrics
Once an express test is created a user may associate a rubric
with an open response question
You can associate any open response question with a Rubric
The Standards associated with the Rubric will become the
Primary Standard of the Open Response Item
Rubrics must be associated to a Subject, Grade Level, and
Standard.
A Rubric may be single or Multi dimentional.
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PREVIEW: SCHEDULE A TEST
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Scheduling a Test
Once a test has no errors and has been marked “Ready for
Scheduling,” you can assign a schedule to your test and identify online
testing options for the test.
What is the test
administration start
and end dates? When
are scores due?
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Online Test Options
Online test
Passcode
Can students
take the test
outside of
schedule
start/end
date?
Is this a
timed test?
Should
students have
access to
results
immediately?
Should test time
be restricted to
certain hours on
certain days?
Assign Test
Wrap Up
Session Summary
Application Activity – Create at least one classroom
assessment using CIITS before the next training
session. Your test should be in the “ready to schedule”
stage.
Q&A
Download materials (if not done earlier)
Workshop Evaluation
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