Apperson BenchmarkTM 3000

Purpose

• Benchmarks• Class Tests• School wide Mock Tests (Standardized Tests)

First Steps

• Everyone must install or update your DataLink software on your computer.

https://portal.hcbe.net/Testing/Benchmarks/default.aspx

• Create a key.– Scanning in the answers– Typing the answers in DataLink

• Download Student Database

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Before scanning the Benchmark answer documents, we need to make sure that we have a current and up-to-date student database loaded.

The DataLink software will use the student database to assign names to each testscored and will show the score associated with a student name in the reports generated.

The software can also “kick out” the answer documents that do not have a valid student ID. The test will not be scored until the ID has been corrected.

In order to upload a student database, you will need to pull a list of your kids along with their student ID numbers from Infinite Campus or you can create a list by typing in the names Into an excel spreadsheet. If you are typing the list, make sure that you do not use the leading 4 zeros. This list should be in CSV or excel format. The list should look like this:

Student Database

Your excel file should have the student informationlisted in the following order:1 - Student ID 2 – First Name 3 – Last Name

Creating Your Key

• Scanning in Your Answers– Make sure you indicate that it is the key by

marking the key bubble.– Open up the DataLink Software and scan the key

• Typing in Your Answers– Open the DataLink program, Click “File” and

“Create Key”– Select the form number then “Key responses” and

select “Send to Grid”

Next Steps

• Add standards to the test• You must remember that after you add the

standards to the test, you must assign the standards to the questions.

Reports

• On the top right, you can click reports. That will pull a list of reports for you to preview.

• New Report: Class Proficiency Item Analysis Report

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Make sure that the student number DOES NOT includes the leading 4 zeros. Therewill be empty columns at the end.

Update: No More Leading Zeros!

The four leading zeros are no longer needed. In fact if you use the Infinite Campus Data Export there will be no zeros.

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Viewing and Understanding Your Reports

Apperson BenchMark™ 3000

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Here is a list of the reports that are available to you. You can print these out, printthem to PDF to post or save the reports in Excel format.

Let’s review these reports.

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Open the file that contains your test results. You will see a “Reports” icon.Click on that icon.

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By clicking on the “Settings”, you can change the way that your reports are sorted.You can sort by Last name, ID Number, Score, Order Scanned and several other options depending on the report.

A “Reports” Window will open. You will see a list of available reports.

When you have chosen a report under the “Reports” section, you will see a printer icon that can be used to print the report to your printer or a PDF icon to print to adobe if you have adobe installed.

When you have chosen a report under the “Excel” section, you will see a “Save as” icon that can be used to save your Excel report to your computer or your school’s Sresource drive. (note the students in the preview are examples not the actual students.)

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Score CardThe Score Card report is a quarter page report that shows individual student performance on a test

Sections in the Score Card report

1. Header - General information about the test is shown here.

2. Results - Test results are shown here. If a question was answered correctly a + is shown next to the question number. If a question was answered incorrectly the correct answer is shown. Additionally incorrect answers are shown in italic bold font.

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Big Score Card

The Big Score Card report shows each students response for each test question.

Sections in the Big Score Card report

1. Header - General test information is shown here.

2. Results - The students results are shown here. If the question was answered correctly a + is shown next to the question number along with the points awarded for the question. If the question was answered incorrectly the correct response is shown along with the points awarded for the question.

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Item AnalysisSections in the Item Analysis report

1. Report Header - General information about the test is shown in this section of the report.

2. Counts - The count of the number of students that bubbled in each response is shown here. Correct responses are shown in red italics.

3. Blanks - If any responses were left blank a check mark is shown.

4. Multiple Marks - If any forms contained multiple mark a check is shown here. A multiple mark is counted when more than one bubble is filled in for a question.

5. Point Biserial - The point biserial value for the question is displayed.

6. Correct Count - A count of the number of times this question was answered correctly is shown.

7. Percent Incorrect - The number of students that answered this question incorrectly is shown in a bar graph.

This report provides summary and statistical data about the test, as well as detailed information about each question on the test.

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Test ResultsThe test results report generates a page for each test scanned that shows the bubbled in responses. You can configure the report to show the correct responses and the points awarded for each question.

Sections in the Test Results report

1. Student Name - The student’s name and ID number are shown at the top of the form.

2. Header - General information about the test is shown.

3. Question Number - The question number is shown.

4. Response - The bubbled-in response is shown. Incorrect responses are highlighted.

5. Correct Response - The correct response for the question is displayed in this column.

6. Points - The points awarded for each question are shown.

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Class RosterThe Class Roster Report shows how each student did on an exam.

Sections in the Class Roster report

1. Header - General information about the test is shown at the top of the form.

2. Name Column - The student's name is shown.

3. ID Number - The student's ID number is shown.

4. Score - The student's score on the test is displayed.

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HistogramThis reports shows a histogram for the currently scored test. Settings include the number of bars displayed as well as the color of the bars.

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Student ProficiencyThe Student Proficiency report shows each student's proficiency levels on each group and standard. This report is available only when scanning tests with a standards aligned key.

Sections in the Student Proficiency report

1. Header - General information about the test is shown.

2. Student Name - The name of the student is displayed.

3. Student ID Number - The student's ID number is shown.

4. Group Name and Text - The name and description of the group is shown here. Additionally the proficiency level for this group as assigned in the Standards Window is displayed.

5. Standard Name and Text - The name and description of the standard is shown. The proficiency level used for the standard is adopted from the group.

6. Number Correct and Total Possible - The number of questions that the student answered correctly is shown along with the number of questions assigned to the standard.

7. Overall Proficiency - The Overall Proficiency is shown. This value is the value of all of the questions assigned to the Standards that are included in the Group.

8. Proficiency Level - This shows the student's overall proficiency level for the test.

Color Key - Green bars show that the student reached proficiency levels for the Group or Standard. Orange bars show that the student is proficient but within 5% of the proficiency level for the Group or Standard. Red bars show that the student did not meet proficiency levels on the Group or Standard.

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Class ProficiencyThe Class Proficiency Report shows how well a class did on a Standards aligned test. This report is only available on tests with Standards aligned questions.

Sections in the Class Proficiency report

1. Header - General information about the test is shown.

2. Group Name and Text - The name and description of the group is shown. Additionally the proficiency level for this group as assigned in the Standards Window is displayed.

3. Standard Name - The name of the standard is shown. The proficiency level used for the standard is adopted from the group.

4. Standard Text - The text describing the standard is shown.

5. Count of Proficient Students - The number of students that met or exceeded the proficiency level is shown.

6. Exceeded Proficiency - The green bar shows that the students in this class exceeded the proficiency level for this standard.

7. Did not Meet Proficiency - The red bar shows that the students in this class did not meet the proficiency level for this standard.

8. Met Proficiency - The orange bar shows that the students met the proficiency level for this standard.

Color Key - Green bars show that the student reached proficiency levels for the Group or Standard. Orange bars show that the student is proficient but within 5% of the proficiency level for the Group or Standard. Red bars show that the student did not meet proficiency levels on the Group or Standard.

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Class Proficiency Item Analysis ReportThe Class Proficiency Item Analysis Report shows how well a class did on a Standards aligned test and breaks the standard down by question. This report is only available on tests with Standards aligned questions.

Class Proficiency Item Analysis Report 1. Group Name and Text - The name and description of the group is shown. Additionally the proficiency level for this group as assigned in the Standards Window is displayed.

2. Standard Name And Text - The name of the standard is shown. The proficiency level used for the standard is adopted from the group.

3. Count of Proficient Students - The number of students that met or exceeded the proficiency level is shown.

4. Items Analysis – Break down of how the class did by question, by standard.

Color Key - Green bars show that the student reached proficiency levels for the Group or Standard. Orange bars show that the student is proficient but within 5% of the proficiency level for the Group or Standard. Red bars show that the student did not meet proficiency levels on the Group or Standard.

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Standard AlignmentThe Standards Question Alignment report shows which questions are aligned to the standards contained on the test.

Sections in the Standards Question Alignment report

1. Title - The title of the standard is shown.

2. Standard Text - The text of the standard is displayed.

3. Questions - A listing of the questions that have been assigned to the standards is presented.

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Non-Proficient Students by StandardSections in the Non-Proficient Students by Standard report

1. Header - General information about the test is shown.

2. Group Name - The group name and description are shown here. Additionally the proficiency level for the group is displayed.

3. Standard Name - The standard name and description are displayed.

4. Student Name Listing - The names of students that did not meet proficiency levels are shown.

5. ID Number Listing - The ID numbers of students that did not meet proficiency levels are shown.

6. Score - The score achieved in the standard is shown.

The proficiency level for the standard is inherited from the group.

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Non-Proficient Students by GroupThe Non-Proficient Students by Group Report shows students that failed to achieve the proficiency rating for each group. This report is available when scanning tests using a standards aligned test key.

Sections in the Non-Proficient Students by Group report:

1. Group Name - The group name and description are shown. Additionally the proficiency level for the group is displayed.

2. Student Name Listing - The names of students that did not meet proficiency levels are shown.

3. ID Number Listing - The ID numbers of students that did not meet proficiency levels are shown.

4. Score - The score achieved in the group is shown .

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Grid Export – Excel ReportThis report will give you a complete listing of all the students, their scores, and show youwhich questions they missed.

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Class Roster Export – Excel ReportA basic report showing each student's raw and percentile score. This report also presents test statistics that are helpful to the instructor, such as the class average and score ranges.

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Item Analysis – Excel ReportA detailed report showing the number of questions and the percentage of all answers selected for each question within a given exam. The correct answers are highlighted and a bar graph with the percentage of incorrect answers is displayed to indicate validity of the questions and material coverage.

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Detailed Item Analysis – Excel ReportA more detailed report showing the number of questions and the number of students and percentage of all answers selected for each question within a given exam.

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Survey Analysis – Excel ReportThis report lists the details of each question as far as the number of students that chose each response for each question, the percentage of students that chose each responsealong with the Mean Statistic for each question.

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Full Report – Excel ReportThis is a report that is in Excel format which contains all the excel reports in one workbookwith different tabs for each report.