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State Standards’-Aligned Products……………………………………………………………………………………..3

Topic-Aligned Product………………………………………………………………………………………………………..3

Use with ExamView Assessment Suite…………………………………………….…………………………………4

Item Bank Quality………………………………………………………………………………………………………………5

Variety of Question Types………………………………………………………………………………………………….5

More Than Just Questions and Answers…………………………………………………………………………….6

Immediate Feedback and Correction for Students…………………………………………………………….7

The Power of Dynamic Questions……………………………………………………………………………………...8

Literary and Informational Reading Passages…………………………………………………………………….8

Customizing the Appearance of a Test……………………………………………………………………………….9

Selecting a Test Delivery Method……………………………………………………………………………………...12

Paper Tests……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….13

Local Area Network (LAN) Tests………………………………………………………………………………………..14

HTML Tests and Study Guides…………………………………………………………………………………………..15

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The ExamView® Learning Series (Learning Series) is a collection of 15,646 unique, high-

quality assessment questions (with approximately 400,000 unique question variations in

math, science and social studies when using dynamic content) in the disciplines of English

language arts, reading, math, science and social studies.

With questions specifically aligned to state standards, Common Core State Standards and

Next Generation Science Standards, the Learning Series enables creation of quality

formative assessments and activities for students in all phases of the learning cycle.

The Learning Series is available as a state standards’-aligned product for the following

states:

AL ID MA NJ SC

AZ IL MI NM TN

AR IN MN NY TX

CA IA MS NC VA

CO KS MO OH WA

CT KY MT OK WV

FL LA NE OR WI

GA MD NV PA WY

Each Learning Series state product also includes alignments to the national Common Core

State Standards for English Language Arts and Mathematics (2010) and the Next

Generation Science Standards (2013).

The Learning Series Topic-Aligned product is aligned to core curriculum topics (i.e., no state

standards) and is available for the following ten states:

AK HI NH RI UT

DE ME ND SD VT

The Learning Series Topic-Aligned product also includes alignments to the national

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Mathematics (2010) and the

Next Generation Science Standards (2013).

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NOTE

Install the ExamView Assessment Suite program before installing the

Learning Series. Without ExamView, users are unable to create assessments

or worksheets of any kind with the Learning Series questions.

The Learning Series questions are created using the leading classroom assessment tool,

ExamView Assessment Suite. The Learning Series is designed to work seamlessly with

Turning Technologies educational tools to provide flexibility in delivering assessments and

to enhance the student classroom experience. Capabilities include:

Create a standards’-aligned paper test using ExamView and grade it automatically

with plain-paper scanning (Windows only).

Generate worksheets and homework assignments for student practice using

ExamView.

Administer local area network (LAN) tests using the ExamView Test Player to

automatically grade tests.

Access ExamView from within Insight 360™ to launch tests, quizzes and worksheets.

Insight 360 is the first completely mobile system that integrates content with

formative assessment. Educators use Mobi 360 or Teacher App to manage desktop,

open content (various formats and sources on the desktop/browser), launch

assessments, annotate content, see real-time visuals and receive reports from

anywhere in the room. Student response systems, including handheld clickers for

responding, are used to engage with lessons, answer questions and receive instant

feedback.

Conduct in-class review sessions, give quizzes and conduct tests with student

response systems. Clickers work seamlessly with ExamView, delivering real-time

formative assessment and providing instant student-performance feedback so

teachers are alerted to students that require additional attention at the moment of

instruction.

Access ExamView from within WorkSpace, the award-winning software used to

create and assemble the interactive lesson content controlled with the Mobi View™,

Mobi™ and DualBoard™. Workspace’s open design allows instructors to incorporate

and work with teaching materials in multiple formats from any source, including

publishers’ ExamView content, web-based content and third-party curricula.

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The Learning Series questions are optimized for use with ExamView. Questions take full

advantage of ExamView features, providing maximum flexibility when building customized

tests. Tests built in ExamView can be used with student response systems without any

additional modifications. Open tests in student response software and immediately begin

testing.

Learning Series questions are high quality and do not require additional review for content

accuracy, age/grade appropriateness, grammatical accuracy or clarity. Questions are

intended to assess students’ ability to apply knowledge to solve practical problems. Even

incorrect choices for multiple-choice questions have been developed to mirror common

student mistakes. In addition, specific feedback and guidance are provided to help students

avoid making mistakes in the future.

The Learning Series emphasizes critical thinking with questions that promote students'

ability to correctly analyze situations and apply knowledge. Most questions are presented in

real-life contexts that incorporate cross-curricular subjects and contain accurate and timely

data. Also, the questions contain illustrations, tables, graphs, charts, maps and other

visuals that provide both necessary and supplemental information for students to analyze

and interpret. In addition to supplying high-quality questions, the Learning Series also

takes advantage of many ExamView features, providing maximum flexibility to tailor

assessments for a variety of situations.

The Learning Series contains a variety of question types similar to those typically found on

state and national high-stakes tests:

Multiple choice

Numeric response with response grids (gridded response)

Completion

Short answer (short response)

Essay (extended response)

For added flexibility, most multiple choice questions are "bimodal." (See Figure 1.) Display

bimodal questions as either multiple choice or short answer. When added to a test,

bimodal questions display as multiple choice by default. A single mouse click will toggle all

of the multiple choice questions on a test to short answer, increasing the difficulty level by

requiring students to show work or explain answers.

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Figure 1. Bimodal Question

The Toggle Bimodal button in the

toolbar toggles between Multiple

Choice and Short Answer.

The red dot next to a question

indicates that the question is Bimodal.

Each Learning Series question includes comprehensive question support information:

Difficulty field contains the Bloom’s Taxonomy level and the Webb’s Depth-of-

Knowledge level to which the question is written.

Reference field contains the context in which the question is presented, such as The

Arts, Social Studies, Science, Health/Physical Education, Literature, Mathematics or

Language Arts.

NOTE

Social Studies questions do not include Reference information.

State Standard and Learning Objective fields (for standards’-aligned products) display

the state standard ID, the national Common Core State Standards ID or the Next

Generation Science Standards ID number and corresponding standard text to which

the question aligns.

NOTE

For states to which the Learning Series is not aligned, the State Standard field

is empty. The Learning Objective field is populated with an objective to which

the question aligns.

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Topic field contains the category in which the question falls, such as the subject strand

or course.

Keywords field contains significant words or key concepts associated with the

question.

ExamView allows for search of each of the question information fields, enabling

customization of assessments. Search for questions that match specific criteria, such as

standards or keywords. Utilizing the search can quickly build pretests, worksheets, quizzes,

exams and high-stakes practice tests that focus on selected content.

The Learning Series offers immediate instructional guidance to students when used for

independent computer-based practice or as feedback available via ExamView reports. All

multiple choice and bimodal questions include rationale (explanations, definitions, step-by-

step examples or calculations) to help students understand the concept being addressed.

Use rationale as a reteaching tool when students receive a copy of the Assignment Review

report along with the scored quiz or practice test. The Assignment Review report is one of

many valuable reports available in ExamView Test Manager. (See Figure 2.)

In addition, the answer choices for all multiple choice and bimodal questions contain links

to specific feedback responses−positive feedback if the student selects the correct answer

choice or a brief explanation or helpful hint if the student selects an incorrect answer

choice.

Figure 2. Assignment Review Report

The rationale explains

the concept addressed in

the question and/or how

the correct answer is

determined.

Correct Answer

Student’s Response

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The Learning Series includes dynamic questions in math, science and social studies.

Dynamic questions are programmed with algorithms that enable the questions to be

instantly recalculated to form entirely new questions that assess the same concept. Each

time a dynamic question is recalculated, the program displays different values for certain

variables. (See Figure 3.) Variables may include numbers, units of measure, tabular data,

graphs, text strings or answer choices.

Figure 3. Dynamic Questions

The Calculate Values button in

the toolbar allows for changing

the values for the selected

dynamic question, a set of

questions type or the entire

test.

The calculator icon next to a

question indicates that the

question is dynamic.

There are several applications for dynamic questions. To supplement in-class instruction,

display several variations of a single dynamic question to provide additional practice on a

particular concept or academic standard. Print multiple versions of a test that assess the

same material but with different values, making it difficult for students to copy from each

other’s papers. Dynamic questions also make it easy to build a virtually limitless number of

unique worksheets from a single set of questions within seconds.

The Learning Series provides interesting reading passages and related reading

comprehension questions. Age-appropriate, cross-curricular reading selections embrace a

wide variety of reading genres, including short stories, excerpts, poems and original, fact-

based passages. Passages are similar in length and complexity to those typically found on

many states' high-stakes tests with questions designed to assess higher-order thinking

skills.

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Upon installation of the Learning Series reading questions, reading passages are also

installed. The reading passages are stored as PDF files. Use a PDF reader to view and print

the PDF files. Download Adobe Reader at no cost from www.adobe.com.

In addition to independent grade-level passages, grades four and above include passage

pairs. Passage pairs are single PDF files that contain two passages that address a common

topic. All passage pairs in the Learning Series include informational (non-fiction) passages

only.

The most efficient way to view and/or print one or more reading passages is to refer to the

All Gr x Reading Passages PDF files (where x is a grade level). Follow the below steps to

access the files:

1. Navigate to the Learning Series folder.

2. Select the desired PDF file (such as All Gr 4 Reading Passages shown in Figure 4).

3. On the View menu, open Navigation Panels | Bookmarks and select the desired

reading passage.

Figure 4. All Grade Four Reading Passages PDF

ExamView includes a variety of test layout and delivery options, which provide flexibility to

customize, administer and score assessments in a combination of ways.

When Learning Series questions are selected for the assessment, ExamView automatically

builds the test. After questions are selected, ExamView allows for customization of the test

appearance. Popular options are presented below.

http://get.adobe.com/reader/

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Depending on how students will complete the test, space for answers can be turned on or

off. For example, if students are able to write answers on the test next to each question,

proper space can be allotted. If students will be using a bubble sheet or a separate piece of

paper, only questions and answer choices can be displayed. Choose Layout from the Test

menu. Click the Answers tab and set the corresponding options in the Answer Space area.

NOTE

Some answer space options are disabled when tests are set to display in

two-column format.

Choose to group questions by question type (e.g., multiple choice, true/false, etc.) or mix the

question types. If grouping questions by question type, an instruction line describing how

to answer questions of this type appears on the test.

Often state tests do not group questions by question type. Mix question types to create a

test that more closely resembles a state test. Choose Layout from the Test menu. Click the

Question Types tab and select Allow question types to be mixed. Reorder the questions to

mix the question types (see the Reorder Questions section).

Displays tests in one- or two-column format to fit testing needs. Choose Layout from the Test

menu. Click the Page tab and select Two Columns. Choose to include vertical and horizontal

lines on the test.

Reorder questions from the Question menu by dragging and dropping the questions in a

new order. If the test is set to group questions by question type, the questions must remain

grouped by question type when reordering. For example a single true/false question

cannot be moved to a position after the multiple-choice questions. Instead, the entire

group of true/false questions must be moved. If the test is set to allow for mixed question

types, click Sort in the Reorder Questions dialog box to sort questions by question criteria.

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To change the font of the entire test, choose Replace Font from the Edit menu. Select the

fonts and sizes and click the Replace All button. ExamView will instantly update the

questions in the test with the newly selected font choices.

NOTE

When using the Replace Font option to replace a font, it is best to replace one

font (e.g., Times New Roman) with another (e.g., Arial). Do not choose to

replace all fonts with another font. This could cause unintended results such

as replacing symbols or other special characters (e.g., Symbol).

To alter a multiple choice test for a student with special needs, choose Adjust

Choices/Columns from the Question menu. Instantly reduce the number of choices in all of

the multiple choice questions.

Several state and national test styles are built into ExamView. Instantly format a test by

choosing a style from the Style Gallery. For example, to format a test to look like the PSAT,

choose Style Gallery from the Test menu. Select the PSAT option and click OK.

Customize the test to meet specific needs with the Layout and Style commands. Choose

Layout from the Test menu and set the layout options. Then click the Style icon and choose

fonts and styles. Figure 5 shows an example of a test customized with two-column

formatting and a vertical line dividing the two columns.

Figure 5. Customized Test Layout and Style

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A variety of test delivery options and seamless integration among Turning Technologies’

products help keep students engaged and grade assessments quickly. Options include:

Print one or many versions of the test.

Score paper tests with the student response system, providing instant student-

performance feedback and automatic scoring from within ExamView Test Manager

and Insight 360™.

Print a bubble form and use ExamView’s plain-paper scanning feature to grade the

test automatically (Windows only).

Publish the test to a local area network (LAN) for students to take with the

ExamView Test Player.

Export the test as an HTML document posted on a website.

Export the test for use with a learning management system (ANGEL, Blackboard,

WebCT, etc.).

Publish the test directly to ANGEL or WebCT.

In Insight 360, access Test Player to run a self-paced Answer Key test. In a self-paced

test, students use the student response system to answer test questions at their

own pace. To access Test Player, click Start a Self- Paced Test on the Home tab or

click Test Player on the My Tests tab.

In Insight 360, ask ExamView Learning Series questions during instruction. Use the

Mobi 360 to navigate to and select a Learning Series file and to display, Start and

Stop an ExamView question.

NOTE

The entire Learning Series file will open. Navigate to the desired question. If

the question contains dynamic content, click the Calculate Values button to

present a unique iteration of the same question. If the Learning Series file

contains questions that are not supported by the student response system

(such as Essay), use the material as background to ask a Verbal question

instead.

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ExamView includes several features to help deliver paper tests to students. In the Print Test

window, indicate the number of different test versions to print (up to 26 variations) and set

scramble options. (See Figure 6.) If test contains dynamic questions, choose to have

ExamView recalculate values for all the dynamic questions on the test. Finally, elect to print

an answer strip for quick manual grading of objective questions, or print a version map (a

correlation chart to show how the test was scrambled).

Figure 6. Print Test Options

Using ExamView Test Manager, easily administer assessments and score with student

response systems. Implementing student response systems to score tests engages

students with technology and provides instant, real-time results.

Similar to scanning results, student response systems automatically grade most objective

questions (e.g., multiple choice, yes/no, and true/false). If a test includes both objective and

open-ended questions, score the objective questions with the student response systems

first, and then manually grade and record the points for open-ended questions later.

After creating an assignment in ExamView Test Manager, hand out the paper test and

clickers. Start one of two student response session options to push student results directly

into ExamView Test Manager:

Student Managed: Students work in a self-paced mode. At any given time, students

may be responding to different questions on the assessment. Depending on the

hardware system, the session will either open with a student feedback grid that

must be projected or an instructor feedback window that shows transmitted results

in real-time.

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Teacher-Led Student Managed: The instructor controls the pace of the assessment

and leads the class through each question. Student feedback grid must be projected

for the session.

Also, elect to print a bubble sheet that corresponds to the test (Windows only). Use bubble

sheets with the plain-paper scanning feature in ExamView Test Manager to grade tests and

record the results automatically (Windows only).

If a local area network is accessible, LAN tests allow students to complete tests on the

computers at school. ExamView automatically grades the test and compiles the results.

LAN tests are a valuable option as an assessment tool. However, LAN tests are equally

valuable for independent study and extra practice during class time or in study labs. Set up

LAN tests to allow students to check the correctness of responses and allow students to

view the useful feedback information in order to learn from mistakes. (See Figure 7.)

Figure 7. LAN Test with Student Feedback

After the test is created, publish the test to the ExamView Test Player on LAN and follow the

instructions that appear on the screen. Save the test to a location on the local area network

that students can access. Students take LAN tests with the ExamView Test Player software.

After students have taken the test, use ExamView Test Manager to view multiple reports to

monitor student progress, such as the Performance Summary report based on learning

objectives shown in Figure 8. The same report can also be created based on state standard,

national standard or local standard.

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Figure 8. Performance Summary Report

ExamView enables exporting of tests to HTML, which can then be uploaded to a website.

Choose to create a self-grading study guide or a test that will send student results to an e-

mail address. After exporting the test, copy the files to the website so that students can

access the test. With the website address (URL) for the test, students can take the test

anytime from anywhere an internet connection is available.

NOTE

The terms of the Learning Series license agreement allow the test to be used

only by students in your building, district or campus.

ExamView Test Manager enables reports based on student assignment results data.

Reports may include graphs and charts, student scores, standards and other data. Generate

individual student reports and class reports for a single assignment, a group of

assignments or all assignments. Print a report or save a report in PDF format.

Student Reports: Assignment Results, Assignment Review, Student Progress

Report, Learning Focus and Performance Summary.

Class Reports: Assignment Results, Assignment Summary, Open-Ended Responses

Worksheet, Item Analysis Summary, Learning Focus, Performance Summary, Class

Performance Progress Chart and Class Roster.

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Turning Technologies provides technical support to ensure an excellent product

experience. Before seeking technical support, please check the following:

Check the detailed help files that offer step-by-step instructions.

Is the computer working properly?

Please have the following information available before contacting technical support:

ExamView Learning Series version. Navigate to the location the Learning Series is

installed. The Learning Series assessment content is arranged in folders. The

folder names include the version number (e.g., _v10).

ExamView Assessment Suite version. Access the About screen from the Help

menu (Windows) or the program menu (Macintosh) to see the version number.

Information about the computer hardware.

Version of the operating system installed on the computer.

Exact wording of error messages and a description of user actions when the

problem occurs. Screenshots are also helpful.

Contact technical support by e-mail or phone. Send questions to

http://www.einstruction/support.com, a brand of Turning Technologies, or call

888.333.4988.

Visit our website at http://www.einstruction.com/, a brand of Turning Technologies,

regularly for the latest product news and updates on ExamView® and the

ExamView® Learning Series.

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