Placement)&)Diagnostic)Assessment) · 9/11/14% 3% Reading!Comprehension!! Scoring!Chart!!...
Transcript of Placement)&)Diagnostic)Assessment) · 9/11/14% 3% Reading!Comprehension!! Scoring!Chart!!...
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!Reading!Wonders!Assessments!
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Placement)&)Diagnostic)Assessment)
Reading)Comprehension)(Grades)3:6):))
The!comprehension!tests!provide!a!quick!screening!
measure!to!evaluate!a!student’s!instructional!
reading!level!(i.e.,!Approaching,!On,!Beyond)!!
For!upper!grades,!there!are!both!narrative!and!
informational!passages.!Each!passage!includes!
multiple!choice!comprehension!questions.!!
!*The!number!of!questions!increases!by!grade!level.!!
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Placement)&)Diagnostic)Assessment!PDF!FILE!–!Paper/Pencil!
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How!to!administer:!!
*Administer!the!onOgrade!level!assessment!!
*Make!copies!of!the!passages!and!questions!!!
*Test!is!not!timed!
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Grade)level) Passage)Titles:) Total)Number)of)Questions:)
3rd! The!Fox!and!the!Tiger!
Lighting!the!Way!
8!
4th! What!to!do?!
White!House!Pets!
12!
5th! City!Girl,!Country!Girl!
Elephant!Artists!
16!
6th! Phaeton!and!the!Chariot!of!the!Sun!
The!Mother!Goose!Mystery!
16!
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Reading!Comprehension!!
Scoring!Chart!!
Placement)&)Diagnostic)Assessment!
Interpreting!the!Scores:!
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91O100% ! ! ! !Beyond!
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80O90% ! ! ! !On!grade!level!!
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79%!and!below: ! !Approaching!
! ! ! ! ! !*Additional!assessments!should!be!
! ! ! ! ! !!done!to!see!where!students!are!at!
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Once!you!have!your!
Placement!and!Diagnostic!data!
for!your!students,!go!to!!
MANAGE!AND!ASSIGN,!then!
click!on!the!!
CLASS!DETAILS!TAB.!
*In!CLASS!DETAILS!TAB*!
(This!is!when!your!students!are!
assigned/a!part!of!your!class)!
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All!of!your!students!will!appear!
here.!!
Using!the!drop!down!box,!you!set!
each!student’s!reading!level!(ELL,!
Approaching,!On!or!Beyond)!
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Benchmark!Assessments!
*Available!in!PDF!and!eAssessment!format!!
*The!Benchmark!Assessments!can!be!used!to!measure!
a!student’s!knowledge!of!ELA!standards.!!
*Each!Benchmark!Assessment!has!2!parts:!
!OReading!(Multiple!choice)!
!OWriting!(Multiple!choice!and!1!constructed! ! ! !!!
!response!that!gets!assessed!in!4!different!areas!of!
!writing:!1)!Focus,!!2)Organization,! !3)Support!and!
!4)Conventions!)!
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BENCHMARK!ASSESSMENTS!1!&!2!
!Benchmark!1!Assessment:!!
OKindergarten:!Benchmark!1OAdministered!after!Units!1O!5!
taught!
OGrades!1O6:!Benchmark!1!O!Administered!after!Units!1O3!
taught!
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Benchmark!2!Assessment:!
OKindergarten:!Benchmark!2!OAdministered!after!Units! !6O10!
taught!
OGrades!1O6:!Benchmark!2!–!Administered!after!Units!4O6!
taught!
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Kindergarten!Overview!
O4!comprehension!selections!
O1!sample!item!
O10!items!assessing!Comprehension!Skills!
O10!items!assessing!Phonics!
O5!items!assessing!HighOFrequency!Words!
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1st!Grade!Overview!
O3!‘Cold!Read’!selections!
O15!multipleOchoice!assessing!Comprehension!Skills!
O5!multipleOchoice!items!assessing!HighOFrequency!Words!
!(Test!1)!
O5!multipleOchoice!items!assessing!Vocabulary!Strategies!
!(Test!2)!
O4!multipleOchoice!items!assessing!Structural!Analysis!
O10!multipleOchoice!items!assessing!English!Language!
Conventions!
O6!multipleOchoice!items!assessing!Phonics!
O1!Writing!Prompt!(Test!2)!
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2nd!O6th!Grade!Overview!
Part!1:Reading!
OLiterature!and!Informational!“Cold!Read”!tests!
*50O60!multiple!choice!items!(amount!differs!per!grade!level)!
*Items!assess!student!understanding!of!Comprehension!Skills,!
literary!elements,!text!features!and!vocabulary!strategies.!
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Part!2:!Writing!
OStudents!read!drafts!of!written!work,!cloze!passages!and!
writing!plans!
*40O50!multiple!choice!items!(amount!differs!per!grade!level)!!
*Items!assess!conventions!and!understanding!of!the!writing!
process!
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On!the!Digital!
Workspace,!
Go!to!ASSESS!tab.!
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Select!the!Online!
Assessment!Center!Tab!
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Choose!!
TEST!GENERATOR!
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At!this!screen,!you!will!be!using!the!TESTS!portion!at!the!
bottom!half!of!the!screen.!
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Click!on!the!READING!WONDERS!folder,!then!the!
BENCHMARK!ASSESSMENT!folder.!
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Choose!BENCHMARK!ASSESSMENT!1!(READING),!and!click!
and!drag!it!over!to!the!right!side!of!the!screen.!!
Once!the!Benchmark!
Assessment!1!(Reading)!
test!loads,!it!will!look!
like!this:!!
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After!assessment!has!
been!loaded,!!go!to!the!
top!where!it!says!!
“SECTION”!–!!
A!drop!down!menu!
will!appear.!
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Click!on!CLASSES!AND!
ASSIGNMENTS!to!
assign!this!assessment.!
Once!“Classes!and!Assignments”!have!been!selected!in!the!
Section!box,!this!screen!will!appear.!
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You!should!see!your!Class!name!on!the!left!hand!column.!Click!
and!drag!your!class!to!the!right!hand!side.!
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You!class!will!appear!here!on!the!right!hand!side.!
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Press!the!“New!Assignment”!button!
STEP!1:!
Follow!the!prompts!on!this!screen:!
OName!this!Assessment!
OSelect!Source!test:!Press!the!“Select!Test”!
button!
OSelect!the!TYPE!!
OPress!NEXT!
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STEP!2:!
Select!who!you!want!to!have!access!to!this!
assessment.!
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Press!the!NEXT!button!!
Step!3:!
Follow!the!prompts!
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Press!the!NEXT!button!
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Step!4:!
Select!how!you!want!the!data!to!be!
presented!to!the!students!once!the!
assessment!is!done.!
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Press!the!NEXT!button!
This!is!a!summary!of!what!
was!chosen!for!Steps!1O4.!
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If!you!want!to!change!
anything,!press!the!BACK!
button!on!the!bottom.!
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When!done,!press!the!
FINISH!button!at!the!
bottom.!
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Students!now!have!access!
to!the!Assessment.!
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When!your!students!
log!into!their!
accounts,!they!will!
see!that!they!have!
unlinished!
assignments!in!their!
TO!DO!icon.!
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Click!on!the!TO!DO!
icon.!
Any!INC!assignments!will!be!listed!on!the!left!hand!
column.!NOTE:!if!completed,!they!will!have!a!GREEN!
check!mark!next!to!the!assignment!name.!!
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Highlight!the!Benchmark!1!Assessment,!then!press!
LAUNCH!ASSIGNMENT!button.!
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A!Caution!popOup!
screen!will!show!up,!
asking!if!the!student!is!
ready!to!begin!the!
Assessment.!
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Click!YES!if!ready!to!
begin.!
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Student!must!scroll!down!to!
read!entire!passage.!
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Each!question!is!at!the!
bottom!of!the!passage.!
Once!the!Assessment!is!done,!if!the!
teacher!selected!a!report!to!be!
shown!to!the!student,!it!will!then!
appear.!
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This!detailed!report!
includes!everything:!
OPassages!
OQuestions!
OSelected!Answer!
OCorrect!Answer!
OPoints!Possible!
Once!the!Assessment!is!complete,!a!GREEN!check!
mark!will!appear!next!to!the!assignment!name!on!
the!left!hand!column.!
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Benchmark!Assessment!!
WRITING!!
Instructions!
To!do!the!eAssessment,!Benchmark!
WRITING!Assessment:!
OSelect!ASSESS!tab!
OOnline!Assessments!
OTest!Generator!
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OOpen!BENCHMARK!ASSESSMENTS!
folder!(bottom!half)!!
Oclick!and!drag!BENCHMARK!
WRITING!ASSESSMENT!!
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OSECTION!(at!top)!bottom!
OSelect!CLASSES!&!ASSIGNMENTS!on!
drop!down!menu!
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Click!and!drag!class!from!“Classes”!on!
left!hand!column!(top!half)!
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Press!NEW!ASSIGNMENT!button!
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Complete!steps!1O4!to!set!up!
assessment!
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Check!that!everything!
was!set!up!how!you!want!
it!on!this!summary!
report.!
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Use!BACK!button!to!edit!
anything.!
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On!the!Student!Workspace,!under!their!TO!DO,!!
Select!the!correct!Assignment,!
Then!press!LAUNCH!ASSIGNMENT.!
Just!like!the!Benchmark!Reading,!in!the!
Writing!Assessment,!the!student!must!
scroll!down!to!the!bottom!to!read/
answer!the!question.!
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Press!NEXT!button!to!move!forward.!
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The!last!question!for!the!Writing!is!the!Writing!Prompt.!!
This!is!the!only!thing!the!teachers!need!to!grade!on!the!Benchmark!
Writing!Assessment!for!each!student!on!
The!eAssessment!format.!
How!to!grade!your!Writing!Prompt!
On!the!digital!workspace,!
Go!to!ASSESS,!Online!Assessment!
Center,!then!Reports.!
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!Click/drag/drop!the!class!on!the!left!to!the!right!side!of!the!screen.!
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Choose!the!ASSIGNMENT!tab!at!the!top.!
Select!EDIT!SCORES!from!the!drop!down!menu.!
Scroll!all!the!way!down!to!the!bottom.!
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The!writing!prompt!was!the!very!last!question.!
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There!should!be!a!“NO”!indicating!that!this!answer!was!not!checke!
yet.!
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Click!on!the!EDIT!button!on!the!right!hand!side.!
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A!rubric!for!4!criteria!will!then!show!up!one!at!a!time.!!
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Select!the!appropriate!score!to!give!the!response!at!the!
bottom!based!off!of!the!criteria.!
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Once!all!4!areas!have!been!given!a!score,!the!“NO”,!has!
now!been!changed!to!a!“YES”!for!the!last!question.!