Getting Started with Welcome/Intro Melissa Arellano, OAR August 2017

Agenda Welcome! Istation Overview Websites/resources Implementation Checklist reports QUESTIONS Purpose of Webinar- getting started, get through boy

What should we do now? Schools/Teachers complete Istation Implementation Checklist before BOY Find checklist at www.aps.edu/assessment/istation Questions and support: melissa.arellano@aps.edu Quick Facts: NM early reading assessment for Grades K-3 (K-2 Mandate, Grade 3 available option) Computer adaptive testing, evaluating foundational reading skills 3 Benchmark Assessments- BOY, MOY, EOY Monthly progress monitoring required for students scoring in ISIP Tiers 2 and 3 (below 40th Percentile) Offered in English and Spanish Quick facts- What should we do now? – discuss “Training” inquires and introduce Implementation Checklist- OAR has tried to streamline implementation for getting started for both schools and teachers since you can get lost for hours exploring their resources.

Istation Assessment Windows: BOY- September MOY- January EOY- May *Progress Monitoring not required during Benchmark Windows *Alternative Schools BOY is August Go over window

Isip reading assessments Istation components reporting Isip reading assessments Instructional tools Reading assessments grades k-3 Monthly isip- Online assessment (approx 30 minutes) Computer adaptive technology selects successive questions based on responses to previous questions, tailoring assessment to each student’s level Immediate online reporting to determine areas of student need Reports available at student, class, grade, school, and district levels Formatted by month to go along with monthly isip 2500 scripted lessons and activities for intervention Songs, games, downloadable books, parent letters, etc… Instruction is available at additional cost, grades 4/5…

Istation Reading Assessment: Istation assesses in these key domains: Phonological and Phonemic Awareness (rhyme; initial, middle and final sounds; segmenting and blending sounds) Phonics (letter knowledge, alphabetic decoding, spelling) Vocabulary (academic words in the language) Comprehension (listening/language comprehension, reading comprehension) Fluency (accuracy and rate, monitoring for comprehension) ISIP- Istation’s indicators of Progress (first monthly test) Benchmarks: September, January, may Progress monitoring for tiers 2 and 3: Oct, nov, dec, feb, march, april On-demand testing- only used during progress monitoring months if progress monitoring more than 1x/month Orange recommended subtests

Four places to visit: http://www.istation.com/newMexico Pdf resources, FAQ’s, ELL Guidance, accommodations, Nmteach info, webinars http://www.aps.edu/assessment Implementation checklist, links, https://secure.istation.com/Account/LogOn Istation teacher account, class access, reports, Training videos, instructional resources Imagination Station App- needs to be downloaded from istation.com Student testing Teacher modeling First three sites are for teachers/admins App is for teachers/admins/and STUDENTS FAQ’s – ELL, Accommodations, NMTeach APS Assessment: Istation Checklist Logon-

Implementation Checklist Complete before September 1 http://www.aps.edu/assessment/istation- documents/istation-implementation-checklist-school

Key reports for administrators Assessment completion report: Shows which classes and students have completed the isip Executive summary report: Available to managers Brief overview of the current isip at school level Historical Data: Can view 2016-17 student data Available in quick report builder when Customizing reports Options Targeted users REPORTS ARE MONTHLY

Key reports for teachers Isip summary report: Shows student performance and tier levels Visual of tier levels Priority report: Shows priority intervention needs by student and links to related lessons Classroom summary: more detail- overall score, percentile rank, lexile

reminders Schools/Teachers complete Istation Implementation Checklist before BOY Find checklist at www.aps.edu/assessment/istation Questions and support: melissa.arellano@aps.edu How ISIP Early Reading Works: ISIP Early Reading is adaptive at the item level, but also adapts at the subtest level. The assessment will bring in higher or lower subtests on the reading continuum to find the students’ ability level, so teachers can better meet the needs of their students.

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