Curriculum and Reports Practical Applications for EdSoft

Why Use EdSoft? District-written TAKS Benchmarks October 18 – October 22 Students take these online through EdSoft District-written Semester Exams Wealth of Information Student Contact Information Student Schedules TAKS Results from 2003, 2004

Login to Edsoft http://www.irvingisd.net Click on Teachers (top middle of page) Click on EdSoft (“Teachers” box on right side)

Click anywhere in the picture Type in your username Type in your password (usually first initial last name) (“academy100” if new)

Menu Overview Logout CURRICULUM Class Lists REPORTS Student Schedules This screenshot was taken from my account, so it has buttons that the teachers do not have. The arrows point out the various menus to which teachers have access, with emphasis of course on the two we will concentrate on during this session. REPORTS Student Schedules Password Chg

Starting with curriculum…

Click on the BOOK to open the next set of menus Click on Curriculum Click on the BOOK to open the next set of menus

Example: Algebra I Click on MATHEMATICS Click on High School Click on ALGEBRA I MATH Click on YEAR Click on SEMESTER 1 Click on SIX WEEKS 1 Click on Unit 1

Content Specific Notes for Unit Online Resources TAKS Sample Questions TEKS Objectives of the Unit Name of Unit and Timeline (# days) Correlated TAKS Test Objectives Summary of unit topics

Content Specifications Content Specs: Rewording of TEKS in practical language Prerequisite Considerations: What students should know before this TEKS objective is taught Instructional Considerations: Suggestions for classroom activities to aid instruction Correlation to Instructional Materials: Where to find it in the text There are other categories of content specifications found in other content areas. These include… …Cognitive-Knowledge Levels which are given in the form *Bloom’s Taxonomy Level*-*Required Type of Knowledge* …TEKS Comment (usually just says whether a TEKS is TAKS tested)

Resources TAKS Sample Questions Online Resources Other Resources From Spring 2004 testing Coming Soon: Spring 2003! Online Resources Helpful websites If you have suggestions, e-mail me the specific URL! Other Resources PDF files PowerPoints Pictures (JPEG format)

Now for Reports… those who have already attended the Reports session from the week before school really don’t need to stay for this one.

Click on Reports Click on Book

Click on State Assessments – Then Click on TAKS Click on Teacher Reports and Graphs

Top 5 Most Useful Reports Student Detail Detailed Listing by Student/Score – SUBJECT Item Answer Distribution Analysis by Question Objective Analysis by Class by Student – Legal TEKS Obj Performance Grouping by Class Student detail : Kevandra Aaron (use this as an example) Detailed Listing by Student/Score – SUBJECT : Social Studies for Caltagirone & Mathematics for McFarland (use one for example) Item Answer Distribution Analysis by Question : Hargrove – Mathematics (example) Objective Analysis by Class by Student: Bruce – Science (example) TEKS Obj Performance Grouping by Class : Boothe-Burris – Reading & Writing (example)