Implementing CIITS: Empowering Kentucky’s Teachers and Leaders for Success

Agenda  Updates and Important Information with Q & A  Topic Information 1.Literacy Design Collaborative Release 3.New Student Growth Percentile Report for Teachers, Schools and Districts 4.Q&A

CIITS Issues

Password Reset December 21 st A user account has been created for you on Kentucky Department of Education. Your username is: Your temporary password is: You must login to CIITS and change your password. If you do not, please contact us at the contact number below. To login go to to log- in to Schoolnet. If you have any questions you can contact us at (1-855-HELP4KY). Regards, Kentucky Department of Education

Standards Update Information Science Standards are available in CIITS Science Resources will be available by Mid to late February from Discovery? World Language Standards edits are being reviewed Health and PE Standards Edits are being reviewed

Training Update Information Curriculum Manager Training KDE will sponsor Curriculum Manager training in March that would be one day open to 25 districts for each day long session. There will be a half day how to use the Curriculum Manger tool and a half day of working with participants on entering their district curriculum. Please bring materials to enter your Curriculum that day. GRECC March 17 th and 18 th Central KYMarch 19 th

New Assessment Update Information 1.Access: Available Now Kindergarten 2013: Screener Mid- February 3.Explore 2013: Mid-February 4.Plan 2013: Mid-February

Updates: Scanning. Posted to the CIITS Support Materials page.CIITS Support Materials page

KPIs KPIs for

Drilling Down into the KPI KPIs for

EDS Caseloads KDE is aware that there have been technical difficulties within CIITS in the following areas: Caseload Manager in the Education Development Suite (EDS) module Assistant Principals and district staff accessing components of EDS Special Education Teachers accessing components of EDS If you continue to experience an issue with your observation caseload, please click the following link: to report the Observer/Observee name. A Schoolnet representative will confirm caseload resolution within 24 hours.

Topics 1.Literacy Design Collaborative Release 3.New Student Growth Percentile Report for Teachers, Schools and Districts 4.Q&A

Literacy Design Collaborative Work Professional Learning Archive 1/14/2014: Uploading LDC Modules to CIITS (PDF | Recorded Session) LDC Materials in CIITSPDFRecorded Session There are many LDC resources in CIITS that can assist teachers as they prepare for a module: LDC Guidebook, Module Specifications checklist, Literacy Matters video, planning templates, template teaching tasks, and other modules (good-to-go).

Release Schedule for CIITS

Recent IMS Product Enhancements

Author Drag and Drop Item Drag and Drop technology enhanced items can be authored in Schoolnet NOTE – IE 8 users are required to upgrade their browser version or download the Google Chrome Frame plug-in in order to author or edit hot spot items Defines the number of times an answer choice can be used Defines the number of answer choices that a container can accept

New ‘Teacher Instructions’ Field ‘Teacher Instructions’ field appears when creating or editing an item or passage Viewable in Assessment Admin from Item/Passage Details page ‘Download Teacher Instructions’ option on Test Detail page appears if test items or passages contain Teacher Instructions

Co-Authoring Folders Item authoring teams can work within a single co-authoring folder to collaboratively create items, rubrics and passages. Co-authoring folders: Can be created by any user with Assess; co-authors in a folder can originate from any institution and level Can be edited at any time; empty folders can be deleted Create items, rubrics or passages from within a folder, or move them between folders “Share” multiple co-authored items to Item Central at one time

Student-Facing Spell and Grammar Checker For use with Open Response items configured for written student response Can be enabled at both the test and item level Functional across all supported online testing platforms Designed for use with English response questions

New Look: Item Save and Share page User is presented with clear and simple item sharing options School list will no longer display by default when ‘Everyone’ is selected, reducing the length of the page Users who wish to limit their sharing by institution or district can click ‘Limit by School’ to see the school (or district) list

Designate a Test for Track/Display Student Response Time – Schedule a Test: New Online Test Option – Unchecked Default = No Times Tracked/Displayed – Checked = Times Tracked/Displayed

Student Comments Students can leave comments in test questions while taking a test Optional test property (off by default)

Student Comments Students can leave their comments in the test tunnel

Student Comments Teachers / test creators can read both comment types from the Test Detail page

Android Support Students can use Android devices to take tests in the Online Test Tunnel Support the following tablets: ASUS eee Pad Transformer – Android (Ice Cream Sandwich) Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 – Android (Jelly Bean revision 2) 10 inch screens / landscape mode Android supported functionality: Calculators Open Response Question Types Language Entry and Display / Special Character Palette Manipulatives (Rulers, Compass, Protractor) (with workaround) Formula Sheets Highlighter Hotspot Question Types Matching Question Types Gridded Question Types Inline Response Question Types Audio / Video Media (in Chrome) True / False Question Types Multiple Choice Question Types

District Configured KPIs – District Leadership District administrators have the ability to set their respective district’s goals directly from the KPI Dashboard

District Configured KPIs – District Leadership A district administrator can apply the same goal to all schools within the district or establish individual school goals The district goal updated through the KPI Dashboard will automatically update wherever the district goal is displayed throughout the application

New Multiple Choice Answer Layout – Test Creation There are two new multiple choice answer layouts in addition to the current single column layout: Two columns – across, then down Two columns – down, then across

New Multiple Choice Answer Layout – Secure Test Tunnel The new answer layout is available in the Online Test Tunnel, Secure Tester (PC and Mac) as well as print version of assessments (Word and PDF)

Anchor Items Test items can be designated as anchor items to be used as visual reminders A single test can have multiple anchor items Anchor items cannot be applied to activities Only the user who designates a test item as an anchor item will see the icon The anchor item can be added at any point during and after test creation

Anchor Items An “anchor item” is designated with a (certificate) icon Items designated anchor items will be displayed on the Item Analysis Anchor item designation can also be found in the test item properties view on the Item Detail page

Support item authoring in Chinese ‘Chinese’ language can be enabled on the System tab to create assessment items/passages/rubrics in Chinese Search for these items in Item Central using the language field Assessment creators can create an express test by filtering items by language

Tools and Manipulatives at the Item level Item and assessment authors will be able to select specific tool(s) or manipulative(s) at the item level Test schedulers can set this property at the item level or test level Select ‘item settings’ to allow the item properties to manifest

Filter Federated Materials by Resource Formats Users of the federated search content will be able to filter resources by ‘resource formats’ Users can find ‘audio’, ‘video’ or resources aligned to multiple format types quickly

Search for Standards by dot notation Users can quickly and efficiently search for a Standard using a whole or partial Standard ID, whole or partial keyword A type-ahead field displays choices that are refined as more information is entered Note: Users will be able to search by a standard ID or ‘keyword’ only. The ‘:’ is a delimiter and should not be used as a search parameter.

Instructional Materials Search– UI Enhancements ‘Subject’ and ‘Grade’ dropdowns have been moved to top of page for better visual clarity and for consistency of layout across all users Users can define parameters before searching ‘Search’ field made prominent Teachers will have their Subjects/Grades they teach selected by default. These criteria is removed from left facets Counts for will remain as per existing functionality.

Screen Reader Support for Assessments Added support for IE 9 and 10 (not 8!) Supported features for 15.3 File Upload – For IE and Safari, use of the mouse is required to access the Choose button Student Comments

Student Growth Percentile Report For School and Districts

Accessing SGP How to view Student Growth Percentile Reports  Districts  Schools  Teachers

How to Access Reports For District and School Administrators

Report Bank Categories

Available Data Points for Student Growth Report Tested School Accountable to Exempted K-Prep Student Growth Percentile PLAN to ACT Student Growth Percentile Remember all your Priority 1 Schools

Student Growth Percentile Report For Teachers

Student Growth Percentile Report for Teachers Step 1: Hover over the Classrooms module and select “Student Performance”

Student Growth Percentile Report for Teachers Step 2: Identify the set of students to view Student Growth Percentile data. You can view data by class section, or you can view data for all of your currently enrolled students.

Student Growth Percentile Report for Teachers Teachers can view data for past years’ sections by selecting the School Year from the dropdown menu.

Student Growth Percentile Report for Teachers Step 3: Navigate to the Student Analysis tab on the far right.

Student Growth Percentile Report for Teachers Step 4: Run the report by selecting “Student Growth Report for Teachers”. This report will display Student Growth Percentile data for the and school year.

Student Growth Percentile Report for Teachers

Step 1: Hover over the Classrooms module and select “Student Performance”

Student Growth Percentile Report for Teachers Step 2: Identify the set of students to view Student Growth Percentile data. You can view data by class section, or you can view data for all of your currently enrolled students.

Student Growth Percentile Report for Teachers Teachers can view data for past years’ sections by selecting the School Year from the dropdown menu.

Student Growth Percentile Report for Teachers Step 3: Navigate to the Student Analysis tab on the far right.

Student Growth Percentile Report for Teachers Step 4: Run the report by selecting “Student Growth Report for Teachers”. This report will display Student Growth Percentile data for the and school year.

Student Growth Percentile Report for Teachers

Export to a Spreadsheet

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