Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending 1 Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Assessment for Instruction ERGAnalytics TeachersWorkbench Education Resource Group, Inc. 21 Waterway Avenue, Suite 300 The Woodlands TX 

Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending 2 Goal  Provide performance management information to teachers and administrators –Fast response –Least effort –Comprehensive reports –High quality

Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending 3 Assessment Portals Student Data Create and Manage Test Keys TAKS Reports Local Reports Desktop Analyst Print/Grade Answer Sheets Comprehensive Local Reports

Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending 4 New Features/Changes for 2010  Use newest version of TWB (V5.3 Update)  ERGAnalytics replaces MySchoolLife –ERGAnalytics.com Test Key Creation and Maintenance Instant Reporting Print Answer Sheets (Future)  Desktop Analyst Series –New Texas Accountability  Account Information –1 Administration account per campus -Username and Password ARE case sensitive MySchoolLife will continue to function for the year

Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending 5 TeachersWorkbench® & ERGAnalytics® Print Answer Sheets – Integrating Information Exam FormClass(es) Always visit the Curriculum Website for Assessment Name and Form Selection

Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending 6 Starting TeachersWorkbench® Launch TWB from Desktop or from Start Menu Click on the “File” menu and choose “Login” Login in with username and password Enter ID and Password Please contact your campus principal for your ID and Password. Your principal may also contact their Accountability Manager

Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending 7 TeachersWorkbench Main Menu Click Here Directions for downloading TWB are on the Curriculum website.

Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending 8 Local PrinterPrint to Paper or File Campus Online Website Chancery Student Data Forms Exams Select Classes Print Answer Sheets Campus Online syncs with Chancery twice a week

Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending 9 1. Click on Appropriate Exam List 2. Select Exam Name 3. Select Form 4. Select # Copies 5. Click Print TeachersWorkbench – Print Unslugged Answer Sheets Campuses with a large turnover will need to have unslugged sheets ready. You can not grade them until after the Chancery sync

Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending 10  Look at the Answer Sheet –Make Sure the Correct Test Name Appears –If you have a Griddable or Rubric, Make Sure it is in the Correct Place on the Answer Sheet –Make Sure the Correct Number of Items are on the Answer Sheet Verify Form and Answer Sheet Match Please refer to the Curriculum Website to verify the assessment and form. ALWAYS print one to verify the assessment and form match, if they don’t call Curriculum at

Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending Click on Appropriate Exam List 2. Select Exam Name 3. Select Form 4. Check Slug Student Numbers 5. Check SDO 6. Click the Multi-Select Button next to the Class selection box Print Slugged Answer Sheets

Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending Select Class (use Multi- Select if printing for multiple classes) 2. Click Print Print Slugged Answer Sheets Do not change these settings, if you click DO NOT ASSIGN you will not be able to see your data by teacher or class period and you will have to fix it manually.

Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending 13 Unslugged 4 Choice M/C Form Slugged 4 Choice M/C Form Remember all student demographic data syncs directly from Chancery

Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending 14 Code on Answer Sheet Forms Form Used Test Key Used` Alignment Students CAN NOT write in any of these area

Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending 15  Treat Like TAKS Answer sheets –Do not bend, fold, or mutilate! –Students should bubble clearly  Slugged Sheets –Do not write on them –Look for paper clips/extraneous scribbles  Unslugged Sheets –No copies or faxes –Correct Student ID – Not social or other ID. –Correct School ID – For 001, bubble in 001 not 1 Paper Management - Distribute & Retrieve

Scan Answer Sheets

Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending 17 Scan Answer Sheets Campus / District Test Printing/Scanning Station Scanned Answer Sheets C:\Program Files\TeachersWorkbench\Scanned Answersheets

Scanner Troubleshooting  HISD Help Desk Scanner needs to be moved or reconfigured Scanner is not feeding properly or scanning documents  Campus Online I have scanned my documents and see the TIFFs but they are not grading

Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending 19  Check the “Scanned_Answersheet” directory –Each student answer sheet should be a separate TIFF –Each TIFF should be about 50 KB in size After Scanning

Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending 20  Check to Make Sure All Documents are Facing the Same Directions  You may scan different tests and grade levels at the same time  Load Answer Sheets (~50) according to the scanner directions Scan Answer Sheets You may have to sort through these batches to find rejected answer sheet so be cautious about loading large batches

Grade Exams

Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending 22 Campus Online Website Local Drive Scanned Answer Sheets TeachersWorkbench Local Drive Scanned Answer Sheets Local Drive Graded or Rejected Answer Sheets Grade Exams

Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending 23 Grade Exams Click on Tools Click on Grade Exams

Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending Make Sure Both Are Checked 2. Click on Grade Grade Exams

Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending 25 Rubrics are Manually Graded by Teachers

Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending 26 Grading Results:  214 Tests Scanned  213 Graded  1 Rejected Check “Rejected_Answersheets” Directory If Student ID bubbling error, fix and rescan After Grading If you have rejected answer sheets you will need to sort you batches to locate them and rescan them for the student to have a grade.

Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending 27  2 Students Not Processed –If student is new, hold until next Chancery update –Move Tiffs to “scanned answersheets” directory or rescan after update Missing Student Data This is in reference to your unslugged answer sheets. They can be graded after the Chancery sync.

Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending 28  TWB “looks” in the following directory: C:\Program Files\TeacherWorkbench\Scanned_Answersheets Limit batches to scans  Graded sheets to are placed in: C:\Program Files\TeacherWorkbench\Graded_Answersheets Files are renamed using the following format: Test__Student_GradeDate_Time 7864_ _ tif  Files stay in directory Grade Answer Sheets

Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending 29  Rejected Answer Sheets are placed in: C:\Program Files\TeacherWorkbench\Rejected_Answersheets  Check this directory each time you grade for: –Misfeeds, damaged sheets, other (not answer sheet) papers Error Handling

Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending 30 Writing a name is not slugging! What “Not” to do with Answer Sheets

Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending 31 Good Answer Sheet - Will Grade Examples of Scanned Answer Sheets

Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending 32 Bad Answer Sheet - Missing School ID Examples of Scanned Answer Sheets

Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending 33 Bad Answer Sheet - Do Not Write on The Lines Examples of Scanned Answer Sheets

Copyright © Education Resource Group, Inc. All Rights reserved. Patent Pending 34 Support Education Resource Group/Campus Online –Username/passwords –Need to download TWB Software –Scanner Issues –Printing, Scanning, Grading, Reporting – or toll-free