1. Schoolnet Updates – Previews Dan Urbanski, NCDPI March 10, 2015

2. Standardized Test Data Standardized data now from 12-13 and 13-14 Includes: EOC/EOG mClass; DIBLES and TRC Rigby ACT BOY data from mClass for 14-15 BOG for 3 rd Grade for 14-15 Reminder: 13/14 3 rd grader is today’s 4 th Grader!

3. New Instructional Materials Added The NCDPI Content Specialists continue to Increase the State Vetted Collection of Instructional Materials. Recent additions: Instructional Units: K­-12: 49 Lesson Plans: K-­12: 686 Resources:K-­12: 620 Assessments: K-­12: 35 (Tasks, Activities)

4. New Assessment Items Added 2,660 additional benchmark assessment items were added. Items have the publisher NCDPI_Benchmark and are available to district level users for creating district benchmark assessments. The 2,660 items cover : ELA (grades 3­-8 and ENG II), Math (grades 3-­8 and Math I) and Science (grades 5 and 8 and Biology). 1,300 additional classroom items were also added. These items have the publisher NCDPI_Classroom and are available to ALL users and intended for use by teachers at the classroom level. Similar to the benchmark items, the 1,300 classroom items cover: ELA (grades 3­-8 and ENG II) Math (grades 3-­8 and Math I) Science (grades 5 and 8 and Biology )

5. District to District Sharing Districts can now designate resources to be shared with “All Districts” (Option is in addition to ‘Submit to State”)

6. Understanding Material Banks Teacher Submits to School Bank School Approves District Approves School Submits to District Bank Districts Designate All Districts My Materials (Teachers Individual Materials ) Single School Items (All Teachers in the School) Single District Items (All Schools in the District) School Materials Bank District Materials Bank All Districts Materials Bank All Districts Items (Shared Across the State) NEW ! State Vetted Materials Bank

7. Assessment Admin Update Departments Now Mapped ! Departments Mapped Appropriately (as of 3/4/15) Involves Scheduling Assessments (ex. CTE – Had to Search for Dept. Now Correct)

8. HBSC Known Issues & Hot Fixes Resolved: Can resume uploading CSV files of Student Performance as of 3/6/2015 Update: Hot Fix to address scoring issues where assessment grades are not being shared with the gradebook to be applied approx. 3/11-3/13. Pending: Small # of student records showing duplicate LEA enrollment

9. Special Programs Pending: Exploring How to Populate Schoolnet with some Special Program Info Initial Programs Under Review: AIG LEP Special Ed Migrant Next Up: Exploring Bringing In Discipline and Attendance Info

10. Preview of Upcoming Attractions Schoolnet upgrade to 16.3 – Tentative April 18/19 – Just after last round of ‘most’ benchmarks – DPI testing of 16.3 underway

11. Upcoming Webinars Introduction to Curriculum Manager – Mar 12 th https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/452182456 https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/452182456 –Create curricular units and district curriculum. –Link resources to units. –Bulk upload and manage your district materials Adv. Curriculum Manager – Mar 19 th https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/472760608 https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/472760608 –Develop and organize your district curriculum –Define scope and sequence, course mapping. –Schedule / publish curriculum to educators