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Using ExamView and Achievement Series to Create Custom-Made Assessments. TIE Conference April 18, 2010.
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Using ExamView and Achievement Series to Create Custom-Made Assessments TIE Conference April 18, 2010
Roxanne EverhardESA 6, Three Rivers Coopreverhard@tie.net605-430-4467http://reverhard.tie.wikispaces.netwww.sdesa6.orgThank you, Thank you, Thank you toVickie VenhuizenESA, Region 2715 East 14th StreetSioux Falls, SD 57104(605) 367-7680
Housekeeping • Cell phones off/ vibrate • Breaks • One formal • As needed • Feel free to ask any questions as they come up • Feel free to share with the group • Feel free to help adjust agenda
Follow along at: http://conference2010.tie2. wikispaces.net/
Take some M&Ms… Now tell one thing about yourself, professionally and personally for each M& M you took… And why you choose this session…
Outcomes for the day • Review effective assessment practices • Basic use of Achievement Series • Install ExamView and explore how to use it with Achievement Series • How to create assessments with your own items in • Achievement Series • Exam View for paper tests printing
"We assess to gather evidence of student learning that will inform instructional decisions to maximize that learning." -Stiggins Celebrate!
Formative and Summative Assessment • (Diagnostic – Pre-assessments) • Assessment for Learning (Formative Assessment): How can we use assessments to help students learn more? • Assessment of Learning (Summative Assessment): How much have students learned as of a particular point in time?
What a Difference a Word Makes B Y R I C K S T I G G I N S A N D J A N C H A P P U I S Assessment FOR learning rather than assessment OF learning helps students succeed
Share one goal for improving your assessment practices with someone next to you
Please note your log-in information Site ID: 15-4678-8770 Your “student” ID: for example, mmorgan Test ID: 36090 Your “staff” ID: for example, Staff40 Staff password: scantron2
Achievement Series • Shares the same platform as DACS. • Has over 1,000 pre-made tests items aligned to the SD Standards that are available to South Dakota teachers • Houses South Dakota item banks and (National) ScanTron item banks • Can be used to spot check students to see if they have mastered the individual standard you have taught and/or to monitor progress toward the standard. • You can test more than one standard at a time • You can develop your own test* or use a pre-made test *Using your own or premade assessment items
First, a word about Administration and set-up information
Different locations: Change in upper right hand corner
Teachers assigned to classes Students assigned to classes Students are NOT assigned to teachers
Further resources on Achievement Series can also be found at: • http://conference2010.tie2.wikispaces.net/ • http://reverhard.tie.wikispaces.net Achievement Series • http://esa6.tie2.wikispaces.net/ • http://jmathiesen.tie.wikispaces.net/Aseries
Achievement Series information at DOE/ Importing student lists Laura Snow South Dakota Department of Education Laura.Snow@state.sd.us 605-773-8193
Let’s Practice..taking a test and reviewing results….Log In… Achievement Series Website www.achievementseries.com Site ID: 15-4678-8770 Test ID: 36090 Your “student name”: for example, mmorgan No Password is needed
Let’s Practice…Creating a test….Log In… Achievement Series Website www.achievementseries.com Site ID: 15-4678-8770 Your “staff” ID: for example, Staff40 Staff password: scantron2
Recommendations: • Normal (test options) • Test properties (Step 1 of 4) Leave defaults • Class assignment (Step 2 of 4) • Test options and Save test (Step 3 of 4) Leave defaults • Select Next Activity or Close (Step 4 of 4) • Automatically Find Content for…
Left side Right side
Best/ Worst of Achievement Series • Most frustrating part • Wish it had… • Most difficult to remember how to do • Easiest feature to use • Most effective with students • Output that is most helpful to me
Create your own tests using • State created assessment items • Assessment items you’ve written yourself • ExamView (einstruction.com) and • Assessment items you’ve written yourself • Text book materials
How to create assessments in Achievement Series using textbook materials
How to create assessments with your own items in ExamViewfor -printing to paper -transfer to Achievement Series
"We assess to gather evidence of student learning that will inform instructional decisions to maximize that learning." -Stiggins Celebrate!
Thank you again to Vickie VenhuizenESA, Region 2715 East 14th StreetSioux Falls, SD 57104(605) 367-7680Thanks also to Jane Daum, Carmen Miller and Teri Kinsley of Jones County for sharing discs.
Thank you for your time, attention and all you do for students! Roxanne Everhard ESA 6 605-430-4467 reverhard@tie.net