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2012–13 OK Grades 3–8 Benchmarks “Acuity for Administrators”

2012–13 OK Grades 3–8 Benchmarks “Acuity for Administrators”. Assessment Window February 25–March 18, 2013. Welcome!. Today’s Agenda Review “Getting Started with Acuity” steps Clarifying the Acuity Super User role Creating a smooth process for Acuity Benchmark assessments at your school

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2012–13 OK Grades 3–8 Benchmarks “Acuity for Administrators”

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  1. 2012–13OK Grades 3–8 Benchmarks“Acuity for Administrators” Assessment WindowFebruary 25–March 18, 2013

  2. Welcome! • Today’s Agenda • Review “Getting Started with Acuity” steps • Clarifying the Acuity Super User role • Creating a smooth process for Acuity Benchmark assessments at your school • Preparing classroom teachers for a successful assessment experience • Ensuring prompt and accurate Acuity reports

  3. Acuity Step-by-Step!

  4. The Acuity Super User The Acuity Super User Role is responsible for… • Self-Service Rostering • Setting up Profiles and Tiers • Setting up Assignments (This task can be delegated) • Setting up Permissions

  5. Creating a smooth assessment process • Train staff on how to log into the system and how to administer Acuity. • Discuss/display the variety of resources in the Acuity Community (i.e. the Instructional Videos) and within the Acuity HELP menu and encourage staff to access them for helpful tips and useful information. • Check all Acuity class rosters before testing to be sure all students are listed. If not, contact the appropriate district personnel. • Check your technology to ensure all computers/laptops are functioning properly. Make sure that an Acuity icon is on the desktop of each computer for easy access. • Determine who will download and print the Constructed Response items and scoring rubric for each grade level and content area.

  6. Who is the District Super User? Who is your building Acuity Point Person? How will you administer assessments: online or offline? Who will: Enroll new students Distribute Educator UN/PW Assign tests – Predictive and/or Diagnostic Be responsible for manually scoring offline results for both SR and CR Prior to Training StaffYou Need to Know…

  7. Acuity the TOOL!

  8. Perform functions related to tests – Set up test parameters Set up test administration parameters Score tests Create custom tests/items/performance assessments View tests Tests Tab

  9. Strict Parameters for setting up testing window administration dates Test assignments must be created within testing program windows Tests must be administered at some point within testing windows All scoring (whether manual or scanning) must be completed within the testing program windows Testing Program-OK does not use!

  10. View or Print: Tests in both online and offline format Answer sheets for constructed response items Performance Assessments and answer sheets Test answer keys and rubric/exemplars Reference sheets (if applicable) Preview/Print

  11. Test Assignments creates parameters around the administration of a test Test Assignments must be created to: Administer tests online To scan answer sheets if administered offline To view reports Can create mass test assignments to save time creating assignments Test Assignments

  12. View, Edit, Create or Delete information pertaining to students, educators and classes Set up Permissions Upload Roster Files View Batch Reports Generate and View Data Extracts Management

  13. Account manager will set up the school information on the back end of Acuity. Schools/districts are responsible for uploading their own user/class/student information through the self rostering process Dependent on permissions, users may create student/educator or class information manually Educators/students may be assigned to more than one class Classes may have more than one teacher assigned to it Management – Students/Educators/Classes

  14. Self Service Rostering allows districts to upload their teacher, class and student information into Acuity. Districts may import this information from their data source system into a .csv file. The .csv file will then be uploaded into Acuity Two different files need to be create: Educator – contains teacher and class information Student – contains student information The .csv file must be in the format stipulated by Acuity for proper data uploads Self Service Rostering

  15. Acuity Sandbox • Oklahoma Educator Sandbox URL: https://benchmark-assessments.sde.ok.gov • Username: lukebryant2 • Password: okrocks The Role of this login is a School Administrator in School 6

  16. Acuity Sandbox • Where to find Report Data: Click Reports Class Roster Report Subject: Mathematics Assessment Type: Predictive Class: Walters Mrs. Assessment: Oklahoma Grade 4 Benchmark 2 Math GET REPORT Use the hyperlinks in the upper right corner to toggle from report to report

  17. Training Scheduled webinars February 5 thru February 22, 2013 Instant Replay of webinar sessions will be posted once vetted to www.ctb.com/ok. Acuity Customer Support Customer Support at (888) 282-2010 (7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CST) or via e-mail at OK_Helpdesk@ctb.com OK Grade 3–8 Acuity Benchmark Educator Support

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