Accessing ISTAR in The Learning Connection Teacher Training February, 2011

1. Accessing ISTAR in The Learning Connection Teacher Training February, 2011

2. Agenda • IDOE website • Learning Connection Dashboard • Apps tab • ISTAR Assessment features • Progress Monitoring • Reports in ISTAR • Q & A

3. www.doe.in.gov

5. Learning Connection Dashboard

6. Dashboard • Recent Announcements • Recent Threads • Upcoming events

7. Profile • Edit (if name is misspelled or needs to be changed) • Info • Update e-mail • See contacts and communities • Settings • Privacy settings • User information • Notifications • How often and what e-mails your receive from LC

8. Contacts and Communities • My Communities: Find a community • User created • School • LC Role and ISTAR access

9. Contacts and Communities • My Communities: Files and Bookmarks

11. Apps tab: ISTAR application

12. My ISTAR Caseload • Only students that you are the case manager for or have access to • will be on this list. • Only the case manager can create and finalize an assessment • or progress monitoring (PM) . • Once the case manager creates an assessment, other users who • have access to the student can then add assessment ratings. • Once the case manager creates an assessment or PM, the other • icon will disappear. The assessment or PM will need to be • finalized or deleted before the other icon appears again. • **If a user does not have either the assessment or PM icon, contact support found at the bottom of each page.

13. Student Icons Student Files (Benson) Access Log Student Demographics Student Security Remove from list

14. ISTAR Assessment • Creating an assessment • Only the case manager can create and finalize an assessment or progress • monitoring (PM) • Required areas will be locked down and optional areas will be available to select • Once an assessment is created the student will appear on the Compliance • report.

15. ISTAR-Alternate Assessment Required Areas: Grade Band Assessment 3-5 • Grade 3 – Math and Language Arts • Grade 4 – Math, Language Arts and Science • Grade 5 – Math, Language Arts and Social Studies Grade Band Assessment 6-8 • Grade 6 – Math, Language Arts and Science • Grade 7 – Math, Language Arts and Social Studies • Grade 8 – Math and Language Arts Grade Band Assessment 9-10 • Grade 9 - Math and Language Arts • Grade 10 – Math and Language Arts and Biology

16. ISTAR-Optional Areas: Life Skills: • Physical • Personal • Domestic Care Skills • Community Access Skills Employability Skills • Responsibility • Interpersonal Skills • Problem Solving Skills

17. ISTAR Assessment • Areas to Assess • Once an assessment has been created, you can return to it anytime by • clicking on the star icon. • Click on the pencil of the content area you want to assess. • Once all threads are completed, a Finalize button will appear • Use the “Return to My ISTAR Caseload” to leave an assessment • An open assessment can be deleted anytime before it is finalized

18. Recent Changes… • July 2008 • A committee of experts met to design the assessment for science and social studies. This included grade 4, 6, and 10 for science and grades 5 and 7 for social studies. Their task was to align performance indicators to the Indiana Academic Standards for each grade band and content area. • Determine the essence of the standard. • Determine how a student could achieve this standard at the lowest level of complexity and with the least difficulty. • State this as a measurable, observable evidence. • Identify a higher level of complexity for achieving this standard.

19. Recent Changes… • February 2009 • ISTAR was redesigned from the science and social studies work. Matrices of performance level descriptors were created. • December 2009 • A standard setting committee convened on December 8 and 9, 2009 to set achievement standards for grades 3-8 and 10 for Math, Language Arts and Science. • December 2010/January 2011 • The Biology assessment was reviewed and updated. A standard setting committee convened on January 13, 2011 to set achievement standards for biology.

20. Performance Skills Academic Standard Standard Area Performance Thread

21. Academic Areas onlySelect ALL rubric boxes/skills per performance thread/row that best represents the student's demonstrated skills.

22. Functional and Employability Skills Areas Select one rubric box per performance thread that best represents the student's highest level of performance.

23. ISTAR Assessment • Score Assessment area • Select ALL rubric skills/boxes per performance thread/row that best • represents the student's demonstrated skills. • Click on the behavior objectives icon to view skills associated with the • rubric box. • Click on the glossary of terms icon • Click on the thread note icon to add a note to the thread

24. Keep in Mind…. • Special education students may have a wide variety of • disabilities that may hinder how they respond therefore a • student is allowed to respond in any modality. • A rubric box should be checked if the student • demonstrates the skills consistently over time. • The student does not have to demonstrate the skill • every time. • If the student successfully performed the skills 80% • or more of the time without prompts support such as verbal cues or physical guidance, then the rubric box should be checked. • If the student continues to require prompt support to • exhibit the skill, the rubric box should not be checked.

25. ISTAR Assessment • Add Attachments • Click on the add attachments icon to add evidence to support rating. • Click on to add evidence to more than one thread.

26. Progress Monitoring • Once an Assessment is finalized, a Progress Monitoring (PM) can be • completed on a student • User can select Assess to Assess, then Threads to Assess • Once a PM has been created, you can return to it anytime by • clicking on the star icon.

27. Progress Monitoring • Areas to Assess • Once a PM has been created, you can return to it anytime by • clicking on the star icon. • Click on the pencil of the content area you want to assess. • Once all categories are completed, a Finalize button will appear • Use the “Return to My ISTAR Caseload” to leave an assessment • An open PM can be deleted anytime before it is finalized

28. Progress Monitoring • Rating PM • All behavior objectives from the rubric boxes not checked on the • assessment will appear • Select a rating from the drop down menu • The scoring definitions are listed at the top of the page • If a previous PM was finalized on the student, the box defaults to the last • rating

29. If a Progress Monitoring was finalized, the next time an assessment is created, there is a PM icon on the rubric box.

31. Reports in ISTAR

32. Individual Reports • Can only be run individually • Comparison Bar Graph is only available for KR this year • Once an assessment is finalized, a copy will be in the student file • Teachers should either print or save this report to a local file Compliance Report

33. Assessment Summary Report

34. Life Skills and Employability Report

36. ISTAR Compliance Report • Only students in grades 3-10 that have ISTAR in lieu of ISTEP+ selected will • appear on this report. • The Compliance report is available to both a case manager and administrator • Only the data on students listed in the complete section on April 30, 2011 • will be pulled for state reporting. • Students will appear on this report once an assessment has been created • after March 1, 2011. Compliance Report Compliance Report The ISTAR window is March 1 – April 30, 2011

37. Annual Alternate Student Report • Available for any student in grades 3-8 and 10 that had ISTAR in lieu of ISTEP+ selected as the purpose on the assessment finalized before the close of the ISTAR window, April 30, 2011 • A copy of this report will be in the Student File.

38. When you need help • LC Accounts – Contact local LC Admin • STN/SPN – Contact local STN Admin • Technical issues – Contact Support link in LC • ISTAR KR - Sally Reed Crawford scrawford@doe.in.gov • ISTAR Alternate Assessment – Karen Stein kstein@doe.in.gov • IMAST – Dana Daudelin, ddaudelin@doe.in.gov • ISTEP+ - Charity Flores, cflores@doe.in.gov

39. Q & A