USA Test Prep Professional Development

1. USA Test Prep Professional Development Hillcrest High September 19, 2012

2. Why USA Test Prep? Online Learning Tools and Test Review for State-Specific Tests USATestprep, Inc. is an online resource to help students learn. Each of our products is custom-designed to help high school and middle school students understand their state's required standards and prepare them for high-stakes, standardized tests.

3. Why USA Test Prep? Online Learning Tools and Test Review for State-Specific Tests Thousands of teachers and millions of students in schools, and districts across the country. USATestprep has been helping teachers and students prepare for Graduation Exams, Grade-Level Tests and End-of-Course Assessments since 1998.

4. Features Include: • Easy to set up and use - no software installation is required. • Available 24/7 - teachers and students can access our site on any computer with an Internet connection. • Affordable - our low annual subscription rate is a fraction of the cost of other test reviews. • Effective - 99% of subscribers say USATestprep helps their students. • Never outdated - USATestprep is constantly upgraded based on DOE changes and subscriber feedback.

5. Designed by teachers, for teachers, the materials on USATestprep include invaluable tools such as: • Practice exams that look and feel like the real thing • Automatic grading • Materials to create custom benchmark tests in a snap • Easy ways to track everything your students do and focus on where they need help

6. Designed by teachers, for teachers, the materials on USATestprep include invaluable tools such as: • Exciting arcade-style games to keep students interested and engaged • Interactive skill work to hone students' mastery • Printable puzzles, worksheets, activities, and more

7. South Carolina High school EOCEP/HSAP • Benefits to Students: • User-friendly design - Since there's no software to download, students can log on from any computer with an Internet connection. • Data analysis features - Students can analyze their performance results to identify indicators that need special attention. • Unprecedented variety - Students never see the same test twice with our enormous database of questions aligned to the Academic Standards. • Engaging format - Keep students interested with fun, educational games and interactive quizzes.

8. South Carolina High school EOCEP/HSAP • Benefits to Teachers: • Unlimited benchmark testing - Create powerful benchmark assessments as many times as you want throughout the year. • Customizable options - You can design worksheets and quizzes to target specific South Carolina High School EOCEP/HSAP standards. • South Carolina High School EOCEP/HSAP-specific - All content is carefully researched and constantly updated to match the South Carolina High School EOCEP/HSAP. • Data tools - Analyze and compare student progress. • Printable resources - Build and print South Carolina High School EOCEP/HSAP-specific puzzles, worksheets, and quizzes in the event that the computer lab is unavailable.

9. Hillcrest High Subscriptions Mathematics HSAPPhysical ScienceEnglish I EOCEPEnglish Language Arts HSAPAlgebra I EOCEPBiology EOCEPUS History & the Constitution EOCEP

10. Setting up your Teacher account • Visit www.usatestprep.com • Click on Member log-in • Click on the create new account • School Id: hillcrestsc • Activation code: einstien93 • Student Activation code: newton93

11. Explain USA Test Prep • Think how this will look if there is a complaint that you failed this course. • Re-takes, open notebook quizzes, 40/50 questions, essay's on website, can copy down questions, help at 7:45am, A-Lunch and 3:45pm everyday, and NOW a website to prepare for the EOC in January and it is open for you to practice in October. • Like President O’Bama stated, “You can have the best teachers, best school, but it ultimately comes down to you.” • $200/summer school • Sign-up students • There will be assignments on this website after the mid-term. Mrs. Kidd said this is permitted and it will be done. • Practice Tests • Unit 1 • Unit 2 • Unit 3 and 4

12. Student accounts • Visit www.usatestprep.com • Click on Member log-in • Click on the create new account • School Id: hillcrestsc • Student Activation code: newton93 • User id first name with first initial of last name ex. Spearsb (Brittany Spears) • Make up any pass word

13. Student accounts • Complete registration information • Students may use their school email address to register • Click the I agree box • Click register • Log in with your new information

14. Setting up your classes • All 9th grade students have been registered on the site by their English teacher. • On your home page, click on Classes. • Click on Create new class link • Name your class: English I CP 1A • Click on test to add • Add students (You will need your class rolls)

15. Adding Students to your class • Click on Classes • Click on edit class • Click on add students • Click on letter of alphabet to add • Locate your student’s name • Click add • You should see the students name in your left class screen • After you have added all students to the class, you musts click on submit.

16. Benchmark Assignments • Click on Benchmark tab • Click on Create new benchmark test

17. Assignments and Activities

18. Data

19. Let’s look together