i-ready Standards Mastery Quick Start Guide Video Training

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1 i-ready Standards Mastery Quick Start Guide Video Training Click here to access the Quick-Start Training Videos for Teachers and Administrators and introductory videos to be shown to students Curriculum Associates, LLC December 13, /7/2015

2 Standards Mastery Table of Contents Overview... 2 Working with Standards Mastery Assessments... 3 Logging In... 3 Building Tests... 4 Deleting Tests... 6 Assigning Tests... 7 Canceling Assignments Roles in Standards Mastery Standards Mastery for Teachers Reviewing Student Assignments Standards Mastery Reports District and School Reports Class and Student Reports Differentiated Instructional Support Student Experience: Key Details for Administrators and Teachers How tests are scored

3 Overview i-ready Standards Mastery is a new addition to the i-ready assessment platform. Standards Mastery allows for targeted, efficient assessment of specific standards and provides insight into students mastery of individual, grade-level standards. Standards Mastery enables educators to identify where skill gaps remain and to deliver targeted instructional resources based on student needs. With Standards Mastery, district and school administrators can plan assessments for grades 2 8 in both Reading and Mathematics. 2

4 Working with Standards Mastery Assessments Logging In 1. Log in to i-ready with your username and password. 2. From the Admin Home Page, click Build and assign an assessment. This link takes you to the Standards Mastery area on the Assignments tab. You can also click on the Assignments tab and then the Standards Mastery sub-tab. 3. From the Select Subject dropdown, choose either Reading or Mathematics. Your screen will look like this: 3

5 You have three choices: Build New Tests: to create assessments and then assign them to your students View & Assign Tests: to view assessments you have previously built and assign these assessments and delete tests you do not need Review Assigned Tests: to check the status of all assignments and to cancel assignments Building Tests From the Build Test screen, you can review assessment content and standards for any grade level (grades 2 8). Standards Mastery provides two equivalent assessment forms for each skill: Form A and Form B. If you wish to, you can preview the content before building assessments. 1. To begin, click Build New Tests. 2. From the Select Grade dropdown, choose the grade level for which you want to browse standards and assessment forms. Your screen will look like this: a a. Subject: Reading or Mathematics d b c b. Grade Level of standards c. Domain e d. Skills e. Standard 3. Click the blue domain bar to display the standards covered in each domain. 4. Based on the assessment calendar built for your district s scope and sequence, select the standard or standards for your assessment. You can combine multiple standards into one assessment. 5. To select each standard to include on the assessment, click the checkbox next to the standard. Standards can be selected from multiple domains; simply select standards within the first domain and then move on to the second of interest. 6. Click the Preview button in any row to see the questions on Form A or Form B (use the dropdown to change the forms). The assessment form preview will open in a new tab in your browser. 7. You can view the questions on the assessment as students will see them by clicking on the buttons or the arrow keys at the bottom of the screen. 8. After previewing the assessments, click on the i-ready tab in your browser to return to your Standards Mastery screen. 4

6 9. When you have selected all the standards you want to include on this assessment, click Save Test. The Save New Test screen summarizes all the information about your assessment. Your screen will look like this: 10. Standards Mastery assigns a default name for your assessment. Click in the Test Name field to edit the name to reflect the conventions used in your district and school. Tip: You will use this name to help you select this assessment for reporting and for retrieving this assessment to assign later, so select a name that s recognizable 11. Choose the grade of the student population to whom you plan to assign the assessment. By default, Standards Mastery uses the grade of the standards you have selected. 12. Standards Mastery automatically lists the standards you selected in the Test Description field. Click in this field if you want to edit this description. 13. Review this screen carefully to ensure that the selections match what you intended. If you want to make any revisions to the selected standards, click Cancel. You will be returned to Build New Test and you can revise your selections. 14. If you are happy with your selections, you have two options for finalizing the assessment: To save the assessment and assign it at a later time, click Save Test. To save the assessment and assign it immediately, click Save and Assign Test. This option will immediately make the test available to all students in your assignment group (see the next section on how to select an assignment group). 5

7 Deleting Tests From the View & Assign Tests screen as a district administrator, you can delete any Standards Mastery assessment that has not been assigned. As a school administrator, you can delete any Standards Mastery assessment you have built. School administrators cannot delete assessments created by others. 1. On the View & Assign Tests screen, select the Standards Mastery assessment you wish to delete. If the test has been assigned, the delete button will be greyed out and you will not be able to select it. 2. Once you have selected an assessment that you have permission to delete, the Delete button will be enabled. Click the button to delete the assessment. 3. Review the confirmation message and then confirm or cancel the deletion of the selected assessment. Note: Deleting a test cannot be undone. Once a test has been deleted, it will no longer be available. 6

8 Assigning Tests Assigning an assessment immediately After you build your assessment, you can assign it immediately. Assigning the assessment immediately means that the assessment will appear when selected students next log in to i-ready. (If the students are currently working on a Diagnostic, the Standards Mastery assessment will not display until they have completed the Diagnostic.) As a district administrator, you can assign a Standards Mastery assessment to any school, class, or student in your district. As a school administrator, you can assign to schools for which you are the administrator and to any classes or students in those schools. Assigning to a school Assigning by school means that you are choosing to assign to an entire grade within one or more schools. To assign an assessment to all students within the selected grade in one school or, for district administrators or multiple schools, follow these steps: 1. On the Save New Test screen, click Save & Assign Test. Your screen will look like this. The screen defaults to Assign by School and lists all available schools. 7

9 2. Click the checkbox next to All Schools in District or next to individual schools. (Note: School administrators will only see the schools with which they are associated, whereas district administrators will see all schools within the district.) 3. Then select the grade of the students to whom you wish to assign the assessment. 4. Then click Assign. You will be taken to the Confirm Assignment screen. 5. Review this screen carefully to ensure your selections match what you intended. If you want to make any revisions, click Back. You will be returned to Select Students and you can revise your selections. 6. If you are happy with your selections, click Assign Test. Assigning to a class 1. To assign at a class level, click the Assign by Class radio button at the top of the screen. 2. From the Select School dropdown, select the school in which you wish to select classes. 3. Now select to view either Classes or Instructional Groups. 4. Click the checkboxes next to the classes or instructional groups to whom you wish to assign the assessment. 5. Then click Assign. You will be taken to the Confirm Assignment screen. 6. Review the Confirm Assignment screen carefully to ensure your selections match what you intended. 7. If you want to make any revisions, click Back. You will be returned to the Select Students screen and you can revise your selections. 8. If you are happy with your selections, click Assign Test. Assigning to individual students 1. To assign an assessment to an individual student or to a select group of students, click the Assign by Student radio button at the top of the screen. 2. From the Select School dropdown, select the appropriate school. 3. From the Grade dropdown, select the appropriate grade. 4. Click the checkboxes next to the students to whom you wish to assign the assessment. 5. Then click Assign. You will be taken to the Confirm Assignment screen. 6. Review the Confirm Assignment screen carefully to ensure your selections match what you intended. 7. If you want to make any revisions, click Back. You will be returned to Select Students and you can revise your selections. 8. If you are happy with your selections, click Assign Test. 8

10 Assigning assessments you have already built You may choose to create assessments in advance rather than assigning them immediately upon building them. If you do so, it s very easy to assign these assessments at the time that you want students to take the assessment. The assignment process is the same regardless of whether you assign an assessment immediately upon building it or whether you assign it at a later time. 1. To assign an assessment that has already been built, choose Subject and click View & Assign Tests. Your screen will look like this: 2. To review the details of an assessment, click on the assessment name. You can preview the assessment or click Close to return to the main screen. 3. To select the assessment to assign, click the radio button next to the assessment name. 4. Then click Assign Test. 5. Now you can select the schools, classes, or students to whom you want to assign the assessment. 9

11 Assigning to a school Assigning by school means that you are choosing to assign an assessment to an entire grade within one or more schools. To assign an assessment to all students within the selected grade in one school or, for district administrators or multiple schools, follow these steps: 1. On the Save New Test screen, click Save & Assign Test. 2. Your screen will look like this. The screen defaults to Assign by School, and lists all available schools. 3. Click the checkbox next to All Schools in District or next to individual schools. (Note: School administrators will only see the schools with which they are associated, whereas district administrators will see all schools within the district.) 4. Then select the grade of the students to whom you wish to assign the assessment. 5. Then click Assign. You will be taken to the Confirm Assignment screen. 6. Review this screen carefully to ensure your selections match what you intended. 7. If you want to make any revisions, click Back. You will be returned to Select Students and you can revise your selections. 8. If you are happy with your selections, click Assign Test. Assigning to a class 1. To assign at a class level, click the Assign by Class button. 2. From the Select School dropdown, select the school. 3. Now select either Class or Instructional Group. 10

12 4. Click the checkboxes next to the classes or instructional groups to whom you wish to assign the assessments. 5. Then click Assign. You will be taken to the Confirm Assignment screen. 6. Review this screen carefully to ensure your selections match what you intended. 7. If you want to make any revisions, click Back. You will be returned to Select Students and you can revise your selections. 8. If you are happy with your selections, click Assign Test. Assigning to individual students 1. To assign an assessment to an individual student, click the Assign by Student radio button at the top of the screen. 2. From the Select School dropdown, select the school. 3. From the Grade dropdown, select the grade. 4. Click the checkboxes next to the students to whom you wish to assign the assessment. 5. Then click Assign. You will be taken to the Confirm Assignment screen. 6. Review this screen carefully to ensure your selections match what you intended. 7. If you want to make any revisions, click Back. You will be returned to the Select Students screen and you can revise your selections. 8. If you are happy with your selections, click Assign Test. 11

13 Reviewing assigned tests Click Review Assigned Tests to see a list of assignments that have been made for your district and school. By default, assignments made within the last four weeks are shown on the View Assignment Log. To see assignments from a different time period, click the Show assignments created dropdown. 1. To see the details for each assignment, click VIEW next to the assignment row. 2. To see the list of students who received each assignment, click the View Student Assignments radio button. 3. From the Select School dropdown, click the school you want to review. 4. Now choose Class or Instructional Group. 5. Now select a specific Class or Instructional Group for which you wish to see the list of student assignments. Canceling Assignments You can cancel an entire assignment or you can cancel assignments for individual students. You will use the Review Assigned Tests screen to do this. Canceling the entire assignment 1. Click the Review Assigned Tests button. 2. To cancel an assignment for all students who have the assignment, choose View Assignment Log. 3. Click View next to the assignment you wish to cancel. 4. Review the assignment to ensure that this is the assignment you want to cancel. 5. Click Cancel to cancel the assignment for all students who were given this assignment. The assignment will be cancelled for all students who have not yet started the assignment or who are in progress. Students who have already completed the assignment will not be affected. 6. Repeat this process for each assignment you want to cancel. Note: You will see the Cancel button for assignments you have the authority to cancel. District administrators may cancel any assignment. School administrators may cancel assignments that they 12

14 have made; they may not cancel assignments made by a district administrator or other school administrators. Canceling for individual students 1. Click the Review Assigned Tests button. 2. To cancel an assignment for an individual student, choose View Student Assignments. 3. To find the student whose assignment you want to cancel, from the Select School dropdown, click the school. 4. Now choose Class or Instructional Group. 5. Now select a specific class to see the list of assignments for students in that class. You can see the status of the assignment for each student. If a student has completed the assignment, the student s name will not appear in this list. 6. Click the checkboxes next to the names of the students whose assignments you want to cancel. 7. Then click Cancel Assignments. Note: Any administrator can cancel any assignment for an individual student. School administrators can also cancel district-assigned assessments for individual students. 13

15 Roles in Standards Mastery District and school administrators control assignments at appropriate levels. This table explains various actions in Standards Mastery and which are available for each role. Task District Administrator School Administrator* Preview Tests Yes Yes No Build New Tests Yes Yes: For their own school only No Teacher Assign Tests Yes Yes: Both assessments they create and districtcreated assessments View Assignments Yes Yes Yes: View list of assignments but not the content of the assigned assessment until the student has completed the assessment Cancel Assignments Run Reports Delete Assessments Yes: For any assignment in the district Yes: For the entire district or specific schools, classes, and instructional groups Yes. For any assessments in the district that are not yet assigned Yes: For assignments they create and at the individual student level for district-assigned assessments Yes: For their schools, classes, and instructional groups within their schools Yes. For assessments they create that are not yet assigned. No No Yes: For their classes and instructional groups only No *Coordinator role has the same capabilities as the School Administrator. 14

16 Standards Mastery for Teachers Reviewing Student Assignments Teachers can view information about assignments that the school or district administrators have made for their students. 1. Log in to i-ready with your username and password. 2. Click on the Assignments tab. 3. Click on the Standards Mastery sub-tab. 4. From the Select Subject dropdown, choose either Reading or Mathematics. 5. Now select your school and class. 6. Then select the class of the students for whom you want to see assignments. Your screen will look like this: You will see a list of your students and the status of any assignment that has not been started or that is in progress. Completed assignments will not be listed here. 15

17 Standards Mastery Reports The Standards Mastery Reports are designed to show you students performance on a particular Standards Mastery assessment. The overall assessment score provides insight into students mastery of the skills group, while performance on individual standards helps identify where skill gaps remain. District and School Reports Running a Report 1. From the Admin Home Page, click How are students performing on the most recently assessed grade level standards? This link takes you to the Standards Mastery page in the Reports tab. You can also click on the Reports tab and then select the Standards Mastery report from the list on the left side of the screen, under the green Standards Mastery header. Your screen will look like this: Note that if you are a district administrator, you can choose to run this report from either the District Reports or School Reports sub-tab to see either district- or school-level performance. 2. Choose your subject from the dropdown on the right. 3. Select the grade level of the assessment you want to view. (This is the Test Grade you set on the Save New Test screen.) 4. Select your Standards Mastery assessment. You can hover your mouse over the name of each assessment to see its full name and description. Note: all assessments assigned within the district will appear in this list, even if a particular assessment was not assigned to the specific school you are viewing. The most recently assigned test appears on the top left, with the second most recent on the top right. 5. Click Create Report. 16

18 Understanding the Report 1 The Assessment Summary table shows performance for the overall Standards Mastery assessment, giving you insight into students mastery of the group of skills. Average Score on the Standards Mastery assessment. % of Students Proficient, Progressing, and Beginning in their mastery of the skills assessed. # of Students Assigned shows the number of students within this grade level who were assigned the Standards Mastery assessment. % Completed shows how many of the assigned students have completed the assessment. If fewer than 33%, an asterisk will be shown to call attention to the low completion rate. 1 2 Click on the Magnifying Glass to drill into more detail on the mastery of each standard. The District Report starts with district performance, and shows School detail in the drillthrough. The School Report starts with school performance, and shows Class and Teacher detail in the drill-through. To return to the summary, click the back button above the Standard Detail table. 2 The Standard Detail table shows performance on each of the standards included within the assessment, to help you identify gaps and strengths in your students standards mastery. Average Score on each standard covered by the assessment. % of Students Proficient, Progressing, and Beginning in their mastery of each standard. Click on the Standard Code links to view the full text for a standard. Note: Only students in the grade selected are included in the report. 17

19 Class and Student Reports Running a Report 1. Click on the Reports tab. You will be defaulted to the Class Reports sub-tab. 2. Select the Standards Mastery report from the list on the left side of the screen, under the green Standards Mastery header. Your screen will look like this: 3. Choose whether you want to run the report for one of your classes or one of your instructional groups. (Administrators will also have the option to choose by teacher, and then by class or instructional group.) 4. Select your class or instructional group from the next dropdown. (District administrators will first need to pick a school.) 5. Select the grade level of the assessment you want to view. (The administrator who built this assessment set this Test Grade on the Save New Test screen.) 6. Select your Standards Mastery assessment. You can hover your mouse over the name of each assessment to see its full name and description. Assessments are listed starting with the most recently assigned assessment. Note: all assessments assigned within the district will appear in this list, even if a particular assessment was not assigned to your specific class or instructional group. 7. Click Create Report. 18

20 1 2 1 Understanding the Report The Assessment Summary table shows performance for the overall Standards Mastery assessment, giving you insight into your class s mastery of the group of skills. Average Score on the Standards Mastery assessment. % of Students Proficient, Progressing, and Beginning in their mastery of the skills assessed. # of Students Assigned shows the number of students within this grade level who were assigned the Standards Mastery assessment. Proficient students scored above 66% Progressing students scored 33% - 66% Beginning students scored below 33% % Completed shows how many of the assigned students have completed the assessment. If fewer than 33%, an asterisk will be shown to call attention to the low completion rate. 2 The Standard Summary table shows performance on each of the standards included within the assessment, to help you identify gaps and strengths in your class s standards mastery. Average Score on each standard covered by the assessment. % of Students Proficient, Progressing, and Beginning in their mastery of each standard. Click on the Standards Code links to view the full text for a standard 3 Tip: Use the Standards Summary table to identify your class s biggest areas of need. Then find those standards in the Student Detail table and sort on the columns to find the students who need the most support on those skills. 3 The Student Detail table shows how each of your students performed on the overall Standards Mastery assessment as well as on each of the standards included within the assessment. Assessment Score shows each student s performance on the overall Standards Mastery assessment. Green indicates students who are Proficient on the skills group. Yellow indicates Progressing students. Red indicates Beginning students. Scores for a student s performance on each of the individual standards on the assessment are shown in the following columns, under the dark blue headers. You can also see the Date your student completed the assessment, and the Time on Task to complete it. Note: If your student has retaken the Standards Mastery assessment, their most recent assessment result will be shown in this report, and a small gray (2) will be shown next to the Date. 19

21 Running a Student Item Analysis Report From the Class Standards Mastery Report 1. Open a Class Standards Mastery report. 2. In the Student Detail table, the name of each student who has completed the specific Standards Mastery assessment will appear as a link. When that link is clicked, the Student Item Analysis report will open for that student. A new tab will open for each report. From the Student Reports Subtab 1. Click on the Reports tab and the Student Reports subtab. Next select Student Item Analysis under the green Standards Mastery Reports header. Your screen will look like this: 2. Select the academic year (it will default to the current year). 3. Choose whether you want to run the report for one of your classes or one of your instructional groups. (Administrators will also have the option to choose by teacher, and then by class or instructional group.) 4. Select your class or instructional group from the next dropdown. (District administrators will first need to pick a school.) 5. Select your Standards Mastery assessment. You can hover your mouse over the name of each assessment to see its full name and description. Select the assessment you want to view and click Create Report. Note: The assessments are ordered so that the most recently completed test appears on the top left and the second most recent appears on the top right and so forth. 6. A new tab will open for each report. 20

22 Understanding the Standards Mastery Student Item Analysis Report This report shows student performance on a specific assessment. Each question shows: The question as the student saw it The student s response Markup on the student s response Correct responses are highlighted in green Incorrect responses are highlighted in red 3 Missed responses are highlighted in yellow For any incorrect or missed responses, an explanation of common misconceptions is provided in a pink box. Correct responses will not have any explanation. Note: Different question types will vary in their presentation of this information. Below is an example of what this analysis looks like for one incorrect question and one correct question

23 Differentiated Instructional Support Standards Mastery Reports provide resources for Differentiated Instructional Support. i-ready Standards Mastery: Differentiated Instructional Resources provide targeted instructional information and recommended resources for each standard or substandard(s) covered within an i-ready Standards Mastery assessment form. Click on the Resources icon on any report to access this information. Serving as a tool to drive differentiated instruction, these documents identify resources for teacherled and student-led small groups as well as individualized, independent learning to reteach, reinforce skills, and enrich students performing at different levels. Overview Information in the Instructional Resources documents are always organized in the same way. Each resource link provides overview information to aid in deepening teachers understanding of the standards, prior to detailing specific recommended instructional resources. This introductory section includes: The full text of the assessed grade-level standard(s) and/or substandard(s) The full text of prerequisite standards as a learning progression for on-level mastery and, as needed, information about additional skill development necessary to master the grade-level standard An overview of tested skills with specific information on what students need to be able to do to answer assessment items correctly, and as needed, prerequisite skills that students must be familiar with to be successful Common misconceptions and errors that can be stumbling blocks for understanding and application of the skills or concepts covered by the assessed standard This information can be helpful in developing objectives and/or essential questions when planning differentiated instruction, in providing insights into student thinking, as a starting point for discussion and questioning, and to informally evaluate student understanding. 22

24 Ready & i-ready Instructional Resources Following the overview section, each i-ready Standards Mastery: Differentiated Instructional Resources document recommends standard-specific instructional resources for students who have placed on or above level and for students who have placed one or more grade levels below given performance on i- Ready Diagnostic. In all cases, the recommended instructional resources are accessed through i-ready Tools for Instruction on the Resources tab i-ready Lessons Teacher Toolbox <insert URL> and state that there is a link from the Resources tab. i-ready s Apps ( Door 24 Plus and World s Worst Pet) On-Level Instructional Resources For students performing on grade level in general (based on i-ready Diagnostic), recommended resources are provided for three levels of understanding of the specific standard, given results on i- Ready Standards Mastery. Resources are categorized into Beginning, Progressing, and Proficient to support fully targeted on-level differentiated instruction. Students at the Beginning level are just beginning to develop mastery of the assessed grade-level standard. The instructional resources recommended for these students build foundational understanding of the concepts and skills of the assessed standard. Resources for this category support teacher-led and student-led small group learning and may include: Students at the Progressing level have a basic understanding of the skills and concepts of the standard. The instructional resources recommended for these students support independent work or student-led small group learning and focus on building students confidence through additional practice. Students at the Proficient level demonstrate proficiency in the concepts and skills of the assessed standard (for those scoring in the high end of this range, full mastery is demonstrated). The instructional resources recommended for these students support independent work or student-led small group learning and focus on deepening understanding of skills and concepts. Below Level Instructional Resources This section provides support for students who are one or more grade levels below as identified by i- Ready Diagnostic. It is a walk back through the learning progression of key skills students need to work successfully with content covered by the grade level standard. The instructional resources recommended for these students build foundational understanding of the concepts and skills of prerequisite standards. They can be considered as instructional resources for use in addition to the recommendations in the i-ready Diagnostic Student Profile Report and Instructional Grouping Profile Report. Resources for below-level students are categorized into those for students who are one level below and those who are two or more levels below. 23

25 Student Experience: Key Details for Administrators and Teachers Standards Mastery assessments appear on the student dashboard in the same way that other activities appear. The student sees a button that looks like this: i-ready controls the order in which i-ready activities are presented to students: Diagnostic Standards Mastery Growth Monitoring Lessons When the administrator assigns the assessments, students will immediately see the Standards Mastery assessment, unless a Diagnostic is already assigned. Access restrictions (that is, availability of assessments at night and during weekends) that have been set for the Diagnostic also apply to Standards Mastery assessments. Students can navigate through a Standards Mastery assessment using the buttons and arrows at the bottom of the screen. This is very similar to the preview experience that administrators have. 24

26 On Standards Mastery assessments, students: Must answer all questions May skip around within the assessment May work on the assessment in multiple sessions by clicking the Finish Later button. All work will be saved. For some multiple choice questions, the answer choices are randomized so each student sees a different order of responses. How tests are scored Each question on the Standards Mastery assessment is worth 1 point. A student s score is calculated by dividing the points earned by the total possible points to get a percent correct. There are six questions (and therefore 6 possible points) for each reading and math standard assessed 1. Language standards have 10 questions (or 10 possible points). For the overall assessment score, the total possible points is the sum of points on each standard included in the assessment. A question must be fully answered and correct to receive a point; students cannot receive partial credit. Some items contain multiple questions displayed as Part A and Part B to the student (for example, two different questions that share the same reading passage).each of these questions is worth 1 point a piece. 1 In some cases, the standard assessed may be a sub standard, a group of sub standards, or a group of standards. 25