Reading Management Software Learn how to: Manage Reading Practice, Recorded Voice, Vocabulary Practice, Literacy Skills, and Other Reading Quizzes Set Reading Practice Goals and Reader Certifi cations Set preferences for passwords, student settings, and quizzing Customize Reports
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CONTENTS Welcome to.. 1 How It Works in Your Classroom 1 Programs You Will Use.... 2 Software...2 Renaissance Place RT Management System.2 Tools to Help You with.. 3 Manuals and Other Documents.3 Help in the Software 4 Live Chat Support..4 Resources.... 5 Need More Help?.... 5 Getting Started.... 6 Checking Software Requirements 6 Logging In and Changing Your Password.... 7 Setting Up the Software. 8 Setup Checklist 8 Navigating the Software... 9 Switching Roles and Schools.... 9 Logging Out and Closing the Software. 9 Record Books.... 10 Overview 10 Reading Practice Quizzes Record Book 10 Viewing Reading Practice Quiz Records... 11 dding a Reading Practice Quiz Record for a Student.. 13 Editing a Student s Reading Practice Quiz Record 16 Deleting a Student s Reading Practice Quiz Record.... 18 Reprinting a Student s Reading Practice TOPS Report. 19 Reading Practice Goals Record Book. 20 Selecting Marking Periods for Goal Setting 21 dding Reading Practice Goals for a Class.23 dding Reading Practice Goals for a Student....25 Viewing Reading Practice Goals 27 Editing or Deleting Reading Practice Goals for a Class.28 i
C ONTENTS Editing Reading Practice Goals for a Student....29 Deleting Reading Practice Goals for a Student...30 Reading Practice Certifications Record Book 30 Reader Certification Levels.... 31 Setting a Certification Goal for a Student..32 pproving Independent Reader Status....34 Viewing Reading Practice Certifications...35 Editing a Student s Certifications....36 dding an chieved Certification....38 Deleting a Certification..39 Vocabulary Practice Quizzes Record Book.. 40 Vocabulary Word Types 40 Viewing Vocabulary Practice Quiz Records 41 Deleting a Student s Vocabulary Practice Quiz Record.43 Reprinting a Student s Vocabulary Practice TOPS Report...44 Literacy Skills Quizzes Record Book.. 45 Viewing Literacy Skills Quiz Records.45 Editing a Student s Literacy Skills Quiz Record..47 Deleting a Student s Literacy Skills Quiz Record.49 Reprinting a Literacy Skills TOPS Report..50 Other Reading Quizzes Record Book. 51 Viewing Other Reading Quiz Records 51 Editing a Student s Other Reading Quiz Record.53 Deleting a Student s Other Reading Quiz Record.55 Reprinting a Student s Other Reading TOPS Report...56 Teams Sets and Teams... 58 dding Team Sets.. 58 dding Teams 59 Enrolling Students on (and Unenrolling Students from) Teams.... 60 dding or Removing Students from a Specific Team.. 61 Changing Enrollment (Transferring Students between Teams) in a Team Set.62 Dividing Students utomatically among Teams in a Set 63 Viewing Team Sets, Teams, and Team Enrollment 64 Editing Team Sets.. 65 Editing Teams 66 Deleting Team Sets. 66 Deleting Teams.... 67 Printing Team Reports... 68 ii
C ONTENTS Points Management 69 Viewing Points 69 dding a Points Record for a Class... 70 dding a Points Record for a Single Student 72 Editing a Points Record.. 73 Deleting a Points Record. 74 Quizzes.... 75 Searching for Quizzes.... 75 Reading Practice Quizzes Managing Quiz Information 76 Viewing Reading Practice Quizzes... 77 Editing Reading Practice Quiz Information 78 Taking a Sample Reading Practice Quiz...79 Deleting a Reading Practice Quiz... 80 Teacher-Made Reading Practice Quizzes.. 81 Vocabulary Practice Quizzes Managing Quiz Information... 87 Viewing Vocabulary Practice Quizzes.... 88 Editing Vocabulary Practice Quiz Information...89 Taking a Sample Vocabulary Practice Quiz 90 Printing the Vocabulary List Report 90 Deleting a Vocabulary Practice Quiz. 91 Literacy Skills Quizzes Managing Quiz Information... 91 The 24 Literacy Skills....92 Viewing a Literacy Skills Quiz..93 Editing Literacy Skills Quiz Information...95 Taking a Sample Literacy Skills Quiz.96 Viewing a Literacy Skills Teacher s Guide for a Quiz..97 Deleting a Literacy Skills Quiz.97 Other Reading Quizzes Managing Quiz Information.. 98 Viewing Other Reading Series and Other Reading Quizzes..98 Editing Other Reading Quiz Information.100 Taking a Sample Other Reading Quiz.... 101 Deleting an Other Reading Series or Other Reading Quiz..102 Managing Book Level Settings. 103 Set Current Book Level.104 Update Student Records 104 Changing the TOS Book Level Settings..105 Rename Book Levels...106 Creating an R BookGuide Export.. 107 Managing Quiz vailability... 108 Viewing Quiz vailability....108 iii
C ONTENTS Editing Quiz vailability: Making Quizzes ctive or Inactive 110 Setting Up Quiz vailability Rules.. 111 Students...112 How to Use Renaissance Place... 112 What You Need to Do Before Quizzing... 112 Logging In as a Student. 113 How Students Take an Quiz in RP 113 Printing Reports as a Student. 118 Viewing the Quizzes a Student Has Taken 120 Viewing Goals and Points.... 121 Logging Out and Closing the Program.... 121 Student Capacity.. 122 Using NEO 2 Laptops with Renaissance Place. 122 Before Students Quiz on a NEO 2.. 122 How Students Take an R Quiz on a NEO 2 Laptop.. 125 Using Renaissance Home Connect with RP.. 128 Printing the Informational Letter..128 How Students Use Renaissance Home Connect to View Progress on Reading Practice Quizzes..128 How Students Use Renaissance Home Connect to View Progress on Vocabulary Practice Quizzes.... 132 Parents....135 How to Use Renaissance Place... 135 Logging In to RP as a Parent.... 135 Viewing Your Child s Goals and Points... 136 Printing the Student Record or Words Learned Report.... 137 Printing a Vocabulary List Report..138 Printing the Quiz List Report. 139 Logging Out Of and Closing the Program.140 Reports....141 bout Renaissance Place and Reports.. 141 Using Reports.. 142 Check for dobe Reader before you Generate Reports 142 Printing Reports 142 bout Reporting Parameter Groups. 145 Printing Labels Book and Vocabulary List 146 iv
C ONTENTS Report Descriptions.... 149 Class (School Management)...150 Diagnostic Other Reading....150 Diagnostic Reading Practice..150 Diagnostic Vocabulary Practice....150 Enrollment (School Management)... 151 Favorite Books (Reading Practice)... 151 Goal History (Reading Practice) 151 Labels Book (School Management). 151 Labels Vocabulary List (School Management).. 152 Literacy Skills Chart 152 Literacy Skills Class Summary. 152 Literacy Skills Status.... 152 Marking Period Progress (Reading Practice).... 152 Point Club Summary (Reading Practice)... 153 Pronunciation Key (Vocabulary Practice).. 153 Quiz List Reports (School Management)... 153 Quiz Takers Other Reading.. 153 Quiz Takers Reading Practice 154 Quiz Usage (Reading Practice). 154 Reader Certification Certificates (Reading Practice)... 154 Reader Certification Levels (Reading Practice).. 154 Schoolwide Summary (Reading Practice).. 154 Student Detail (School Management) 155 Student Information (School Management) 155 Student Points (Reading Practice)... 155 Student Record... 156 Teacher (School Management). 156 Team Standing Chart (Reading Practice).. 157 Team Status (Reading Practice) 157 TOPS..157 TWI (Reading Practice).. 157 Vocabulary List (Vocabulary Practice) 158 Word Count (Reading Practice and Other Reading)... 158 Words Learned (Vocabulary Practice) 158 Words to Study (Vocabulary Practice) 158 Engaged Time.... 159 Diagnostic Codes.. 159 Overview of Diagnostic Codes 159 How Diagnostic Codes re Calculated.... 159 When to Run the Diagnostic Report Reading Practice.... 159 Definitions and Causes of Diagnostic Codes....160 v
C ONTENTS Preferences.161 Viewing Preferences.... 162 Editing Preferences 163 Editing the Student Quizzing Preferences (School)... 163 Editing the Date and Time Restrictions Preferences (School).... 167 Editing the Classroom Restrictions Preferences (School)...168 Editing the Student Quizzing Preferences (Classroom) 169 Editing the Other Reading Series Preference (Classroom).. 173 Editing the Quiz Setup Preference (Classroom). 174 Editing the TOPS Language Preference (Classroom/Individual Student Settings).. 175 Editing the TWI Settings Preference (Classroom/Individual Student Settings).... 176 Editing the Recorded Voice Preference (Classroom/Individual Student Settings).. 177 Editing the Quizzing llowed Preference (Classroom/Individual Student Settings). 178 ppendix : Capabilities.179 User Groups in the Software.. 179 Capabilities for ll Renaissance Place Programs. 181 Capabilities.... 185 Manage Book Level Settings... 185 Manage Quiz vailability. 185 Take Sample Quiz.. 185 Index 186 vi
WELCOME TO CCELERTED REDER (R) Renaissance Place (RP) Edition is the nation s leading reading management program, used in more than 58,000 schools. Since 1986, R has helped hundreds of thousands of teachers inspire teacher-led reading revolutions in their classrooms. R provides educators timely, accurate information on student academic performance. You can use this information to quickly adjust instruction to help all of your students reach their greatest potential. helps teachers reach all types of readers with Reading Practice, Vocabulary Practice, Literacy Skills, and Other Reading Quizzes. Recorded Voice Quizzes are also available for emergent readers. R quizzes cover all levels of reading ability in both English and Spanish. How It Works in Your Classroom typical session operates something like this: TOPS Report. When students complete a quiz, the TOPS Report tells them their scores, how many questions they answered correctly, and how many points they earned if they passed the quiz. It also lists the students quiz results for the school year to date. 1. You assign Reading Practice goals and certification levels for the students in the class record book. 2. Students either choose a book to read or read books you have assigned to them. 3. Students use at the computer or on a NEO 2 laptop (if available) to search for and take the quiz for the books they have read. 4. scores each student s quiz and prints a TOPS Report. 5. You and the student discuss the TOPS Report. 1
W ELCOME TO CCELERTED REDER Programs You Will Use Programs You Will Use Software RP includes two programs: the software and the Renaissance Place Real Time (RT) Management system. The software accessible from the Renaissance Place RT Home page helps you manage the program in your classrooms and keep track of students progress. What You Will Use to Do Get software tips, manuals, and other documents to help you use in your classroom See Page 3 Manage the class record books 10 Set Reading Practice goals 20 Set Reading Practice certifications 30 Manage points 69 Create teams 58 Manage quizzes 75 Manage book level settings 103 Manage quiz availability 108 Quiz students on books they have read 112 Print reports 141 Set preferences 161 Renaissance Place RT Management System For information on the Renaissance Place RT Management system, see the Renaissance Place Real Time or help. The Renaissance Place RT Management System also accessible from the Renaissance Place RT Home page lets you view and manage district, school, student, teacher, parent, course, and class information in the Renaissance Place RT database, which is shared by all Renaissance Place RT Edition software used in your district or school. The tasks you can perform in the management program depend on your user level. For example, administrators have more management tasks to perform than teachers. Sample tasks may include: dding, editing, or deleting courses and classes, and assigning teachers and students to them Selecting a different school year to work in Viewing student information or clearing a lock if a student s login is denied Downloading software needed to run Renaissance Place programs Printing reports with data from multiple Renaissance Place programs 2
W ELCOME TO CCELERTED REDER Tools to Help You with Tools to Help You with You ll find many tools in the software to help you learn how to use : Manuals and other documents Help in the software Live Chat Support Resources Manuals and Other Documents To access the software manuals and other useful documents, click Manuals in the upper-right corner of any page in the program. Clicking that link lists the documents available for the Renaissance Learning programs installed on your server. For, you ll find these documents helpful: Document Software Manual Software Tips for Getting Started How to Read a Reading Implementation Report Renaissance Place Real Time What It Gives You General information about the program Step-by-step instructions for working with the program Helpful hints to get you started using the program Information to help you interpret data on the Renaissance Place Implementation Status and Progress Reports Procedures for managing all school and district information Instructions for consolidating data and generating custom reports 3
W ELCOME TO CCELERTED REDER Tools to Help You with Help in the Software To access the help, click Help in the upper-right corner of any page. The help opens in a separate window, as shown below. B C The Help link is on every page in the program. Click it to get more information about the page currently displayed in the program. B To navigate the help, use the buttons at the top of the help page. Click Contents to display the table of contents for the help. Click Index to display an alphabetical list of topics. Click Search to find a help topic using words or phrases. Click Back to view previously selected help. Click Other Help to see a list of the Renaissance Place programs installed on your server and click the program name to view its help. Click Close Help to close the help page. C This logo lets you know you re in the help. If you go to another program s help, the logo for that program will appear. Live Chat Support Customers who are letting Renaissance Learning host their Renaissance Place RT software can chat with a member of the support staff by clicking Live Chat Support (as shown to the right). By default, you can access chat from any Renaissance Place RT page; however, district administrators can set a preference to make it accessible from the Home page only or to turn it off entirely. See the Renaissance Place Real Time for details. 4
W ELCOME TO CCELERTED REDER Need More Help? Resources The software contains other resources to help you use ccelerated Reader in your classroom. Click Resources in the task list on the Home page to find forms, plans, charts, tips, routines, research, and other helpful documents. Need More Help? Knowledge Base: Search the Renaissance Learning Knowledge Base on the Web at support.renlearn.com/techkb/ for technical support information. Email: Send general questions to answers@renlearn.com; send technical questions to support@renlearn.com. Phone: Call (800) 338-4204 for assistance. Outside the US, call 1.715.424.3636. Renaissance Training Center: Visit the training center on the Web at http://www.renlearn.com/profdevel/pd/. This site has webinars, quick sessions, and on-demand sessions to help you learn to use the software and implement it effectively in your classroom. 5
GETTING STRTED Checking Software Requirements To check that a specific computer has the necessary software to run Renaissance Place programs such as dobe Reader for displaying reports click Check Software Requirements on the Renaissance Place Real Time Welcome page before you log in. Supporting client software should be installed by a user who is logged in on the computer as an administrator or as a member of the dministrators group with administrative rights; this will make the software accessible to all users of the computer. The Software Requirements page will open with a list of all the necessary software and (in some cases) audio samples, animations, and links for testing programs that are currently installed. If any programs are missing or need to be updated, click the install Version link B for that program. B For the most up-to-date software, hardware, and operating system requirements for Renaissance Place RT, visit www.renlearn.com/requirements. 6
G ETTING STRTED Logging In and Changing Your Password Logging In and Changing Your Password Use these instructions to log in to Renaissance Place RT, change your password either by choice or when the software requires it and access the program. 1. In your Web browser, go to the URL for Renaissance Place RT. Supported browsers include Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari. 2. On the Welcome page, click Teacher/dministrator. 3. Enter your user name and password. To change your password, check the Change Password box. If the Change Password page opens and you didn t choose to change your password when logging in, one of two things has happened. Either your system administrator wants you to change it for security reasons, or you haven t changed it in a year and the software requires it. 4. Click Log In. If you re not changing your password, your Home page opens. 5. If you are changing your password, enter it now, type it again to verify it, and click Save to open your Home page. 7
G ETTING STRTED Setting Up the Software Setting Up the Software Setup Checklist Task Much of the preliminary setup for will occur before you log in the first time. For example, the software will be installed and registered on a central server for you to access. The tasks listed below must be performed after is installed and registered on the server and as you start using it in your classroom. You may or may not be the one required to perform any of these tasks. District Usually Performed By School dmin. Staff dmin. Staff Teacher Where to Find Instructions Enter district information Renaissance Place Real Time Software Manual dd school years dd school information dd school administrators and district staff dd teachers, school staff, and students; add parents, if desired dd school marking periods dd days off used in calculations in some reports dd courses and classes, assign teachers designate a lead teacher for each ccelerated Reader class and enroll students in classes Set the Other Reading Preference so students can take Other Reading Quizzes Change preference settings to control what your students will see and do in the program (optional) Set Reading Practice goals for average percent correct, points, and average book level (optional) Set Reading Practice certification goals (optional) Make sure teacher and student computers have the necessary software installed Page 173 Page 161 Page 23 Page 32 Page 6 8
G ETTING STRTED Navigating the Software Navigating the Software The navigation bar at the top of each page shows you where you are in the software, as shown here. If you need to go back to a previous page, use the links in the navigation bar rather than the Web browser s Back button, which can sometimes give you unexpected results. For example, if you re on the Class Record Books page and want to go to the Home page, click Home in the navigation bar. Switching Roles and Schools Some people in your district or school may be assigned more than one role, or they may be assigned to more than one school. For example, the librarian in the high school might also teach a class in one of the middle schools. Renaissance Place RT keeps track of these multiple roles and school assignments. You can switch between roles or schools after you log in or any time while you are using the software. On the Home page, choose a role from the User Type drop-down list: For more information, see the Renaissance Place Real Time. Logging Out and Closing the Software utomatic logout after 20 minutes. If you don t use for about 20 minutes, it automatically logs you out, and you ll have to log in again when you return to the software. When you ve finished working in, log out to keep your data secure. 1. Click Log Out in the upper-right corner of any page. 2. Close the software by closing your Web browser. 9
RECORD BOOKS Overview The class Record Books are where you go to monitor and manage all the information about the quizzes your students are taking. You can also set, edit, and delete Reading Practice goals; add, edit, delete, and set a current goal for Reading Practice Certifications; set up team sets and teams; and manage your students points records (points earned, awarded, and used). has six Record Books, and areas about teams and points to help you manage all this information: Reading Practice Quizzes Record Book; see below Reading Practice Goals Record Book; see page 20 Reading Practice Certifications Record Book; see page 30 Vocabulary Practice Quizzes Record Book; see page 40 Literacy Skills Quizzes Record Book; see page 45 Other Reading Quizzes Record Book; see page 51 Managing team sets and teams; see page 58 Managing points; see page 69 Reading Practice Quizzes Record Book The Reading Practice Quizzes Record Book helps you monitor and manage your students Reading Practice Quiz records. The quiz results can help you accurately measure the students reading comprehension, in addition to giving you immediate, individualized, constructive feedback to direct ongoing reading practice. 10
R ECORD BOOKS Reading Practice Quizzes Record Book Viewing Reading Practice Quiz Records Who Can Do This? District dministrator District Staff School dministrator School Staff Teachers To change capabilities, see page 179. You can view information about the last Reading Practice Quiz taken by each student in a class. You can also view information about all the Reading Practice Quizzes taken by a student through the end of the active school year. 1. Click Class Record Books in the list of tasks on the Home page. 2. If necessary, select your school or class or both from the drop-down lists. If you want to see only the classes you re assigned to as a teacher, regardless of the school, choose My Classes instead of a school. 3. Click Reading Practice Quizzes under Class Record Books to view the View Reading Practice Quizzes Record Book page. B C D Use the Class drop-down list to choose a different class. B The Latest Quiz Results column shows you the date the quiz was taken, the title of the last quiz taken by each student, what percentage the student scored on that quiz, and whether he or she passed or failed. C This legend describes what the symbols in the Score column mean. D Click a student s name to view all the quiz records for that student. 11
R ECORD BOOKS Reading Practice Quizzes Record Book 4. Click a student s name to view all the quiz records up to the end of the active school year for that student. E F G H Too many pages? The list of quizzes may be divided into multiple pages if the list is longer than the limit set in the Viewing Preference. To change this preference see Editing the Classroom Restrictions Preferences (School) on page 168. E Use the Student drop-down list if you need to choose a different student. F Scroll through the list of quizzes to find a particular quiz record. If necessary, click Next >> or << Previous to move through the list. G Type a quiz number or title and click Go to search for a particular quiz. H Click Show ll to view the full list of quiz records. 12
R ECORD BOOKS Reading Practice Quizzes Record Book dding a Reading Practice Quiz Record for a Student Who Can Do This? District dministrator District Staff School dministrator School Staff Teachers To change capabilities, see page 179. You may need to add a Reading Practice record for a student if that student transfers without an export file containing data. Follow these steps to add a Reading Practice Quiz record for a student in the Reading Practice Quiz record book: 1. View the Reading Practice Quiz Records for the desired class. See page 11. 2. Click the name of the student for whom you want to add a Reading Practice Quiz record. 3. Click dd Reading Practice Quiz Record under ctions along the left side of the page. If you cannot add a Reading Practice Quiz record, an administrator has used the llow Quiz Editing Preference to prevent teachers from adding Reading Practice Quiz records. See Editing the Classroom Restrictions Preferences (School) on page 168. 13
R ECORD BOOKS Reading Practice Quizzes Record Book Teacher-Made Quizzes. The list also includes Teacher- Made Quizzes that have been added to the program. Teacher-Made Quizzes have quiz numbers from 900 to 1399. To create Teacher- Made Quizzes, see page 81. 4. Use the Select a Reading Practice Quiz page to find and choose the Reading Practice quiz you want: E C D B B Scroll through the list of quizzes to find a particular quiz record. If necessary, click Next >> or << Previous to move through the list. C To find a particular quiz, search by title, author, quiz number, or TOS book level (or user-defined name) using the drop-down lists and blank fields. D Click More Criteria to narrow your search by fiction/nonfiction classification, interest level, quiz language, points, or recorded voice quizzes. E Click Search. To go back to the full list of quizzes, delete any text you ve entered in the Search For Quizzes fields and click Search again. 5. Click the quiz title or number. Note: If you select a quiz that the student has already taken, the Select Reading Practice Quiz Error page appears. Click Edit to change the existing quiz record, click Select another quiz to go back to the quiz search page, or click Cancel if you don t want to add a quiz record at this time. 14
R ECORD BOOKS Reading Practice Quizzes Record Book 6. Complete the dd Student Reading Practice Quiz Record page as described below: F TWI stands for read To, read With, or read Independently. G H F Type the number of questions the student answered correctly on the quiz. G Choose whether the book was Read To the student, Read With the student, or Read Independently by the student from the TWI drop-down list. H Type the date the student took the quiz, or click the calendar button to choose a date. 7. Click Save to add this Reading Practice Quiz to the student s record. 15
R ECORD BOOKS Reading Practice Quizzes Record Book Editing a Student s Reading Practice Quiz Record Who Can Do This? District dministrator District Staff School dministrator School Staff Teachers To change capabilities, see page 179. 1. View the Reading Practice Quiz Records for the desired class. See page 11. 2. Click the name of the student whose quiz record you want to edit. 3. Find the record you want to edit on the View Student Reading Practice Quiz Records page. D B C Scroll through the list of quizzes to find a particular quiz record. If necessary, click Next >> or << Previous to move through the list. B Type the quiz number or title and click Go to search for a particular quiz. C Click Show ll to view the full list of quiz records. If the Edit option is unavailable, an administrator has used the llow Quiz Editing Preference to prevent teachers from editing Reading Practice Quiz records. See Editing the Classroom Restrictions Preferences (School) on page 168. 4. Click Edit under ctions D in the row of the record you want to edit. 16
R ECORD BOOKS Reading Practice Quizzes Record Book 5. Complete the Edit Student Reading Practice Quiz Record page as described below. E F G E Change the number in the Questions Correct field to the actual number of questions the student answered correctly on the quiz. F Change whether the book was Read To the student, Read With the student or Read Independently by the student from the TWI dropdown list. G Type the correct date the student took the quiz or click the calendar button to choose a date. 6. Click Save to save your changes to the student s Reading Practice Quiz record for this quiz. 17
R ECORD BOOKS Reading Practice Quizzes Record Book Deleting a Student s Reading Practice Quiz Record Who Can Do This? District dministrator District Staff School dministrator School Staff Teachers To change capabilities, see page 179. 1. View the Reading Practice Quiz Records for the desired class. See page 11. 2. Click the name of the student whose quiz record you want to delete. 3. Find the record you want to delete on the View Student Reading Practice Quiz Records page as described below. B C D Scroll through the list of quizzes to find a particular quiz record. If necessary, click Next >> or << Previous to move through the list. B Type the quiz number or title and click Go to search for a particular quiz. C Click Show ll to view the full list of quiz records. If the Delete option is unavailable, an administrator has used the llow Quiz Deleting Preference to prevent teachers from deleting Reading Practice Quiz records. See Editing the Classroom Restrictions Preferences (School) on page 168. 4. Click Delete in the row of the record you want to delete under the ctions column D. 5. Click OK to delete the record. 18
R ECORD BOOKS Reading Practice Quizzes Record Book Reprinting a Student s Reading Practice TOPS Report Who Can Do This? District dministrator District Staff School dministrator School Staff Teachers To change capabilities, see page 179. 1. View the Reading Practice Quiz Records. See page 11. 2. Click the name of the student whose TOPS Report you want to reprint on the View Reading Practice Quizzes Record Book page. 3. Find the record you want on the View Student Reading Practice Quiz Records page as described below. B C D Scroll through the list of quizzes to find a particular quiz record. If necessary, click Next >> or << Previous to move through the list. B Type the quiz number or title and click Go to search for a particular quiz. C Click Show ll to view the full list of quiz records. 4. Click TOPS D in the row of the record you want under the ctions column. 5. Click either the English or Spanish option on the Reprint TOPS Select Language page. Then, click Next >. 19
R ECORD BOOKS Reading Practice Goals Record Book 6. When the report is ready, it opens in dobe Reader (or in Preview on certain Macintosh computers) in another window. E E Use the dobe Reader buttons to save or print the report. Do not use the browser s print function. Note for Macintosh Users: The report may open in the Preview program on Macintosh OS X; click the File menu and choose Print. 7. Close the browser window when you are finished viewing the report. Reading Practice Goals Record Book Before you can set goals for your students, you must set up marking periods for your school in Renaissance Place and then assign them to your class using the R Reading Practice Goals Record Book. See the Renaissance Place Real Time for instructions on creating marking periods for one school or multiple schools. You can set three separate Reading Practice goals for your students: average percent correct on quizzes, total points earned, and average book level on passed quizzes. The program doesn t require you to set goals for your students; however, we recommend that you set all three goals in each marking period assigned to the class. Note: When students and parents log in to the program, they can view the goals you ve set and the student s progress toward them; see page 121 for students and page 136 for parents. fter you set Reading Practice goals, you can monitor your students progress. Reading Practice goals are different from the Reading Practice certification goals you can set for your students those goals are set in the Reading Practice Certifications Record Book; see page 32. 20
R ECORD BOOKS Reading Practice Goals Record Book Selecting Marking Periods for Goal Setting Who Can Do This? District dministrator District Staff School dministrator School Staff Teachers To change capabilities, see page 179. Before you can set Reading Practice goals for students, you must first select the marking periods for the class. 1. Click Class Record Books in the list of tasks on the Home page. 2. If necessary, select your school or class or both from the drop-down lists. Click My Classes instead of a school if you want to see only the classes you re assigned to as a teacher. 3. Click Reading Practice Goals under Class Record Book on the Class Record Books page. 4. Click Select Marking Periods on the View Reading Practice Goals Record Book page. (If marking periods haven t been selected for the class, the page notifies you that you must do this before you can set goals.) 21
R ECORD BOOKS Reading Practice Goals Record Book You cannot choose school marking periods with overlapping dates. See the Renaissance Place Real Time for instructions about setting up marking periods. 5. Under vailable School Marking Periods, click Select next to each marking period for which you want to set student goals B. s you do this, the marking periods will be added to the list at the top of the page. C B 6. Click Remove next to the marking period you want to remove from the class C. 7. Click Save when you are finished. 22
R ECORD BOOKS Reading Practice Goals Record Book dding Reading Practice Goals for a Class Who Can Do This? District dministrator District Staff School dministrator School Staff Teachers To change capabilities, see page 179. You can set three Reading Practice goals for students: average percent correct on quizzes points earned average book level on passed quizzes These goals are different from the certification goals which are set in the Reading Practice Certifications Record Book; see page 32. Before you can set goals, you must assign marking periods to the class; see page 21 for instructions. 1. Click Class Record Books in the list of tasks on the Home page. 2. If necessary, select your school or class or both from the drop-down lists. Click My Classes instead of a school if you want to see only the classes you re assigned to as a teacher. 3. Click Reading Practice Goals on the Class Record Books page. 4. Make sure the correct class and marking period B are shown on the View Reading Practice Goals Record Book page. If necessary, choose the correct information from the drop-down lists. C B If this class doesn t have at least one marking period assigned to it, the page notifies you that you must assign marking periods before you can set goals. See page 21 for instructions. 5. Click Edit Student Goals C. 23
R ECORD BOOKS Reading Practice Goals Record Book 6. Set all three goals for each student on the Edit Reading Practice Goals page described below: D E F Use the Goal-Setting Chart or the Goal- Setting Chart for TOS 2000 as a guideline when setting the points and avg. book level goals. Find them under Resources; see page 5. D Click the vg. Percent Correct Goal drop-down list in the row for each student and select the average percentage you want that student to achieve on quizzes during the marking period. You can select values from 85% to 90%. Note: Choosing None deletes the goal. E Type the number of points the student should earn by passing quizzes during the marking period. F Type the average book level the student should achieve on passed quizzes during the marking period. For TOS you can enter numbers from 0.1 to 20.0. For TOS 100 (or user-defined name) you can enter values from 0.0 to 100.0. For TOS 2000 (or user-defined name) you can enter values from 0 to 2000. 7. Click Save when you are finished. 24
R ECORD BOOKS Reading Practice Goals Record Book dding Reading Practice Goals for a Student Who Can Do This? District dministrator District Staff School dministrator School Staff Teachers To change capabilities, see page 179. Goals vs. Certifications. The Reading Practice Goals Record Book is different from the Reading Practice Certifications Record Book (see page 32). These steps describe how to set three Reading Practice goals (average percent correct, points earned, and average book level on passed quizzes) for one student for any marking period. 1. Click Class Record Books in the list of tasks on the Home page. 2. If necessary, select your school or class or both from the drop-down lists. Click My Classes instead of a school if you want to see only the classes you re assigned to as a teacher. 3. Click Reading Practice Goals on the Class Record Books page. 4. Make sure the correct class and marking period B are shown on the View Reading Practice Goals Record Book page. If necessary, choose the correct information from the drop-down lists. B If this class doesn t have at least one marking period assigned to it, the page notifies you that you must assign marking periods before you can set goals. See page 21 for instructions. C 5. Click the name of the student you want to work with C. 25
R ECORD BOOKS Reading Practice Goals Record Book 6. Click Create on the View Student Reading Practice Goals page in the row for a marking period without goals D. D 7. Set the vg. Percent Correct, Points, and vg. Book Level goals on the Create Student Reading Practice Goal page: E F G Use the Goal-Setting Chart or the Goal- Setting Chart for TOS 2000 as a guideline when setting the points and avg. book level goals. Find them under Resources; see page 5. E Select the average percentage you want the student to achieve on quizzes during the marking period. You can select values from 85% to 90%. F Type the number of points that the student should earn on quizzes during the marking period. G Type the average book level the student should achieve on passed quizzes during the marking period. For TOS you can enter numbers from 0.1 to 20.0. For TOS 100 (or user-defined name) you can enter values from 0.0 to 100.0. For TOS 2000 (or user-defined name) you can enter values from 0 to 2000. 8. Click Save when you are finished. 9. Repeat steps 5 8 for each student who needs to have goals set. 26
R ECORD BOOKS Reading Practice Goals Record Book Viewing Reading Practice Goals Who Can Do This? District dministrator District Staff School dministrator School Staff Teachers To change capabilities, see page 179. 1. Click Class Record Books in the list of tasks on the Home page. 2. If necessary, select your school or class or both from the drop-down lists. Click My Classes instead of a school if you want to see only the classes you re assigned to as a teacher. 3. Click Reading Practice Goals on the Class Record Books page. 4. Make sure the correct class and marking period B are shown on the View Reading Practice Goals Record Book page. If necessary, choose the correct information from the drop-down lists. B C 5. Click the name of the student whose Reading Practice Goals you want to view C. 27
R ECORD BOOKS Reading Practice Goals Record Book Editing or Deleting Reading Practice Goals for a Class Who Can Do This? District dministrator District Staff School dministrator School Staff Teachers To change capabilities, see page 179. These steps describe how to edit or delete goals for students in a class for one marking period. 1. View the Reading Practice Goals for the class that needs editing. See page 27. 2. Click Edit Student Goals on the View Reading Practice Goals Record Book page. 3. The Edit Reading Practice Goals page lists the goals that have been set for each student in the class for the marking period you selected. Goals vs. Certifications. The Reading Practice Goals Record Book is different from the Reading Practice Certifications Record Book (see page 32). B C Use the Goal-Setting Chart or the Goal- Setting Chart for TOS 2000 as a guideline when setting the points and avg. book level goals. Find them under Resources; see page 5. Click the vg. Percent Correct Goal drop-down list in the row for each student and select the average percentage you want that student to achieve on quizzes during the selected marking period. You can choose values from 85% to 90%. Note: Choosing None deletes the goal. B Delete and change the number of points the student should earn on quizzes during the marking period. Note: Leaving this field blank or entering a zero deletes the goal for that student. C Delete and change the average book level the student should achieve on passed quizzes during this marking period. For TOS you can enter numbers from 0.1 to 20.0. For TOS 100 (or user-defined name) you can enter values from 0.0 to 100.0. For TOS 2000 (or user-defined name) you can enter values from 0 to 2000. Note: Leaving this field blank or entering a zero deletes the goal for that student. 4. Click Save when you are finished. 28
R ECORD BOOKS Reading Practice Goals Record Book Editing Reading Practice Goals for a Student Who Can Do This? District dministrator District Staff School dministrator School Staff Teachers To change capabilities, see page 179. These steps describe how to edit goals for one student for any marking period. 1. View the Reading Practice Goals for a class. See page 27. 2. Click the name of the student whose goals you want to edit. 3. Click Edit in the row for the marking period that requires changes on the View Student Reading Practice Goals page. Goals vs. Certifications. The Reading Practice Goals Record Book is different from the Reading Practice Certifications Record Book (see page 32). Use the Goal-Setting Chart or the Goal- Setting Chart for TOS 2000 as a guideline when setting the points and avg. book level goals. Find them under Resources; see page 5. 4. The Edit Student Reading Practice Goals page lists the goals that have been set for this student for the marking period you selected. B Choose the average percentage the student should achieve on quizzes during the marking period. You can choose any value from 85% to 90%. C Delete and change the number of points the student should earn during the marking period. Note: Leaving this field blank or B entering a zero deletes the goal for that student. C D Delete the number and type the average book level the student should achieve on passed quizzes during the marking period. D For TOS you can enter numbers from 0.1 to 20.0. For TOS 100 (or user-defined name) you can enter values from 0.0 to 100.0. For TOS 2000 (or user-defined name) you can enter values from 0 to 2000. Note: Leaving this field blank or entering a zero deletes the goal for that student. 5. Click Save when you are finished. 6. Repeat steps 3 5 for every marking period for which you need to edit this student s goals. 29
R ECORD BOOKS Reading Practice Certifications Record Book Deleting Reading Practice Goals for a Student Who Can Do This? District dministrator District Staff School dministrator School Staff Teachers To change capabilities, see page 179. These steps describe how to delete all three goals for one student in any marking period. 1. View the Reading Practice Goals for the student by clicking the student name on the View Reading Practice Record Book Goals page. See page 27. 2. Click Delete in the row for the marking period for which you want to delete goals. Note: ll three goals in that marking period will be deleted. If you want to delete only one or two goals for a student, see Editing or Deleting Reading Practice Goals for a Class on page 28 or Editing Reading Practice Goals for a Student on page 29. 3. Click OK to delete all three goals for this student. Reading Practice Certifications Record Book Reader certifications are milestones that recognize students reading achievements. You use the Reading Practice Certifications Record Book to set certification goals for your students and then monitor your students progress toward achieving those reader certification levels. Note: If you enable the TWI Monitoring Preference (see page 165), the program automatically tracks your students progress toward the certification goals you set and awards the certifications that they achieve. Reading Practice certification goals are different from the Reading Practice goals you can set for your students those goals are set in the Reading Practice Goals Record Book; see page 23. 30
R ECORD BOOKS Reading Practice Certifications Record Book Reader Certification Levels There are seven reader certifications your students can earn that the program can automatically track, plus one additional certification that the program does not automatically track. When students take Reading Practice Quizzes on books, they must achieve the minimum scores set in the Certifications Preferences in order for the quizzes to count toward certifications (see page 165). Ready Reader: The student must accumulate five points on books Read To, Read With, and/or Read Independently. We recommend a student recertify no more than five times at the Ready Reader level. Independent Reader: The student must independently read three books with a 1.2 or higher book level and accumulate ten points. Only books Read Independently count toward the three-book goal; however, books that are Read To, Read With, or Read Independently for this level all count toward point accumulation. When a student achieves this certification, teacher approval is needed. Students cannot recertify at this level; Independent Reader status is achieved only once. Rising Reader: The student must independently read three books with a 1.6 or higher book level and accumulate ten points. Only books Read Independently count toward the three-book goal and point accumulation. We recommend that a student recertify no more than five times at the Rising Reader level. Super Reader: The student must independently read three books with a 2.0 or higher book level that are each worth at least one point. Only books Read Independently count toward certification. We recommend that a student recertify no more than five times at the Super Reader level. dvanced Reader: The student must independently read three books with a 3.0 or higher book level that are each worth at least two points. Only books Read Independently count toward certification. We recommend that a student recertify no more than five times at the dvanced Reader level. Star Reader: The student must independently read three books with a 4.0 or higher book level that are each worth at least four points. Only books Read Independently count toward certification. We recommend that a student recertify no more than five times at the Star Reader level. Classic Reader: The student must independently read three books with a 6.0 or higher book level that are each worth at least seven points. Only books Read Independently count toward certification. We recommend that a student recertify no more than five times at the Classic Reader level. Honors Reader (not tracked in R): The student must independently read books from a special list of challenging literature (created by your teachers and librarians), and accumulate 100 points from the quizzes. The students log into the program and take the quizzes; however, the teacher must manually track everything else for this certification level. Useful reports for monitoring an Honors Reader are the TOPS Report (see page 157) and the Student Record Report (see page 156). 31
R ECORD BOOKS Reading Practice Certifications Record Book Setting a Certification Goal for a Student Who Can Do This? District dministrator District Staff School dministrator School Staff Teachers To change capabilities, see page 179. Goals vs. Certifications. The Reading Practice Certification goals are different from the Reading Practice goals you can set for your student (see page 23). When you set certification goals for your students and enable the TWI Monitoring Preference (see page 165), automatically monitors student progress toward the goals and awards certifications when students meet the requirements. 1. Click Class Record Books in the list of tasks on the Home page. 2. If necessary, select your school or class or both from the drop-down lists. Click My Classes instead of a school if you want to see only the classes you re assigned to as a teacher. 3. Click Reading Practice Certifications on the Class Record Books page. 4. The Status column on the View Reading Practice Certifications Record Book page shows you whether the certification is in progress, has been achieved, or needs approval, and whether a new goal is needed. See below to set a certification goal for each student. D B C The Status column shows the students certification status. See the legend on the left side of the page. B Click Set Goal in the ctions/new Goals column to set a goal for a student who has not achieved any certifications. C Students who have achieved certifications will have multiple links in the ctions/new Goals column. To set a goal for one of these students, click the certification you would like the student to work toward or click More to choose a different goal. (If you click one of the certifications shown in this column, the new goal is set immediately and you don t need to go on to step 5.) D Click Show Certification Criteria to view an explanation of the Reader Certification levels (or see page 31). 32