Pearson Data
Management Training
Title
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What Is Limelight?
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Limelight is an intuitive online environment for creating,
delivering and assessing practice tests. Limelight Test
Builder delivers formative, standards-based practice tests
for state-mandated tests in reading, mathematics, science,
social studies and writing for grades 3 through high school.
What Is Inform?
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Inform provides assistance and information for teachers,
administrators, and parents. Pearson Inform 5.1 is a
powerful, easy-to-use, web-based data analysis and
reporting system perfect for Response to Intervention and
Adequate Yearly Progress tracking.
Agenda
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Welcome & Introduction
Banks & Test Questions
Rubrics & Passages
Tests
Reports & Remediation
Reference Materials
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Activities
User Guides and Quick Start Guides
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www.A4LTraining.com
Limelight is a…
Balanced Assessment System
“Balanced assessment systems will need to be designed to
serve diverse purposes by meeting the information needs
of all decision makers.”
Rick Stiggins
“BALANCED ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS: REDEFINIG EXCELLENCE IN ASSESSMENT”
May 30, 2006
There is a growing body of evidence that the use of well-constructed,
externally developed assessments by teachers
can lead to larger gains in student
performance than other education reform strategies.
Pearson Issue Paper
http://www.pearsoned.com/pr_2009/051309.pdf
State Standards are Pre-Loaded
Tools for Custom Frameworks
Pacing Guides,
Curriculum Mapping,
Resources
• Colorful, printable on-screen
reports
• Custom reports output to PDF
• Data views of district, school,
class and student, Percentile,
standards mastered/not
mastered, item response
analysis, raw score distribution,
individual student mastery,
AYP/NCLB filtering AIP, RTI,
Aimline
Produce
Reports
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Quality Item Banks:
Interim
Benchmark (ETS)
Classroom
Basic
Capability for local item banks
Manage
Standards
Manage
Item
Banks
• Wizard-driven test
authoring
Analyze
Tests
• Ability to
author/import test
items
Build
Tests
Links to Intervention:
• Promethean Planet
• NetTrekker
• Test Review/Study
Skills for students
View
Student
Performance
Assign
Tests
• Builds for
paper/pencil, online
delivery, or Learner
Response Devices
• Access to preconstructed fixedforms
Administer
Tests
• Link to SIS keeps testing
groups current
• Student scores are immediate
• Reports for central office, principals,
teachers, students, parents
• Provides “complete” performance
picture
• Paper/Pencil
• Online
• Learner Response Devices
• Students grouped by grade,
subject, school, class or
demographic
ITEM BANKS
CONTENT
Benchmark Bank
50,000 Items
Aligned to State Standards
L.A., Math, Science
K-12
Classroom Bank
20,000 Items
L.A., Math, Sci., SS
Aligned to State Standards
Grades 3-12
Limelight BASIC
8,500 Items
L.A., Math, Sci., SS
Aligned to State Standards
Grades 2-12
DELIVERY OPTIONS
ONLINE
PAPER/PENCIL
REPORTS
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Objectives
In this session, you will:
– Create Item Banks, Rubrics, and
Passages
– Create Test Questions Aligned to
Standards
– Compile Tests
Banks: A Place to Keep Things
Setting up a Personal Bank
Click Banks > Create a Bank
Enter Bank title
Enter a description
Choose Bank visibility
Click Create bank
LET’S LOG IN
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URL, USERNAME, and
PASSWORD HERE!
Now It’s Your Turn
Complete hands-on
activity #1
Create a personal Bank
Test Question Types
Type
Explanation
Multiple Choice
Test question with one to five possible
answers
True/ False
Test question with two possible answers
Constructed Response
Test question with written student response
Multipart Constructed
Response
Test question with multiple written student
responses
Creating a Multiple Choice
Question
Click Questions > Create a new Question
Select Multiple choice
Choose number of possible answers and
correct answer
Type Question & Answers
Fill out Question details and Taxonomy
Constructed Response Questions
Click Questions > Create a new Question
Select Constructed Response
Type Question and Sample Response
Fill out Question details & point value or
rubric
Fill out Question Taxonomy
Aligning Questions to Standards
Search for Question
Click Create Alignment
Update Question Alignment
Select specific Standard
Now It’s Your Turn
Complete hands-on
activities #2-4
Create a Multiple Choice Question
Create a Constructed Response Question
Align a Question to a Standard
Create a Rubric
Click Rubrics > Create a Rubric
Enter Rubric title & description
Select bank, subject, & grade range
Click Add a Tier
Enter point value and description for each tier
Now It’s Your Turn
Complete hands-on
activity #5
Create a Rubric
Create a Passage
Click Passages> Create a Passage
Enter Passage Title & Lexile rating
Select Bank
Type Passage Text
Select Subject & Grade range
Now It’s Your Turn
Complete hands-on
activity #6
Create a Passage
Test Creation Options
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Search by alignment or bank
Choose only questions with
reading passages
Use aligned and/or unaligned
questions
Create just an answer key
Test Creation Basics
Search for Questions
Choose Questions
Organize Questions
Add Test Information & Details
Now It’s Your Turn
Complete hands-on activity
#7
Create a Test
Answer Key
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Answer keys can be used
with machine-readable
tests
Specify the number of
each type of question
Select correct answers and
assign points
Align questions to
standards
Test Sharing and Publishing
Test Sharing
Description
Shared
A test created by a teacher and able to
be copied by others
Published
A test from the district level, distributed
to schools – ADMINISTRATORS ONLY
Private
A test, usually created by a teacher, for
use in the classroom
Report Types
Reports
Description
Class Grade
Grades per specific class, list of tests
assigned and taken by each student
Instructor Summary
Distribution of test scores, list of each
students’ grade and percentage
Study Guide
Each students’ test with responses
Indicator Analysis
For use with tests aligned to standards
Now It’s Your Turn
Complete hands-on
activity #8
View Report and
Remediation Content
Summary
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this session you:
Created banks, test questions,
passages, and rubrics
Aligned test questions to standards
Pulled the parts together into a test
QUESTIONS
We look forward to our
continued partnership!
THANK YOU!