Home Base – Schoolnet
Assessment Items
November 13, 2014
Agenda
• Overview and Assessment Admin
• Assessment Items – Currently Available Statewide
–
Sources of the Items
–
Intended Use of the Items
–
Categories of Items
• How to Create
– Items
– Passages
– Rubrics
• Access to former ClassScape Items
• Questions
Overview
Information
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Information
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Information
a student
information
system
Instruction
Instructional
Design, Practice
& Resources
Assessment
Data Analysis
and Reporting
Instructional Tools & Resources
Educator Effectiveness:
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Development
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Content:
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and
Assessment
Collaboration
Instructional
Resources &
Assessment Items
Evaluation and PD
A standards-aligned tool for instruction,
assessment, and data analysis
an online evaluation
system and
professional
development
system
Assessment Admin Module in
Schoolnet
Assessment Items –
Currently Available
Statewide
Assessment Items –
Teacher/School
Assessment Items - District
Sources for the Assessment Items
• NCDPI
– What items are included?
• ELA, Math, Science at grade levels aligned to EOGs and EOCs
– These items were developed by teachers in NC (through
collaboration from NCDPI and NCSU Center for Urban
Affairs and Community Services)
– Formerly in the ClassScape System
– Publisher = NCDPI_Benchmark
• Secure at the district level and intended for district benchmark
use
– Publisher = NCDPI_Classroom
• Available to ALL users and intended for classroom use
NCDPI Classroom and
Benchmark Assessment Items
Classroom and Benchmark Items
(Formerly in the ClassScape System)
3-8 ELA: 5453
English II: 593
3-8 Math: 11186
Algebra I/Integrated I: 2376
5 Science: 1871
8 Science: 2297
Biology: 1635
Total: 25411+ (development is ongoing)
These items are split into a bank for teachers to use daily for classroom
assessment purposes (Publisher = NCDPI_Classroom) and a bank that is secure
at the district level for benchmark purposes (Publisher = NCDPI_Benchmark).
Other Sources for the Assessment
Items
• Purchased via the Contract
– NWEA or FAIB from NWEA
• Available to ALL users and intended for classroom
use
• Science and Social Studies only
– Pearson/Equella
• Available to ALL users and intended for classroom
use
• Math and ELA only
Purchased Assessment Items
FAIB from NWEA
Social Studies
Items
Total: 2813
FAIB from NWEA
Science Items
Total: 7283
Intended Use of Items (by Source)
Publisher Name
Use of the Items
User Access
NCDPI_Benchmark District Benchmark
Assessments
District Level Users Only
NCDPI_Classroom
Classroom or School
Assessments
All Users – Teacher, School,
and District
FAIB from NWEA
(or NWEA)
Classroom or School
Assessments
All Users – Teacher, School,
and District
Pearson or Equella Classroom or School
Assessments
All Users – Teacher, School,
and District
Assessment Item Categories
• In Item Central, item categories are listed
under Browse by
– There are 3 NEW categories this year
Benchmark Items Category
District
Access
School/
Teacher
Access
Classroom Items Category
• ALL Users can Access (Teacher, School, and District)
CTE Items Category
• Currently State Level Access Only
How to CREATE
How to Create Items
Create an Item
Item Types
Steps to Create Any Item
Demo of Creating Different Items
Define Properties
When creating an item, users must align it to a
subject, grade level and standard
(Question and Response Language will default to English, but this can
be changed if necessary to one of the other language options).
Enter Content
• Question Content –
This is where you
enter the content of
your question.
• Answer Choices –
This is where you
enter the possible
answer choices.
Entering Content
• When you click on a box that says “Click
here to Enter Content” you will see the
content editor below.
Indicate the Correct Response
• Below the content for
each answer choice,
you have the option
to check a box to
indicate the correct
answer.
– In the example to the
right, answer choice A
is indicated as the
correct answer.
Assign Points Value
• Below the content for
each answer choice,
you can assign the
points value for the
question.
– Once an answer
choice is indicated as
the correct response,
the points value will
default to 1
Additional Options (if applicable)
• Tools and Manipulatives
– Check Enabled
– Select the online tools and
manipulatives that apply for
your item
• Formula Reference Sheet
– You can attach files in any
of the formats to the right
and they will appear on
screen with the item
Save and Preview
• Once all content is
entered and all steps
of the item creation
process are complete,
click on Save and
Preview (in the bottom
right hand corner of
the screen)
Online Preview
Formula
Reference
Sheet
Tools and
Manipulatives
Save and Save Again
• After you Preview the Item, you will click
Save.
• On the next screen, select “Only to Me”
and then click Save again.
Finding an Item after you Save
After clicking Save, you will return to the
Create Screen. If you want to find your item,
follow the basic steps below.
1. Hover over Assessment Admin
2. Click on Find an Item, Passage or Rubric
3. In Item Central, click Created By
4. Click Me (or the blue number of items in the
Me box)
5. Click on View Results
Hover Over Assessment Admin
Module
Click on “Find an Item,
Passage or Rubric”
Hover over Assessment Admin and click on “Find an Item,
Passage or Rubric”
Find My Items in Item Central
• Click on Created By
Click on Me
Click on View Results
List of all of your Items
• You will now see
all of the items
that you have
created displayed
on the screen.
Scroll through to
view, edit, or
submit items as
needed.
How to Create Passages
Create a Passage
Enter Content for Passage
How to Create Rubrics
Create a Rubric
Enter Content for Rubric
Access to former
ClassScape Items
Training Videos about
ClassScape items in Home Base
• Building ClassScape Benchmark
Assessments in Home Base
• Building ClassScape Classroom
Assessments in Home Base
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/ho
mebase/training/videos/
Document about ClassScape
items in Home Base
• Guide for How to Build your
ClassScape Assessments in Home
Base
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/h
omebase/training/materials/schoolnet
/classroom-benchmark/buildclassscape-assessments-in-homebase.pdf
Search for ClassScape Items in
Home Base
Updates and Next Steps
Home Base Website and Updates
•Home Base website is
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/homebase/
•To sign up for Home Base Biweekly Newsletter,
please self-subscribe at
listsncdpi.weebly.com/homebase-list.html
Home Base Support Center
• Contact your school or district Home Base
IIS Point Person first
• For technical issues, contact the Home
Base Support Center:
– homebase.incidents@its.nc.gov
– or 919-807-4357
Home Base Webinars
• NCDPI offers webinars on Schoolnet and
OpenClass on a regular basis.
– On the first 3 Thursdays of each month, we will discuss
either the Classrooms, Assessment Admin or School &
District Data module in Schoolnet.
– On the 4th Thursday of each month, we will offer a webinar
on OpenClass and/or Roles and Permissions.
• Archived recordings of all Home Base webinars can
be found at:
ncpublicschools.org/homebase/training/videos/webinars
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Questions?