1. Seminole County Public Schools & Discovery Education Reading, Math, & Science Administrations
Getting Started

2. Administration Dates August 27 – September 28
November 12 – December 14
February 4 – March 8
Reading (replacing FAIR AP1, AP2, and AP3)
Math and Science (non-EOC courses and replacing DA)

3. Materials Needed for Testing
Computer
Access Codes for Teachers
Print out or Access Code to Teachers
Scrap Paper for Math and Science
4-function calculator for Math (Grades 7-12)
Pencil

4. Agenda User Guide How to Log In to Discovery Education’s site
ent_User_Guide_ _ pdf
How to Log In to Discovery Education’s site
School Coordinator Responsibilities
Manage Users
Add Users (Site Admins, Teachers, Students)
Add a Class
Start a Benchmark Assessment
Teachers Responsibilities
Sample of Reports (School Coordinator and Teacher)

5. Discovery Education’s Site
Log in to Discovery Education’s site
Go to
Enter your username and password under Subscriber Login

6. Discovery Education’s Site
Once logged in, click Assessment from the My DE drop down menu

7. School Coordinator Responsibilities Access
Access the following from the Assessment Home Page
Manage Users
View Benchmark Reports
Add New User
Download PDF Tests
Not available until 2 weeks before the testing window opens
You will have to transcribe student responses into the computer
Manage Assessments

8. School Coordinator Responsibilities Manage Users
Click on Manager Users
At the bottom of the screen is a list of users for your school
Double click on “Role” to sort Ascending or Descending, so that you can view by “Teacher” role OR
Search by Users (last name, first name, username, )
If a user is not listed, then you will need to “Add User”

9. School Coordinator Responsibilities Add a New User
Add a New User (Site Admin, Teacher, Student)
Click on “Add User”
Make sure that the Account is Seminole District and Site is your school, then click “Go”

10. School Coordinator Responsibilities Add a New User
Select Role
Only for Site Admins and Teachers (not students), you MUST select “Assessment Access”
Make sure “Assessment Access” is under the Assigned box
Recommend completing entire “Profile” for individual (set a generic password for all new users)

11. School Coordinator Responsibilities Start a Benchmark Assessment
You will need to login as a teacher in order to start a Benchmark Assessment and receive an Access Code
Click on Manage Users
Find the teacher/user and click on “Login to DE”
This will log you in as that particular teacher

12. School Coordinator Responsibilities Start a Benchmark Assessment
Verify user by name in the upper right corner
Click on Assessment from the My DE drop down menu
Select Start a Benchmark Assessment

13. School Coordinator Responsibilities Start a Benchmark Assessment
Students will be uploaded by Teachers’ Classes/Periods
For example: Csonka_Gr5 Math, Risner_Gr8 Math_Period 4
After you have selected Start a Benchmark Assessment, you will need to click the bubble next to the Class Name/Grade/Subject that you want to start
Click “Proceed to next step”

14. School Coordinator Responsibilities Start a Benchmark Assessment
Select the test (Test A, Test B, or Test C)
Only the test that is available for that testing period will be accessible
Test A (8/27-9/28); Test B (11/12-12/14); Test C (2/4-3/8)
Generate Access Code
Click on “Generate Access Code” to receive the seven-digit Benchmark Code for accessing the test (recommended that you print or this information for teacher)
Access Codes are only good for 10 hours from the time you generate the codes
DO NOT generate codes unless you plan to administer within the 10hr timeframe
See next slide for graphic

15. Recommend printing the Access Code sheet for each teacher
Select File and Print
Log out as the teacher to return to your administrator access
Repeat process for all teachers

16. School Coordinator Responsibilities Start a Benchmark Assessment
Only click on “Start Assessment” for…
Students that took a paper test and the teacher needs to enter the student’s responses into the system

17. School Coordinator Responsibilities Add a Class
If the teacher’s class is not listed, then you or the teacher will need to add the class/students
Also, you can group students together in a particular class (for example, if a reading coach wants to put all her ESE students in one class)
Find Teacher then log in as that teacher by clicking on “Login to DE”
Select Assessment from the My DE drop down menu
Click on Manage Your Classes

18. School Coordinator Responsibilities Add a Class
Create a Class by adding students from the school roster
Click on Create Class
Enter Class Name (Csonka_Gr5 Math_ESE) and Class Description
Select students by Searching on student’s last name, first name, username, student ID
Click the box next to the students’ name and it adds the student to the Class Roster and click Save

19. School Coordinator Responsibilities Add a Student to a Class
To Add a New Student that is not in the system
Click on the tab “Add New Students”

20. School Coordinator Responsibilities Add a Student to a Class
Add student information and then click Add New Students
You can enter more than one student at a time
After you add a student(s), student(s) will appear in the Class Roster
Click Save to ensure students are entered into the system

21. Teacher Responsibilities
Make sure that the student Discovery Education icon/link is on each computer
Provide the Access Code for students (write it on the board)
Students will click on the link
Type the Access Code
Type their first and last name
Click Login

22. Teacher Responsibilities
Students will be required to Click on their name from an alphabetical list (by teacher’s class)

23. Teacher Responsibilities
After the student clicks on his/her name, the test will appear.
Math test will always begin with Question 41
Teacher will need to walk around the room and ensure that the student has logged in to their own test.
Student Name

24. Sample Reports School Coordinator & Teacher

25. Sample – School Coordinator
Drill-Down Report used to drill down reports by grade, teacher, or student, and sort by proficiency prediction.

26. Sample – School Coordinator
Item Analysis Report displays item level information at the class, school or district level and exportable to Excel

27. Sample - Teacher Reports
Class and Grade Skill Summary Report identifies performance by skill for entire class or grade.

28. Sample - Teacher Reports
Student Skill Report plots individual student performance and proficiency by skill.

29. Sample - Teacher Reports
Individual Student Report summarizes scores on all interim assessments for an individual student.

30. Sample – Teacher Reports
Item Summary Report presents information on every question in an interim assessment.

31. Additional information will be provided at a later date.
Stay Tuned….