Using ExamView and Achievement Series to Create Custom-Made Assessments

 Cell phones off/ vibrate  Breaks ◦ One formal ◦ As needed  Feel free to ask any questions as they come up  Feel free to share with the group  Feel free to help adjust agenda

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Now tell one thing about yourself, professionally and personally for each M& M you took… And why you choose this session…

 Review effective assessment practices  Basic use of Achievement Series  Install ExamView and explore how to use it with Achievement Series  How to create assessments with your own items in ◦ Achievement Series ◦ Exam View for paper tests printing

Deliver Instruction Administer assessment Analyze results Plan- Adjust Instruction Create Assessment Celebrate! "We assess to gather evidence of student learning that will inform instructional decisions to maximize that learning." -Stiggins

 (Diagnostic – Pre-assessments)  Assessment for Learning (Formative Assessment): How can we use assessments to help students learn more?  Assessment of Learning (Summative Assessment): How much have students learned as of a particular point in time?

Assessment FOR Learning (Formative) Assessment OF Learning (Summative) ReasonImprove learningCheck Status To InformStudents about themselves Teachers to adjust instruction Others about students FocusEnabling targetsStudents

What a Difference a Word Makes B Y R I C K S T I G G I N S A N D J A N C H A P P U I S Assessment FOR learning rather than assessment OF learning helps students succeed

Site ID: Your “student” ID: for example, mmorgan Test ID: Your “staff” ID: for example, Staff40 Staff password: scantron2

 Shares the same platform as DACS.  Has over 1,000 pre-made tests items aligned to the SD Standards that are available to South Dakota teachers  Houses South Dakota item banks and (National) ScanTron item banks  Can be used to spot check students to see if they have mastered the individual standard you have taught and/or to monitor progress toward the standard. ◦ You can test more than one standard at a time ◦ You can develop your own test* or use a pre-made test *Using your own or premade assessment items Achievement Series

First, a word about Administration and set-up information

Different locations: Change in upper right hand corner

StudentsClassesTeachers Students assigned to classes Teachers assigned to classes Students are NOT assigned to teachers

Further resources on Achievement Series can also be found at:   Achievement Series  

Achievement Series information at DOE/ Importing student lists Laura Snow South Dakota Department of Education

Achievement Series Website Site ID: Test ID: Your “student name”: for example, mmorgan No Password is needed Let’s Practice..taking a test and reviewing results….Log In…

Creating a Test

Achievement Series Website Site ID: Your “staff” ID: for example, Staff40 Staff password: scantron2 Let’s Practice…Creating a test…. Log In…

 Recommendations: ◦ Normal (test options) ◦ Test properties (Step 1 of 4) Leave defaults ◦ Class assignment (Step 2 of 4) ◦ Test options and Save test (Step 3 of 4) Leave defaults ◦ Select Next Activity or Close (Step 4 of 4)  Automatically Find Content for…

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 Easiest feature to use  Most effective with students  Output that is most helpful to me  Most frustrating part  Wish it had…  Most difficult to remember how to do

Create your own tests using ◦ State created assessment items ◦ Assessment items you’ve written yourself ◦ ExamView (einstruction.com) and  Assessment items you’ve written yourself  Text book materials

Deliver Instruction Administer assessment Analyze results Plan- Adjust Instruction Create Assessment Celebrate! "We assess to gather evidence of student learning that will inform instructional decisions to maximize that learning." -Stiggins

Q & A

Thank you for your time, attention and all you do for students! Roxanne Everhard ESA