CIITS: Scheduling and Administering Online Common Assessments Copyright © 2011 Schoolnet, Inc. All rights reserved.

Schedule assessments for particular grades, schools, or courses Determine assessment options for online testing administration Consider best practices for online test administration Score open-ended responses and upload external assessment data Learning Objectives

Online Testing Overview Performance data available for analysis 5 Create test Schedule Test Tests administered to students online Results collected online Session 1: Step 1: Create Common Assessments Session 2: Steps 2-4: Schedule, Administer, and Score Session 3: Step 5: Review Results 3

SCHEDULE A TEST

Locate a Test Draft: Assessment Admin Dashboard 5

6 Preview an Online Test

Scheduling a Test Once a test has no alerts and has been marked “Ready for Scheduling,” you can assign a schedule to your test and identify online testing options for the test. Online test Passcode Should students have access to results immediately? Can students take the test outside of schedule start/end date? What is the test administration start and end dates? When are scores due? Should test time be restricted to certain hours on certain days? Is this a timed test? 7

ADMINISTER A TEST

Printing From the Print section you can generate files for the following: Answer Booklet PDF (not available for Answer Key Only tests)* Teacher Instructions will be printable for a test if it contains questions with instructions Student usernames and passwords for online testing * Download Test Booklet to PDF or Word from Test Detail screen 9

Student Usernames & Passwords 10 Search by Teacher/Section and export student usernames/passwords to Excel Can search for one or more teachers at a time Can save Excel file for electronic distribution or print for paper distribution Teachers can access and print student usernames/passwords once the test is scheduled for their students

Track Completion Rates 11

ONLINE SCORING & UPLOADING EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT DATA

Assessment Admin “Score” Feature Updating Results with Online Scoring: Once students submit their tests, open response items can be scored directly in Assess Admin 13

Uploading External Assessment Data 14 Upload File feature allows you to upload a CSV file with results from an externally administered assessment for multiple students Create the test using the Answer Key Only option. Saves time – no need to create content, just identify the correct answer for each question and tag each question to the appropriate standard. Upload the CSV file * Download the resource titled “Uploading External Assessment Results” for step-by-step directions.

Wrap Up Session Summary Application Activity –Contact your district IC support team if you have not been given appropriate permissions to use this function within CIITS. –Optional: If you are ready to administer common assessments you are welcome to get started! Q and A Help desk: or Download Materials (if not completed earlier) Workshop Evaluation 15