1. Reading 3D and DIBELS 2014-2015 Items on the Agenda: Benchmark windows
FAQ Document
Testing guidelines per the state
Adding new students, staff, classes
Adding assessment link to homescreen
Home Connect Letter
Progress Monitoring
Running Records, MAP, Compass Learning
DAZE and PM books

2. Stress the holiday dates
Share why we have them and while they can be frustrating, they are a policy of CMS

3. Please bookmark/save….
Amplify North Carolina Site:
Amplify Representative for 3D licenses/kits:
Adam Ulrich,
CMS Literacy Wiki:
Amplify Customer Support:
ext. 3
--When there are sepcific time sensitive iPad or other questions, calling 800 number is a fast way to get answers over ing or calling me.

4. Amplify North Carolina FAQ Document
On the NC Amplify website under Resources tab
Share with your staff key parts that you think they need
Please open this document so we may go over key points together. 1.
2. Resources tab
3. Click Frequently Asked Questions
Suggest making team copies and asking teachers to read the document or presenting it in a staff meeting. Scoring is important.
Mention it is a little outdated and the state has been notified but that we will go over nuances together.
Puruse the rest of the site and just give a quick overview of what

5. Benchmarks -Teachers of record (the classroom teacher) may test during
BOY and MOY but not EOY. Teachers of record MAY NOT
test their own students for EOY.
-ONLY certified staff members may administer DIBELS and
Reading 3D tests during any benchmark window.
Mention that progress monitoring can be done by assistants if need be but due to Standard 6 and the law, only certified staff may test students.

6. NEW STUDENTS
New students from within CMS schools must be transferred within
the mclasshome site. Please contact the LF at the school from which the student came from to have them transfer the student to your school.
New students from outside of CMS and North Carolina will need a new student account created from the Admin tab at the top right of the home screen.
If students come outside of the most recent window, you can use a demo log in to test the student to find out where they are.
Demo adding and transferring students

7. NEW Staff Members New Classes
Add new staff members through the Admin tab on the top right of mCLASShome screen.
New Classes
Go through the admin tab to create new classes.
Demo adding staff members and the levels of access.
Teacher
Full
System Access
Demo new class set up
Point out that accounts only work for the school. If a staff member moves to another school, they need another account created. LFs should go in to their school staff lists and clean them up (remove anyone not still there, etc..)

8. Using the iPad for mCLASS assessments: Open Safari
Enter
Log in
When the dialogue box appears asking if you would like the site to appear on your homepage, click yes. This will be your hotlink to open the testing link.
It is not an app
DEMO

9. Parent Communication
Per House Bill 230 (Read to Achieve), parents must be notified of
Student progress after each benchmark window. The Home Connect
Letter should be sent home with report cards or shared during a
parent-teacher conference. You can find this letter under the Support
tab on the top right corner of mclasshome.com
DEMO

10. Progress Monitoring DIBELS
FSF PSF NWF CLS NWF WWR DORF
For students on red or yellow in any area:
Drill down to the lowest skill in hierarchy and teach and progress monitor specifically to that skill.
Note that this is required per law

11. Progress Monitoring TRC
There is no written comprehension for TRC progress monitoring.
You only have to do one read with a student. While the device may tell you to move up or down, you do not have to. ONE AND DONE.
TRC is not to be used for MTSS (RtI) comprehension monitoring as it is not a sensitive enough instrument for weekly measurement of growth.
Note this is required by law

12. Running Records and Benchmarking for 4/5
Teacher’s College Running Records
Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System
DRA
mCLASS Reading 3D

13. Other topics: MAP data Compass Learning Progress Monitoring books
Licenses for Retained 4th graders
Using TRC to form LLI groups
4/5 graders showing up in mCLASS list
Progress monitoring for 4/5—AimsWeb
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DAZE consumables arrived?
Training log in: teach