Schoolnet
Updates – Previews
Dan Urbanski, NCDPI
March 10, 2015
Standardized Test Data
• Standardized data now from 12-13 and 13-14
• Includes:
• EOC/EOG
• mClass; DIBLES and TRC Rigby
• ACT
• BOY data from mClass for 14-15
• BOG for 3rd Grade for 14-15
• Reminder: 13/14 3rd grader is today’s 4th Grader!
New Instructional Materials Added
The NCDPI Content Specialists continue to Increase the
State Vetted Collection of Instructional Materials.
Recent additions:
Instructional Units:
Lesson Plans:
Resources:
Assessments:
(Tasks, Activities)
K-12:
K-12:
K-12:
K-12:
49
686
620
35
New Assessment Items Added
2,660 additional benchmark assessment items were added.
Items have the publisher NCDPI_Benchmark and are available to
district level users for creating district benchmark assessments.
The 2,660 items cover :
ELA (grades 3-8 and ENG II),
Math (grades 3-8 and Math I) and
Science (grades 5 and 8 and Biology).
1,300 additional classroom items were also added.
These items have the publisher NCDPI_Classroom and are available to
ALL users and intended for use by teachers at the classroom level.
Similar to the benchmark items, the 1,300 classroom items cover:
ELA (grades 3-8 and ENG II)
Math (grades 3-8 and Math I)
Science (grades 5 and 8 and Biology)
District to District Sharing
• Districts can now designate resources to be
shared with “All Districts”
• (Option is in addition to ‘Submit to State”)
Understanding Material Banks
Teacher
Submits
to School
Bank
School
Approves
School
Submits to
District
Bank
District
Approves
My Materials
Single School Items
Single District Items
(Teachers Individual
Materials)
(All Teachers
in the School)
(All Schools
in the District)
Districts
Designate
All Districts
All Districts Items
(Shared Across
the State)
NEW !
School
Materials
Bank
District
Materials
Bank
All Districts
Materials
Bank
State
Vetted
Materials
Bank
Assessment Admin Update
• Departments Now Mapped !
• Departments Mapped Appropriately
(as of 3/4/15)
• Involves Scheduling Assessments
(ex. CTE – Had to Search for Dept. Now Correct)
HBSC Known Issues & Hot Fixes
• Resolved: Can resume uploading CSV files
of Student Performance as of 3/6/2015
• Update: Hot Fix to address scoring issues
where assessment grades are not being
shared with the gradebook to be applied
approx. 3/11-3/13.
• Pending: Small # of student records
showing duplicate LEA enrollment
Special Programs
• Pending:
• Exploring How to Populate Schoolnet
with some Special Program Info
• Initial Programs Under Review:
• AIG
• LEP
• Special Ed
• Migrant
• Next Up: Exploring Bringing In Discipline
and Attendance Info
Preview of Upcoming Attractions
• Schoolnet upgrade to 16.3
– Tentative April 18/19
– Just after last round of ‘most’ benchmarks
– DPI testing of 16.3 underway
Upcoming Webinars
• Introduction to Curriculum Manager – Mar 12th
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/452182456
– Create curricular units and district curriculum.
– Link resources to units.
– Bulk upload and manage your district materials
• Adv. Curriculum Manager – Mar 19th
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/472760608
– Develop and organize your district curriculum
– Define scope and sequence, course mapping.
– Schedule / publish curriculum to educators