Race to the Top
Instructional Improvement
System (IIS) Overview
Buckeye Valley Local Schools
02/13/2014
What is the IIS?
The IIS is a powerful online learning platform that will enable
teachers to accelerate and personalize the education
experience by providing the following features:
• Online access to curriculum and standards
• Curriculum customization
• Easy to use paper, online and clicker test administration
options that teachers can use to determine what progress
students have made and what help they need
• Data analysis and reporting capabilities
• A portfolio of every students’ work
http://thinkgate.com/thinkgate-right-decision-ohio-massachusetts
Thinkgate Item Banks
NWEA - Formative Assessment Item Bank (FAIB)
Note: this is different from the NWEA MAP program
* FREE for 2014-2015 School Year
* $1.06 per student/year
* MA/ELA/SCI/SS-aligned items
* Model Curriculum
* OAA Scores
* Upload of Other Assessments
* Upload of Curriculum Maps
Thinkgate NWEA Bank
Formative Assessment Item Bank
Ohio Coverage Report
All counts are as of October 15, 2012. Due to the dynamic nature of the bank and ongoing work, totals may shift as additional work is completed.
English Language Arts
Grade/Course
Kindergarten
Mathematics
Item Counts
629
Grade/Course
Science
Item Counts
Grade/Course
Social Studies
Item Counts
Grade/Course
Item Counts
Kindergarten
538
Grade Three
519
Grade Seven
90
Grade Eight
180
Grade One
1,415
Grade One
954
Grade Four
625
Grade Two
1,668
Grade Two
1,390
Grade Five
1,040
American History
440
Grade Three
3,035
Grade Three
2,452
Grade Six
1,169
American Government
316
Grade Four
3,388
Grade Four
4,242
Grade Seven
868
Modern World History
364
Grade Five
3,222
Grade Five
2,458
Grade Eight
1,380
Economics and Financial Literacy
144
Grade Six
3,228
Grade Six
2,751
Grade Nine
1,402
World Geography
177
Grade Seven
2,983
Grade Seven
2,905
Grade Ten
1,008
Total
Grade Eight
3,026
Grade Eight
4,888
Grade Eleven
265
Grade Nine
1,838
Grade Nine
3,022
Grade Twelve
130
Grade Ten
2,110
Grade Ten
1,180
Total
Grade Eleven
1,382
Grade Eleven
716
Grade Twelve
991
Grade Twelve
313
Total
28,915
Total
8,406
27,809
Total Ohio Aligned Items
66,841
1,711
Login Page
Client Login Specifications for Buckeye Valley:
URL: www.thinkgateplatform.net/Ohio
UserID: School email address in full.
Password: BuckeyeValley
Client ID: OHBuckeyeValley
Teacher Home Screen
https://www.thinkgateplatform.net/Ohio
How to create an assessment
• Select the class on the teacher home screen.
• On the lower carousel of tiles, find the classroom assessment
tile and click add new.
• Select the make it quick option.
• Complete the assessment identification screen information and
click continue.
• Scroll to find the standards to be assessed. Choose the number
of items from each standard or click on the blue box to select
items according to rigor level.
• Click generate assessment.
• Edit the assessment if necessary.
• Proof the assessment. (blue thumbs up)
Support and Training
Two Types:
Thinkgate Customer Support
* Support functionality, data, ‘how to’ questions and login issues
* 3 representatives per LEA permitted to access Thinkgate
* [email protected]
* 1-855-400-9725
LEA Trainers
* Training Team responsible for implementation and training the staff
* 3 representatives per LEA attended a series of webinars to become trainers
Support and Training
Support and Training
Questions?
Thank You!
Jay Wollenburg
Central Ohio Race to the Top
Regional Specialist
[email protected]
K-5 Guided Practice
1. How to upload a curriculum map.
2. How to create an assessment.
3. How to access reports.
1. Curriculum Map Upload
1. Click the instruction tab at the top of the screen.
2. On the local curriculum maps tile, click add new and then click
okay.
3. Select the curriculum map subtype. Selecting the curriculum
map form will open a template. Selecting the curriculum map
attachment will allow you to browse your files for an existing
curriculum map. Selecting the curriculum map web-based will
allow you to provide a link to a web-based map that can be
accessed through the Resource tab.
4. Once you have selected the curriculum map subtype, click okay.
5. Type a name in the resource name field.
6. Browse for the curriculum map to be uploaded.
7. Click save. Click the back button and refresh the screen.
8. Your curriculum map will appear on the resources tile.
*Click on help for reference guides to assist you.
2. Assessment Creation
2. Assessment Creation
1. Select the class on the teacher home screen.
2. On the lower carousel of tiles, find the classroom assessment
tile and click add new.
3. Select the make it quick option.
4. Complete the assessment identification screen information and
click continue.
5. Scroll to find the standards to be assessed. Choose the number
of items from each standard or click on the blue box to select
items according to rigor level.
6. Click generate assessment.
7. Edit the assessment if necessary.
8. Proof the assessment. (blue thumbs up)
*Click on help for reference guides to assist you.
Editing Tools
Proof
Assessment
Undo
Delete
Configure
Assessment
Copy
Online
Preview
Print Word
Format
Print
Print
HTML
Format
Reorder
Assessment
3. Accessing Data
1. Select the class on the teacher home screen.
2. On the lower carousel of tiles, find the assessment
results tile and click on the four arrow expand icon.
3. Click the red, yellow or green box for the assessment
for which you would like to get a report.
4. Click on the report type to generate the report.
5. Close the current window to select a different report.
6. Choose print if you would like to print a report for
parents.
*Click on help for reference guides to assist you.
6-12 Math/ELA Guided Practice
1. How to upload a curriculum map.
2. How to create an assessment.
3. How to access reports.
1. Curriculum Map Upload
1. Click the instruction tab at the top of the screen.
2. On the local curriculum maps tile, click add new and then click
okay.
3. Select the curriculum map subtype. Selecting the curriculum
map form will open a template. Selecting the curriculum map
attachment will allow you to browse your files for an existing
curriculum map. Selecting the curriculum map web-based will
allow you to provide a link to a web-based map that can be
accessed through the Resource tab.
4. Once you have selected the curriculum map subtype, click okay.
5. Type a name in the resource name field.
6. Browse for the curriculum map to be uploaded.
7. Click save. Click the back button and refresh the screen.
8. Your curriculum map will appear on the resources tile.
*Click on help for reference guides to assist you.
2. Assessment Creation
2. Assessment Creation
1. Select the class on the teacher home screen.
2. On the lower carousel of tiles, find the classroom assessment
tile and click add new.
3. Select the make it quick option.
4. Complete the assessment identification screen information and
click continue.
5. Scroll to find the standards to be assessed. Choose the number
of items from each standard or click on the blue box to select
items according to rigor level.
6. Click generate assessment.
7. Edit the assessment if necessary.
8. Proof the assessment. (blue thumbs up)
*Click on help for reference guides to assist you.
Editing Tools
Proof
Assessment
Undo
Delete
Configure
Assessment
Copy
Online
Preview
Print Word
Format
Print
Print
HTML
Format
Reorder
Assessment
3. Accessing Data
1. Select the class on the teacher home screen.
2. On the lower carousel of tiles, find the assessment
results tile and click on the four arrow expand icon.
3. Click the red, yellow or green box for the assessment
for which you would like to get a report.
4. Click on the report type to generate the report.
5. Close the current window to select a different report.
6. Choose print if you would like to print a report for
parents.
*Click on help for reference guides to assist you.
6-12 Social Studies, Science
and Specials Teachers
1. How to upload a curriculum map.
2. How to upload an existing
assessment.
3. How to access reports.
1. Curriculum Map Upload
1. Click the instruction tab at the top of the screen.
2. On the local curriculum maps tile, click add new and then click
okay.
3. Select the curriculum map subtype. Selecting the curriculum
map form will open a template. Selecting the curriculum map
attachment will allow you to browse your files for an existing
curriculum map. Selecting the curriculum map web-based will
allow you to provide a link to a web-based map that can be
accessed through the Resource tab.
4. Once you have selected the curriculum map subtype, click okay.
5. Type a name in the resource name field.
6. Browse for the curriculum map to be uploaded.
7. Click save. Click the back button and refresh the screen.
8. Your curriculum map will appear on the resources tile.
*Click on help for reference guides to assist you.
2. Assessment Upload
1. Select the class you will be uploading an assessment for and
click add new.
2. Click on Create My Own.
3. Grade, subject and course will already be populated. Edit the
Assessment Type, Term and change the content to external.
Then, enter a description and click continue.
4. Next to item count, enter the number of items and click on
add new. (green plus sign)
5. Click in the circle that corresponds with the correct answer.
Select the corresponding standard, rigor level, difficulty index
and weight. Repeat for each item.
6. Click on proof assessment. (blue thumbs up)
7. Refresh the screen and click on the class to see the
assessment.
*Click on help for reference guides to assist you.
2. Assessment Upload
8. Click on the documents tab to upload a pdf of the
assessment.
9. Click the assessment upload icon. (blue up arrow)
10. Click the browse button, locate the file and click open.
11. Click upload.
12. Click preview to view the assessment. (magnifying
glass)
13. Click on the x to close the assessment and the update
tab to return to the assessment content screen.
*Click on help for reference guides to assist you.
Editing Tools
Proof
Assessment
Undo
Delete
Configure
Assessment
Copy
Online
Preview
Print Word
Format
Print
Print
HTML
Format
Reorder
Assessment
3. Accessing Data
1. Select the class on the teacher home screen.
2. On the lower carousel of tiles, find the assessment
results tile and click on the four arrow expand icon.
3. Click the red, yellow or green box for the assessment
for which you would like to get a report.
4. Click on the report type to generate the report.
5. Close the current window to select a different report.
6. Choose print if you would like to print a report for
parents.
*Click on help for reference guides to assist you.