CWCS CAHSEE Intensive Guidelines

• Each tutor should have a copy of the Measuring Up, Exit Level (student edition and TE) or CWCS approved test prep materials to use with students who do not have CAHSEE Prep materials. This can be provided by the student’s Education Specialist (ES).

• Each tutor should have a copy of the CAHSEE Blue prints and Released Test Questions for both ELA and Math and be familiar with what standards are most heavily tested.

http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/hs/documents/bpmath03.pdf

(math blueprints)

http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/hs/documents/bplangarts03.pdf

(ELA blueprints)

http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/hs/resources.asp

(math released questions)

http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/hs/resources.asp

(ELA released questions)

• Students should receive at least 1 hour of tutoring per week, per subject

• Weekly attendance MUST be sent in EVERY Friday by the tutor – this is essential! Students who miss 2 sessions (unexcused) can be dropped from CWCS… it is crucial that attendance is accurate.

• Tutor will email attendance sheet as an attachment to: cahsee@connectingwaters.org

• If students are continuously late or call to reschedule, please note this on the attendance sheet and let their ES know.

• After CAHSEE exams, analysis of data will be performed by CWCS (tutor used, pass/fail, points gained, number of sessions, and # of absences)

• All 10^th grade students should complete the Measuring Up Epath Diagnostic Test; this will serve as their pretest and will provide an individual “prescriptive path” based on their test results. Once completed, students can print out their results which will list the standards the student needs to work on, and provides the Measuring Up lessons that the student will need to complete. The “prescriptive path: should be used by the tutor to guide their student’s instruction and tutoring time. (Students can also take a midyear and final diagnostic test to measure growth) Please see the Measuring Up ePath directions below for student and teacher directions.

• 12^th grade students should provide their tutor with their previous CAHSEE results at their first meeting. They may also complete a pretest.

Tutor Responsibilities

Prior to First Session:

• Email Lori Freeman at lofreeman@connectingwaters.org and request a teacher account for ePath. Please include all students’ first and last name and grades that you will be working with.

First Session:

• Students should come with results of a CAHSEE pretest or their previous CAHSEE exam score sheet. If a pretest or CAHSEE score sheet is not brought by second, please notify the student’s ES and request it. Possible pretest options include:
• All 10^th grade students should complete the Measuring Up ePath Diagnostic Test. Students who do not have internet access will take a paper test and bring that to meeting for scoring. Please contact Lori Freeman at lofreeman@connectingwaters.org to request an answer key.
• http://www.ieminc.org/Assessment/testtoolsdir.htm
• Buckle Down CAHSEE Prep books (have pre and post)
• Created from Measuring Up workbooks
• Study-Guides on CDE website have practice tests:

o http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/hs/mathguide.asp

o http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/hs/elaguide.asp

• Create individual plan based on areas of need determined by pretest and / or previous CAHSEE results
• Create a calendar of tutoring sessions and areas to be covered (make a copy and give to student by second session). Calendar template:

o http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/TC103620771033.aspx?pid=CT102853591033

• Provide assignment to be completed for the next tutoring session.
• Place student pretest and calendar in individual student folder that the student provides.

All subsequent sessions:

• Assess work completed (assigned from previous session)
• Place all reviewed student work in student folder
• Provide skills to master concepts that will be tested on the CAHSEE
• Discuss/review test taking strategies
• Use Released Questions as practice and to discuss test-taking strategies
• Provide assignment to be completed for the next tutoring session

2nd to Last Session:

• Have student bring post test taken at home to tutoring session
• Review results and test taking strategies
• Review skills needed to master any weak areas

Last Session:

• Review skills and test taking strategies
• Place posttest in student folder and give to student

ES Responsibilities

• Order or provide student with Test Prep materials
• Contact tutor and share expectations and goals of tutoring sessions
• Provide test prep TE for the tutor
• Provide pretest (or previous CAHSEE score sheet) to be taken by student prior to first tutoring session. Insure 10^th grade students have taken the Measuring Up ePath Diagnostic Test (pretest) and have them print out results to take with them to first session. 10^th graders who do not have internet access should take the paper version and bring to the 1^st tutor session for scoring. Provide 12^th graders with a copy of their previous CAHSEE score sheet to take with them to first session. If needed, the ES can obtain the CAHSEE report from Edusoft.
• Note student work completed assigned by tutor on Learning Record
• Provide Post test to be completed by student prior to last two tutoring sessions.

Student Responsibilities

• Bring either pretest results, (or printed test to be corrected) or previous CAHSEE score sheet to first tutoring session.
• Be on time and prepared with all materials.
• Have all work assigned by tutor completed before session.
• Notify tutor in advance if unable to attend session.

Measuring Up ePath ~ Student Directions

1. Obtain your User ID and password from your ES

2. Log in with your User ID and password at www.measuringupe-path.com

3. Take the Diagnostic Test for either Math or ELA (or both).

• Allow 90 minutes to complete each test. You can log out and resume if needed.
• Click on Tests ( Assessments)
• Select School Year and Class from drop-down
• Depending on your assignments and your progress you may have different choices highlighted as blue links.

a. Use Select to start a test that you have not taken

b. Use Resume for a test that you did not finish

§ At the top you will see:

a. The name of the test you are taking

b. The number of questions in the test

c. A question pull down menu to answer questions in any order.

Note: Unanswered questions are red, answered questions are black.

§ At the bottom of the screen there is a Next button to move through the questions in order.

§ If you need to stop the test and finish later, just log out.

4. After test is completed, review results and print out your Prescriptive

Path.

• Click on Tests ( Assessments)
• Under Action, click on Check P3
• Review missed questions
• Click on Print Me
• Take print-out to tutor and begin completing the lessons listed as assigned by tutor

Measuring Up ePath ~ Teacher (Tutor) Directions

Quick Start for Teachers:

1) Enter system with username and

password (www.epathknowledge.com) and click on the Assess icon. Please

feel free to change your password and

keep it in a safe place.

2) Add Class (Classes may have already been setup by School Administrator)

â Select Classes & Students

â Click Add New Class

â Fill in required fields, click save

3) Add students to your class roster

â Select Classes & Students

â Click Roster to right of Class

â Click Add Students to Class Roster

â Make selections from drop down boxes to populate student master list

â Click upon students names (hold down control key to select multiple students)

â When all the names are selected, click on Add Selected Students at the top of the lists, then click save

4) Assign an existing test

â Assessments

â Select School Year

â Class

â Subject

â Click Review/Edit/Assign Assessments

â Click Assign/Cancel to the right of test you wish to assign

â New Class or Student Assignment

â Fill in fields, save

5) Confirm that students have their user names and passwords

â Classes & Students

â Click Roster to right of Class

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