Interpreting and Employing Scantron Results

Section 1:  Login to Performance Series

   1.  Open an Internet browser.

   2.  Go to http://www.edperformance.com/ and click the Admin Login button.

   3.  Enter Site ID, Staff ID and Password

Section 2:  Class Profiles

   1. * Option 1:  Access the Class Profiles from the Site Admin Area

  From the Home Page, click the Site Admin tab.

Click List under the Classes menu.

  Click on Class Profile for the class profile you want to view.

* Option 2:  Access the Class Profiles from the Classroom Area

From the Home page, click the Classroom tab.

2. Then, select the Subject Area (Language Arts, Mathematics, or Reading) to view each class profile.

   3.  Click on the specific unit within the specific area for the profile that you want to view.

Example: Mathematics: Number & Operations, Algebra, Number & Operations, Data Analysis & Probability, Geometry, Measurement

   4.  Based on your selections, the class profiles for each subject area and unit will be displayed.

   5.  Each standard shows a bar graph with the number of students who have mastered the standard (green bar) and the number of students who have not yet mastered the standard (white/red bar).

6.  To see the specific names of students who have  and have not yet mastered the objective, click on the first icon next to the mastery bar graph for each objective (icon resembles a man’s head with upper body unattached)

Section 3:  Student Profiles

1.  Accessing Student Profiles from the Class Profiles menu

  Within the Class Profile, click the Student’s Name to view his/her profile for that subject area.

2.  Click on a Student’s Name to view his/her Test Scores.

  3.  Click on the Performance Testing Tab

4.  Under the Test Scores menu, click the subject area for the desired profile.

  5.  To view the student’s test scores in other subject areas, click on a different subject area under the Test Scores menu.  Those test scores will be displayed. (Here is where you will see line and bar graphs showing your students’ test history and scores by subject area.)

Section 4:  Performance Series Suggested Learning Objectives (SLO)

This report uses the scaled score and your state alignment guides to determine where to focus the student’s learning next. Options allow you to display objectives that are expected to be mastered on future assessments alongside objectives or skills areas the student should focus to improve performance. These are always listed in the order of difficulty, the first being the least difficult.

How do you use the SLO report? This data should direct individual instruction based upon skills within the aligned state standards. The SLO report can assist with additional skills-based material through the study guides available in the Skills Connection Online module. SLO data is also helpful to parents to know where their student has succeeded and how to focus their assistance to help him/her to improve.

1. From the home page, click on Performance Tests tab at the top of the page.

2. Click on Students Tested This Testing Period

3. Select a student by clicking on his or her name. This will take you to the Student Profile page.

4. Click on the Performance Testing tab.

5. From this screen, you can view the learning objectives for the student by clicking on Suggested Learning Objectives under the Learning menu.

6. Click on the checkbox next to each Subject Area for which you want to view the Suggested Learning Objectives, or select Toggle all checkboxes on this page to check all of the boxes. Click Next

7. Under Learning Objectives Attained, select the number of learning objectives obtained from the pull-down menu (you need to pick at least one) and then do the same for Suggested Learning Objectives. Check Exclude objectives that are not in your standards. Also, decide if you want to only include standards up to the student’s grade level by checking that box. Click on Next at the bottom of the page.

8. You can print from this screen or create a pdf to print by clicking on the pdf icon in the top right corner

Section 5:  Targeted Instruction *** Note: If student is working at two or more grade levels below his current grade, see “Supplemental Information following this section.***

1.  Launch Skills Connection from either the Class Profiles or the Student Profiles by clicking on the Targeted Instruction icon.

2.  Select skills for the Test Components by clicking on the skill(s); each Skill Name is described in the Skill/Unit Description box to the right.

3.  Click Test Options to choose the Test Form and Answer Key options.  Then click the OK button.

4.  Choose from the Content Options pull down menu to choose a Paper-Based Test.

5.  When all of the options have been selected, click the Next button.

6.  Select the Output Option.  Save as a Microsoft Word file.  Then click the Next button.

7.  Enter a Title and Instructions for your document.  Then click the Save button.

8.  Select the type of Test Component(s) you want to create – Test(s), Study Guide(s) and Answer Key(s). Open and save each component and exit.  This will take you back to Skills Connection where you may view the other components, or click the Close button to return to Performance Series.

Section 6: Supplemental Information: Choosing Target Instruction for Students Working Below Grade Level

***When creating study guides and tests for Suggested Learning Objectives under Section 5 above, the targeted instruction is not linked to the grade levels at which the student is performing. It only offers instruction at or near grade level in which the student is enrolled. If a student is working two or more grade levels below his current grade, the instruction choices are too high. In these cases, the following would be indicated:***

1) Print the suggested objectives generated by the directions in Section 5 or save them as a PDF file and then convert them to a Word Document.

2) Close current efforts and return to Welcome page

3) Choose Skills Connection Online

4) Choose Create a Paper-Based Test

5) Next to Template, click the box and a drop down list will appear; choose CA Content Standards. Click OK.

6) Next to Area, select a subject from the drop down list.

7) Next to Grade, choose the grade level of the standards you need. This would be the student’s learning level, not his or her actual grade level. Click Next.

8) Select skill areas in which your student needs remediation by reading the skill descriptions and matching them to the objectives you printed out in Section 5.

Follow instructions from Section 5, #’s 3 through 8 to finish.

Section 7: Viewing Yearly Gains for Your Students

1. Log in to Scantron.

2. Select District Reports (one of the tabs at the top).

3. Under Diagnostic Test Reports select the middle column labeled Gains.

4. Under Gains select Reading, Math or Language Arts to create reports of your students’ progress.

5. The numbers of interest to you will be those listed under SS (Scaled Score) Difference. A positive scaled score, or gain, is desirable, of course. A drop in the score may indicate a problem with the testing situation, a change in the student’s attitude toward testing, a gap in the student’s learning or a delay in his or her academic progress as a whole.

6. To print this information you can select the “X” to export it into an Excel format or, if you have Primo, or another PDF creation tool, you can “print to file”.