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Entering Benchmark Data

in eCM

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Contents & Links

Features, Notes

Adding a PM to Student Profile

Definitions and Terms

Viewing Data (including how to view subscores on the data wall or student profile if they don’t show automatically…)

Other Guides

eCM Help form

Entering and Editing PM’s

Guides from eduCLIMBER

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Entering BENCHMARK Scores in eduCLIMBER:

Open the Score Editor > Click on the + sign and find “Enter Assessment Scores”

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Choose the correct view, then follow the light blue bubbles at the top to get your view.

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You can also enter / filter by student tags

(use ours or create your own!)

...Other users can enter by grade, but only if you have school-level access. (2/2)

Most teachers will need to choose “By Course” to enter data for courses rostered to them in IC … (1 /2)

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Acadience: Reading and Math Benchmark Composite Scores

  • Windows: Fall (Aug - November); Winter (Dec - Feb); Spring (Mar-June)

�ENTRY

  • Enter the test date
  • Enter raw sub-scores in the dark blue boxes
  • The Reading Composite Score will be automatically calculated in the column ‘Reading Benchmark’
  • Optional: To see students marked ‘Verify’, filter by ‘Student Tags’ button (next to ‘Grade’)

NOTE 9/27- the Composite is not calculating for scores with ‘retell’ included - eCM is pushing out a fix today (9/28/21) and will be able to enter tomorrow (9/29). If you continue to experience issues after 9/29, please let us know ASAP. Thanks for your patience.

* It should be displaying there soon automatically, but I’ll keep updating this as information comes in (09/21/21)

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Acadience: PM Entry - Up to WEEKLY

(Example ‘By Course’)

STEP ONE

Optional:

Choose Period�Choose Tag

User: Find your name

Course: Find course �(rostered nightly from IC)

‘Acadience’�‘Monthly PM’�Window: Choose the week of administration

Choose ‘By Course’ (Teachers) or ‘By Grade’

Enter scores in the darker blue boxes first

STEP TWO

STEP THREE

The lowest score entered will show in the ‘Monthly PM’ column. It will not appear anywhere else. This enables you to choose a drop down detail for ‘Administered at/below GL’ and a typed entry for ‘Grade Level Administered’. They are optional.

Monthly PM

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CORE Phonics

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  • After choosing the appropriate window, school, and grade (or User/Course if you’re in ‘By Course’, Enter the relevant scores in the dark blue boxes.

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DDS

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DRA/EDL

  • In the Score Editor, choose assessment combo: DRA/EDL, ORT/PLC, Instructional/Independent�
    • INDEPENDENT: �Enter Subscores in the second dark blue box > then you can select the Proficiency Level (Col 2) > Optional: If you enter subscores, they’ll automatically populate in ‘DRA ORT Total Score’ column (which is locked)�
    • INSTRUCTIONAL,< level entry: Enter Level (column 1) and Proficiency Level from drop down. Subscores not available yet but soon!

  • Tip for entering subscores: Select the box next to student name & use ‘Quick Score’ (video). �
  • Switch between DRA, EDL; ORT/PLC; and Independent vs Instructional by toggling the drop down at the top (video)

FOR A or Pre-A, use 0 for

Subscore Entry for Independent, Toggling between Assessment Options, Using Quick Score Option

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Fundations: Grade K

Assessment Group

Assessment Options:

  • Mid-Unit 1
  • End-Unit 1
  • Unit 2
  • Unit 3
  • Unit 4
  • Unit 5

Window Options:

  • Original Test
  • Retest

Directions

  • Enter scores in blue boxes; Total will automatically calculate.
  • Performance Levels will display as ‘Below 80%’ or ‘At/Above 80%’ for all unit total tests and test sections.

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Fundations: Grade 1

Assessment Options:

  • Unit 1
  • Unit 2
  • Units 3-14

Window Options include TWO per unit:

  • Fundations Unit [#]
  • Fundations Unit [#] Retest

Choose the first option for that unit’s original test, second option for retest

Directions

  • Enter scores in blue boxes; Total will automatically calculate.
  • Performance Levels will display as ‘Below 80%’ or ‘At/Above 80%’ for all unit total tests and test sections.

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Fundations: Grades 2, 3

Assessment Group

Assessment Options:

  • Grade 2 Unit Tests
  • Grade 3 Unit Tests

Window Options include TWO per unit:

  • Fundations Unit [#]
  • Fundations Unit [#] Retest

Choose the first option to enter scores from the original test; use the second option to enter scores from the optional Retest

Directions

  • Enter scores in blue boxes; Total will automatically calculate.
  • Performance Levels will display as ‘Below 80%’ or ‘At/Above 80%’ for all unit total tests and test sections.

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G/T Identification Assessment Entry

Use the ‘G/T Identification’ Assessment Group for the following: CogAT // SIGS // TOMAGS // WISC // WPPSI-III //ITBS

Fill in all the fields: Year, Assessment Group, Assessment, Window, School, and Grade. Student Tags is optional.

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PALS K

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  • Enter scores in the dark blue boxes for all sub-scores.
  • The ‘SRD Status (optional)’ field is optional
  • Summed Score: Automatic calculation
  • Windows: Three Official (F/W/S), Two ‘In-Between’ Windows
    • OFFICIAL: Open Fall, 8/16-8/17; Winter, 11/29-1/14; Spring, 4/4-5/6 - enter date of test administration (not date of score entry) to SVVSD Assessment Schedule; eCM open windows extend one extra week beyond to allow for data entry, but test dates should match dates of administration
    • In-Between Windows // ‘Oct,Nov’ and ‘Feb,Mar,Apr’ open for students newly enrolled to your school or students who could not test during official window due to illness or sustained absence.

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PALS QC -

Optional:

Choose Period�Choose Tag

User: Find your name

Course: Find course �(rostered nightly from IC)

‘PALS QC’�‘PALS QC’�Window: Choose the Month

Choose ‘By Course’ (Teachers)

Notes:

  • Enter scores in the dark blue boxes
  • Scores can be entered up to once a month; for more frequent entries, use a progress monitor.

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PAST, Kilpatrick

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Enter scores in the dark blue boxes for all sub-scores

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Rigby Benchmarks:...

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  • You can enter up to three scores per month, one per level (Frustrational, Independent, Instructional).
    • Switch between the options using the drop downs across the top - you don’t have to exit the score editor each time - (you can also switch between grades)

  • Entry:
    • FIRST: Enter the level administered under the title using the drop-downs in the first white column (in example: ‘Rigby: Independent’ column),
    • Enter Accuracy % and Comprehension Scores in the blue columns,
    • Choose from the drop downs for the levels of each

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Running Record (F&P): �Benchmark Assessments

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Running Record: Spanish

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Adding a Progress Monitoring score for a measure NOT tied to an intervention

For progress monitors administered outside the scope of an intervention (MTSS referrals, collecting data for determinations, etc), this is the ideal place to add those data points!

This can only be done one student at a time; if you have multiple students using the same progress monitor and it IS an intervention, it’s best practice to add the intervention. Interventions will display on teachers’ data walls - Monitors not tied to an intervention are only visible in the Student Profile.

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Adding a Progress Monitoring score for a measure NOT tied to an intervention

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Definitions and Notes

TERMS

Benchmark Assessments are administered seasonally or annually; (iReady Diagnostic, PALS K); they are typically used to establish a baseline or evaluate progress toward a longer-term outcome. They are longer assessments as they require more items to reliably assess standard mastery. Note: eCM permits one benchmark score per window.

Progress Monitors are administered more frequently than benchmarks and target specific skills in isolation, thus requiring fewer questions. They are sensitive enough to quickly detect student response to an intervention or instruction.

Probes are assessments used to clarify, qualify, or augment benchmark results and/or contribute to a body of evidence.

Just as we can use summative assessments formatively, assessments are defined by their use as well as their features. The same assessment can be used as a probe and as a progress monitor, for example.

UPLOADS vs Manual Entry

Some assessments are uploaded automatically by the assessment team, including but not limited to:

  • iReady Diagnostics (Reading and Math)
  • iReady Growth Monitoring
  • iReady Standards Mastery
  • All State Testing Data (CMAS, P/SAT, ACCESS, WIDA, etc)
  • Reading Plus
  • PowerUp
  • easyCBM
  • STAR (Early Literacy, Math, and Reading)

Other assessments are entered by the school site, such as:

  • CELS
  • Acadience (Benchmark and PM, unless a file is provided by school)
  • DRA2
  • PALS and PALS QC
  • DDS

Contact the assessment department at http://stvra.in.ecmhelp if you have any questions about this process. Most assessments are the same as they were in Alpine, but if you have a spreadsheet, we can probably upload it!