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Assessing Student Learning in K12912 Programs

High School Teacher Guide SY10-11

K12 Teacher Effectiveness Division April 4, 2018 Contents

Assessing Student Learning

It is important to monitor and assess student learning. K12912 courses use various techniques to measure student mastery of the material and engagement in the course, including:  Computer-scored lesson quizzes  Computer-scored Unit and Course tests  Teacher-graded Unit tests  Teacher-graded worksheets and lab reports  Teacher-graded writing assignments  Asynchronous Threaded Discussions o Online text-based discussions between students about course content  Gradebook Details o Specifics about individual student performance on computer-scored assessments  Exam Statistics o Statistics regarding the performance of all students in a Learning Management System (LMS) classroom on a computer-scored assessment. Statistics are provided regarding overall assessment performance and performance on individual questions.  User Activity Reports o Indicates the time (in minutes) that a student spent in the LMS classroom on any given date and the time spent in each item of the left-hand navigation area.

Grades for computer-scored tests and quizzes are automatically entered into the Learning Management System (LMS) Gradebook and are immediately available to students.*

Teacher-graded assignments (TG) and tests are submitted by students to the LMS Dropbox. Teachers retrieve assignments from the Dropbox and use answer guides and rubrics found in the course (and visible only to teachers) to score and provide feedback on the assignments. The grade is then entered into the Gradebook by the teacher and the assignment is returned to the student. Teachers also grade threaded discussion activity by students using provide grading rubrics.**

* = The Gradebook Review Date for an assignment in the Course Scheduler of the LMS must be set to the current date or an earlier date for the grade to be visible to students. ** = Details on the type and location of answer keys and rubrics for different courses are found in the appendix of this document. SY10-11 Assessing Student Learning in K12912 Programs 3 Grading Information

Grading information is available within the Course Home area in the Learning Management System (LMS). Additional Answer Keys and Grading Rubrics are provided for teachers, as described below.

Grading Student Work

Your implementation of K12912 courses may include one or more teacher graded assignments or assessments and it is important for students to receive timely instructional feedback on work they have completed.

Knowing When Assignments Have Been Submitted At the bottom of the Course Home page of your course, you will find the What’s New tool. This tool will indicate activity that occurred in the course since the last time you entered the course. If the title of a Teacher Graded assignment or assessment (TGA) appears here, it indicates that at least one student submitted that item. By selecting the name of the course item, the names of the students who submitted this item display. Selecting Go to the right of the item title will take you directly to the items to be graded.

Finding Answer Keys Answer Keys are provided for all graded assignments in a course. Teacher Answer Keys are available within the lesson screen immediately below the assignment or assessment item and with the Unit Resources in the left-hand navigation area. Additional information about the specific areas to find answer keys and rubrics appears later in this document.

Grading Student Work Students submit Teacher Graded offline work via the course Dropbox tool. Students will save their work to their local computer, navigate to the Dropbox, select the Dropbox basket for that assignment, and upload their file and any comments for the teacher. Upon entering the Dropbox area, instructors will see a summary per basket of how many student submissions are currently in the Inbox for that basket, and in parenthesis next to that number, how many are yet unread by the instructor. Once a Basket is selected, the following tabs appear:  Inbox: Shows all submissions available for you to grade and return to students.  Outbox: Shows all submissions that you have returned to students.  No Submissions: Provides a list of students who have yet to submit the assignment. Clicking the Students button displays a summary of Dropbox entries by student. The Entire Inbox button displays all inbox entries.

K12 Teacher Effectiveness Division ©2010 April 4, 2018 Download Student Work  Select  Go from the What’s New area when a new assignment appears for grading, or…  Select  Dropbox from the top of your course screen for the assignment you wish to download  Select  Download Attachments on the Inbox tab to download the attachments from single or multiple students

Return Graded Work  Select  Dropbox tab at the top of the course screen  Select  the name of the student whose work you are returning  Select  to upload the file  Enter  the numerical grade in the space provided and any comments to the student  Select  Save and Return to Student

Grading Student Work Two methods are commonly used to provide feedback to student work: embedded in the student’s original file or in the Comments area of the Dropbox.

Adding Feedback to Student’s File  Save the student’s submission to your computer  Edit the file with your feedback  Re-save the file containing feedback  Return file to student via the Dropbox and enter grade in Numerical Grade space

Adding Feedback to Dropbox Comments  Read and score assignment using answer key  Enter feedback in the Comments space in the Dropbox  Enter score in Numerical Grade space  Return file to student

Monitor Student Progress Monitoring student progress is important in any instructional environment. The LMS provides several powerful tools to monitoring student progress in their courses. You can review student progress at the individual student level as well as the assignment level.

Gradebook Selecting the Gradebook tab at the top of the Learning Management System (LMS) opens the course Gradebook. Selecting any student name will display his or her grades in the course so far. SY10-11 Assessing Student Learning in K12912 Programs 5

To examine grades for all students on assignments in a specific unit, select the Unit from the pull-down menu and select Go.

Exam and Question Statistics Selecting the bar chart icon at the top of an assignment column will display the Exam Statistics for that assignment. The second tab of the Exam Statistics allows you to pinpoint items on the test that many students struggled with on the assessment.

K12 Teacher Effectiveness Division ©2010 April 4, 2018 Gradebook Details Selecting the grade of any student assignment will open the Gradebook Details for the assignment, displaying the questions provided to the student, their answers, date and time the test was taken, and the length of time spent on the test.

User Activity User Activity within the Learning Management System (LMS) Gradebook displays data accurate to the previous 24 hours. Selecting User Activity in the Gradebook displays the amount of time (in minutes) that students have spent in each unit of the course. Selecting the unit number will display how much time every student spent in each unit item.

Selecting the name of any student displays the time that student spent in each area of the course. Expanding a unit title displays the time spent on each individual course item in the unit.

Choosing View by date from the drop-down menu and selecting Go allows you to see the amount of time each student spent in the course on any given day. You may select options to view a date range less than 31 days.

You can export any Gradebook activity to Microsoft Excel by selecting the Export View link found on the screen. SY10-11 Assessing Student Learning in K12912 Programs 7 Managing Academic Integrity

In any educational setting, managing academic integrity is an important part of an instructor’s job. K 12912 courses are no different.

By default, all computer- and teacher-scored tests and quizzes are open available to students as soon as your LMS classroom is available to them. It is important that you take steps to restrict access to these course items until they are required for student use. You can achieve this by:  Entering dates in the Restrict Before Date and Restrict After Date fields in the Course Scheduler area of the LMS.  Password protect computer-scored assessments, either removing the password or distributing it when access is needed: o Select  Author tab at the top of the left-hand navigation o Select  the title of the test or quiz o Select  Toolbox o Enter a password in the Password text box near the bottom of the screen. o Select  Save Changes o To remove the password, simply delete it from the Password text box and Save Changes.

The academic Integrity of open-ended and composition assignments often suffer from plagiarism. Use a service like www.turnitin.com to check for plagiarism. Alternately, you can use common search engines like www.google.com to check specific phrases that do not match the “voice” or skills level of a student.

List of Courses Achieving Your Career & College Fine Art Physical Education Goals Geometry Physical Science Algebra I and II Introduction to High School Physics American Literature Online Learning Pre-Algebra AP® European History Introduction to Online Learning Reaching Your Academic Biology Journalism Potential British and World Literature Literary Analysis and Service Learning Chemistry Composition I and II U.S. History Earth Science Modern U.S. History Washington State History Environmental Science Modern World Studies World History Finding Your Path I, II, III & IV Online Learning 10-11

Teacher Graded Assignments (TGA) Teacher Graded Assignment (TGA) answer keys are available on the same lesson slide as the student is assigned and under Unit and Lesson Resources.

Computer Scored (CS) Assessments To review the question and answers for Computer Scored (CS) multiple-choice assessments follow the instruction below.

 Select à the Quiz or Assessment item you want to review  Select à Author tab  Select à Expand All SY10-11 Assessing Student Learning in K12912 Programs 9

Problem Sets Problem Set Answers are available in the back of the text as well as Unit Resources à Materials.

Threaded Discussion Grading Rubric Threaded Discussion Grading Rubrics are available in the Course Syllabus as well as every Threaded Discussion prompt.

List of Courses Music Appreciation U.S. and Global Economics Pre-Calculus/Trigonometry AP® English Language and AP® U.S. History AP® Calculus AB Composition AP® U.S. Government and AP® Statistics AP® English Literature and Politics Skills for Health Composition AP® Macroeconomics AP® Chemistry Geography and World Cultures AP® Microeconomics AP® Physics B U.S. Government and Politics AP® Psychology

Teacher Graded Assignments (TGA) Teacher Graded Assignment (TGA) answer keys are available within the Unit Teacher Resources. SY10-11 Assessing Student Learning in K12912 Programs 11

 Select à the Quiz or Assessment item you want to review  Select à Author tab  Select à Expand All

K12 Teacher Effectiveness Division ©2010 April 4, 2018 Threaded Discussion Grading Rubric Threaded Discussion Grading details are stated within the Threaded Discussion prompt associated with the left hand navigation item. SY10-11 Assessing Student Learning in K12912 Programs 13

Appendix III: K12 Managed Courses Part II

List of Courses Anthropology Life Science: Oceanography Business and Consumer Math Macroeconomics Business and Personal Relationships Personal Finance Business Communication and Career Exploration Psychology

Teacher Graded Assignments (TGA) Teacher Graded Assignment (TGA) answer keys are available on thebigthinK12. Contact a mentor teacher or Teacher Effectiveness if you need assistance locating any necessary teacher answer keys.

 Select à the Quiz or Assessment item you want to review  Select à Author tab  Select à Expand All

Threaded Discussion Grading Rubric Threaded Discussions are worth 10 points and teachers should follow a standard Grading Rubric to remain fair and consistent. Teachers may use the grading rubric available for K12 courses and adjust the rubric scale match the total points earned.

Look on thebigthinK12, contact a mentor teacher or Teacher Effectiveness to obtain the K12 Threaded Discussion Grading Rubric.

The K12 Threaded Discussion Grading Rubric is available on thebigthinK12. Contact a mentor teacher or Teacher Effectiveness if you need assistance locating this resource.

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Appendix IV: Technology Courses

List of Courses 3D Art I – Modeling Digital Video Production 3D Art II – Animation Flash Animation Audio Engineering Game Design I and II C++ Programming Green Design and Technology Computer Literacy I and II Introduction to Entrepreneurship I and II Computer-Aided Design (CAD) Introduction to Marketing I and II Digital Arts I and II Online Game Design Digital Photography and Graphics Web Design

Answer Keys Answer keys are located in the left navigation bar, underneath the link to the quiz itself, and hidden from student view.

Grading Rubrics

Grading rubrics are included in the project descriptions, so that students understand how they are being evaluated. Below is a screenshot of the Game Design grading rubric.

List of Courses AIMS High School Math CAHSEE English-Language Arts and Math Prep Reading and Writing Exam Prep English Foundations I and II All AP Exam Review courses Math Foundations I and II AP® Biology

Answer Keys Teachers can access the Grading Rubrics by downloading them from the Teacher Resources, Course Materials or Course Enrollment areas.

Teachers may also navigate to grading Rubric through the course Gradebook by:

 Navigate to the Gradebook  Select  ULA title from the Unit View  Select  Apple and Books icon to access the Teacher Resources  Locate  the rubric for the assignment you need

Keep in mind, teachers need to update the High School Gradebook weekly to reflect the cumulative grades earned in K12 Partnered Courses. SY10-11 Assessing Student Learning in K12912 Programs 17

Appendix VI: World Language Courses

List of Courses AP® French Language German I and II AP® Spanish Language Latin I and II Chinese I and II Spanish I, II and III French I, II and III

Answer Keys Students’ complete graded assignments within powerspeaK12, some of these activities are graded automatically while others required teacher feedback.

Please contact powerspeaK12 support for additional assistance regarding your World Language course.

Support@Power−Glide.com or 800-596-0910

Questions

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