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DataDirector

General

• Benchmark Proficiency Levels FAQ
  A FAQ sheet on how the Benchmark proficiency levels are determined.
  

• DataDirector FAQ Sheet
  One page FAQ sheet answering the most frequently asked questions about DataDirector.

• Getting Started in DataDirector
  Introduction to DataDirector - covers logging in and provides an overview of the 8 tabs used to view student data.

• Providing DataDirector Access to Non-Teaching Staff
  Step-by-step instructions on how to give access to staff that have no students rostered to them.

• Sharing Items/Setting Permissions
  Once you create an assessment, exam, report, or program you have the ability to share them with other users in DataDirector. This document shows how.

Exams

• Benchmark Exams: (For Site Administrators) Monitoring Scanning, Analyzing and Disaggregating Data
  Covers how to find out which student Benchmark exams have or have not been scanned and the exam reports showing student responses to inform instruction.

• Creating Answer (Bubble) Sheets
  Step-by-step instructions on how to create an answer (bubble) sheet for an exam.

• Exam Reports (For Teachers)
  Covers the exam reports available to analyze student responses or share results with parents after an exam has been scanned.

• Printing Answer (Bubble) Sheets
  Step-by-step instructions on how to print answer sheets for scanning with DataScanner. If this is your first time printing answer sheets, it's strongly recommended to print and scan one answer sheet to make sure it scans correctly before printing a batch of answer sheets.

• Using the Item Bank to Create Exams and Answer (Bubble) Sheets
  Step-by-step instructions on how to use the test questions stored in DataDirector to create an Exam Booklet and answer sheet.

Assessments

• Entering Student Assessment Results
  Step-by-step instructions on how to enter assessment results.

• Entering Student Assessment Results for Teachers Who Can't
  A person with site-wide DataDirector access (access to all students) can enter assessment scores for a teacher who does not have access to DataDirector such as a substitute.

Reports

• Creating Custom Reports
  Step-by-step instructions on how to pull data into a customized report.

• CST Cluster Scores Report
  Use to view class, school, and district averages against State Minimally Proficient averages to view areas of relative strength comparative to students who scored the minimum scaled score to be proficient.

• CST Scaled Scores Report
  Use to identify students who are on the margin of advancing or falling back a proficiency level.

• CST Percent Proficient Trend Analysis Report
  Use this report to compare growth trends in the number of students proficient or at the varying proficiency levels for multiple years.

• Exam Reports (For Teachers)
  Covers the exam reports available to analyze student responses or share results with parents after an exam has been scanned.

• Multiple Assessment Report
  Allows instant access to multiple state assessments,
  demographics, and even benchmarks for a group of
  students.se to identify students who are on the margin of advancing or falling back a proficiency level.

• Student Profile Report
  Covers how to print student profile reports in batches.

DataScanner

• DataScanner Guide v3.0
  42 pp. Covers all aspects of scanning benchmark exams.

• Checklist for Teachers
  Give teachers this checklist when you distribute the testing materials.

• Printing Answer (Bubble) Sheets
  Step-by-step instructions on how to print answer sheets for scanning with DataScanner. If this is your first time printing answer sheets, it's strongly recommended to print and scan one answer sheet to make sure it scans correctly before printing a batch of answer sheets.

• Calibrating Answer (Bubble) Sheets
  Covers how to calibrate the scanner to the printer you're printing to so that the "T" marks on the bubble sheet are properly aligned when scanned.

• Exam Reports (For Teachers)
  Covers the exam reports available to analyze student responses or share results with parents after an exam has been scanned

• Benchmark Exams: (For Site Administrators) Monitoring Scanning, Analyzing and Disaggregating Data
  Covers how to find out which student Benchmark exams have or have not been scanned and the exam reports showing student responses to inform instruction.

• DataScanner PowerPoint
  The PowerPoint used in training.