Implementing CIITS: Empowering Kentucky’s Teachers and Leaders for

Success

Happy Holidays from your CIITS Team!!

Agenda Updates and Important

Information with Q & A Topic Information1. Summative and Interim

Assessments Data 2. Key Performance Indicators 3. New Student Growth

Percentile Report for Teachers, Schools and Districts

4. Q&A

Password Reset Coming December 21st

Password Reset Coming End of December

All user passwords for CIITS will be rest on Saturday, December 21, 2013. Each user will receive an email with a temporary password on this day. It is important you check your SPAM folder in the event that you do not receive the email.The purpose of this password reset is to strengthen the security of CIITS. Please create a strong password! • CIITS password should contain…

– Lower case letter (a, b, c, …)– Upper case letter (A, B, C, …)– Number (1, 2, 3, …)

• To create a strong password, use passphrases that are easy to remember• Example: “ciitsisgreat”

– Then, capitalize various letters (such as the last letter of each word)• Example: ciitSiSGreaT

– Then, turn some letters into numbers, such as:• Example: c11tS1Sgr3aT

Update Information

• Science Standards will be available early January

• Science Resources will be available by late January from Discovery?

• World Language Standards edits are being done

• Health and PE Standards Edits are being done, should be completed early January

Update Information

Curriculum Manager TrainingKDE will sponsor Curriculum Manager training in January or February 2014. It would be one day open to 25 districts for each day long session. There will be a half day how to use the Curriculum Manger tool and a half day of working with participants on entering their district curriculum. Please bring materials to enter your Curriculum that day. Northern KY, January, 2014 GRECC? and Central KY?

Update Information

CIITS Contact Roles added to Web Security Administrator Two new CIITS contact roles have been added to the Person Role Manager application within the Web Security Administrator: 1) CIITS Primary Contact 2) CIITS Secondary Contact. The Web Apps Admin Point of Contact (WAAPOC) in each district can add or remove this role from district individuals. The individuals assigned this role will receive important CIITS communications from KDE. Each district should add the CIITS Primary Contact role to at least one individual.

To view the WAAPOCs for each district, go to: http://applications.education.ky.gov/sdci/other.aspx

Updates: Scanning

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Posted to the CIITS Support Materials page.

CIITS Support Materials page

EDS Caseloads

• KDE is aware that there have been technical difficulties within CIITS in the following areas:

• Caseload Manager in the Education Development Suite (EDS) module

• Assistant Principals and district staff accessing components of EDS

• Special Education Teachers accessing components of EDS

• If you continue to experience an issue with your observation caseload, please click the following link: http://tinyurl.com/PGESIssuesReport to report the Observer/Observee name. A Schoolnet representative will confirm caseload

resolution within 24 hours.

Topics

• Summative and Interim Assessments• https://powersource.pearsonschoolsystems.c

om/repository/schoolnet/pdf/CIITS_PPT-SchoolandDistrictData.pdf

• KPIs for 2012-2013• Student Group Percentile Reports for

Teachers, Schools and Districts

KPIs

• KPIs for 2012-2013

Drilling Down into the KPI

• KPIs for 2012-2013

Accessing SGP

• How to view Student Growth Percentile Reports

Districts Schools Teachers

How to Access Reports For District and School Administrators

Report Bank Categories

Available Data Points for Student Growth Report

• Tested School• Accountable to• Exempted• K-Prep Student Growth

Percentile• PLAN to ACT Student

Growth Percentile

Student Growth Percentile Report For Teachers

Student Growth Percentile Report for Teachers

Step 1: Hover over the Classrooms module and select “Student Performance”

Student Growth Percentile Report for Teachers

Step 2: Identify the set of students to view Student Growth Percentile data. You can view data by class section, or you can view data for all of your currently enrolled students.

Student Growth Percentile Report for Teachers

Teachers can view data for past years’ sections by selecting the School Year from the dropdown menu.

Student Growth Percentile Report for Teachers

Step 3: Navigate to the Student Analysis tab on the far right.

Student Growth Percentile Report for Teachers

Step 4: Run the report by selecting “Student Growth Report for Teachers”. This report will display Student Growth Percentile data for the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 school year.

Student Growth Percentile Report for Teachers

Student Growth Percentile Report for Teachers

Step 1: Hover over the Classrooms module and select “Student Performance”

Student Growth Percentile Report for Teachers

Step 2: Identify the set of students to view Student Growth Percentile data. You can view data by class section, or you can view data for all of your currently enrolled students.

Student Growth Percentile Report for Teachers

Teachers can view data for past years’ sections by selecting the School Year from the dropdown menu.

Student Growth Percentile Report for Teachers

Step 3: Navigate to the Student Analysis tab on the far right.

Student Growth Percentile Report for Teachers

Step 4: Run the report by selecting “Student Growth Report for Teachers”. This report will display Student Growth Percentile data for the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 school year.

Student Growth Percentile Report for Teachers

maritta.horne@education.ky.gov

CIITS Contacts