Pearson Limelight Training(Assessments)For BAISD

Agenda

• Introductions• Survey• Brief intro limelight• Training site “baytraining”

• Will vary by district

• Questions?

Pre/Post Survey

Thank you for attending the Pearson Limelight Training. This year Pearson Limelight is being funded by the Regional Data Initiatives

(RDI) project.  As part of the project, we are required to gather information to help measure the effectiveness of the project. 

Please click on the following link and participate in the survey.    Note:   Things you may need to know:

ISD/RESA: Bay-Arenac ISDData Warehouse: PinnacleAssessment System: Pearson Limelight

 www.surveymonkey.com/s/pre-postsurvey

 Thank you for your participation

– Limelight is an intuitive online environment for creating, delivering and assessing practice tests.

– Limelight Test Builder delivers formative, standards-based practice tests for state-mandated tests in reading, mathematics, science, social studies and writing for grades 3 through high school.

What is Limelight?

“Balanced assessment systems will need to be designed to serve diverse purposes by meeting the information needs of all decision makers.” Rick Stiggins

“BALANCED ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS: REDEFINIG EXCELLENCE IN ASSESSMENT” May 30, 2006

Limelight is a…Balanced Assessment System

There is a growing body of evidence that the use of well-constructed, externally developed assessments by teachers can lead to larger gains in studentperformance than other education reform strategies. Pearson Issue Paperhttp://www.pearsoned.com/pr_2009/051309.pdf

Analyze Tests

Manage Standards

AdministerTests

Build Tests

Assign Tests

ProduceReports Manage

Item Banks

ViewStudent

Performance

State Standards are Pre-LoadedTools for Custom Frameworks

Pacing Guides,Curriculum Mapping,

Resources

Quality Item Banks: • Interim• Classroom• Basic• Capability for local item banks

• Wizard-driven test authoring

• Ability to author/import test items

• Builds for paper/pencil, online delivery, or Learner Response Devices

• Access to pre-constructed fixed-forms

• Paper/Pencil• Online• Learner Response Devices

• Colorful, printable on-screen reports

• Custom reports output to PDF

• Data views of district, school, class and student, Percentile, standards mastered/not mastered, item response analysis, raw score distribution, individual student mastery, AYP/NCLB filtering AIP, RTI, Aimline

• Link to SIS keeps testing groups current

• Students grouped by grade, subject, school, class or demographic

• Student scores are immediate

• Reports for central office, principals, teachers, students, parents

• Provides “complete” performance picture

Links to Intervention:• Promethean Planet• NetTrekker• Test Review/Study

Skills for students

BAISD subscriptions include:

ITEM BANKS

Limelight BASIC

Classroom Bank20,000 Items

L.A., Math, Sci., SS

Aligned to State Standards

Grades 3-128,500 Items

L.A., Math, Sci., SS

Aligned to State Standards

Grades 2-12

DELIVERY OPTIONS

ONLINE PAPER/PENCIL

4

REPORTS

Objectives

In this session, you will:– Create Item Banks– Create Test Questions Aligned to

Standards– Compile Tests

LET’S LOG IN Training site

https://www.pearsonlearnia.comInfo from card- Baytraining

Banks: A Place to Keep Things

Setting up a Personal Bank

Click Banks > Create a Bank

Enter Bank title

Enter a description

Choose Bank visibility

Click Create bank

Now It’s Your Turn

Complete hands-on activity #1

Create a personal Bank

Test Question Types

Type Explanation

Multiple Choice Test question with one to five possible answers

True/ False Test question with two possible answers

Constructed Response Test question with written student response

Multipart Constructed Response

Test question with multiple written student responses

Creating a Multiple Choice Question

Click Questions > Create a new Question

Select Multiple choice

Choose number of possible answers and correct answer

Type Question & Answers

Fill out Question details and Taxonomy

If time: Constructed Response Questions

Click Questions > Create a new Question

Select Constructed Response

Fill out Question details & point value or rubric

Type Question and Sample Response

Fill out Question Taxonomy

Aligning Questions to Standards

Search for Question

Click Create Alignment

Select specific Standard

Update Question Alignment

Now It’s Your Turn

Complete hands-on activities #2-4

Create a Multiple Choice Question

If time: Create a Constructed Response Question

Align a Question to a Standard

Test Creation Options

Search by alignment or bank Choose only questions with

reading passages Use aligned and/or unaligned

questions Create just an answer key (AKO)

Test Creation Basics

Search for Questions

Choose Questions

Align Questions

Organize QuestionsAdd Test Information & Details

Now It’s Your Turn

Complete hands-on activity #7

Create a Test

Answer Key

• Answer keys can be used with machine-readable tests

• Specify the number of each type of question

• Select correct answers and assign points

• Align questions to standards

Test Sharing and Publishing

Test Sharing Description

Shared A test created by a teacher and able to be copied by others

Published A test from the district level, distributed to schools – ADMINISTRATORS ONLY

Private A test, usually created by a teacher, for use in the classroom

***If you want combined results for more than one teacher the test must be assigned by a school admin or a district admin.***

Reports Description

Class Grade Grades per specific class, list of tests assigned and taken by each student

Instructor Summary Distribution of test scores, list of each students’ grade and percentage

Study Guide Each students’ test with responses

Indicator Analysis For use with tests aligned to standards

Report Types

Now It’s Your Turn

Complete hands-on activity #8

View Report and Remediation Content

In your Subscription

Log in- see cardMake a bank - “Favorites”Create an aligned test Publish as Admin roleAssign to studentsReady to go online

Summary

In this session you:– Created banks, test questions,

passages, and rubrics– Aligned test questions to standards– Pulled the parts together into a test

Next training

Preslugging & ScanningDevelop common assessmentsPublishing testsTrain others

QUESTIONS

We look forward to our continued partnership!

THANK YOU!