Welcome to Results Now K8 Training

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Welcome to Results Now!K-8 Training
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Results Now! Instructors

• Instructor Name - _____________________
• Instructor Name - _____________________
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• Email
• Rick Stevens _at_ ricks_at_fsusd.k12.ca.us (Educational
  Technology)
• Jon Little _at_ jonl_at_fsusd.k12.ca.us (Educational
  Technology)
• Michelle Labelle-Fisch (Teacher and Technology
  Learning Coordinator)
• Dr. Veerappa Ramalingam Ph.D. _at_
  VeerappaR_at_fsusd.k12.ca.us (Assessment
  Accountability)

Disclaimer The Results Now Reference Book is a
professional development learning tool. It is not
a report on the status of any school or
classroom. Student names are not included. The
included data is intended for illustrative
purposes only.
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Results Now! Reference Book

• User Guide
• 1) Take notes as appropriate.
• 2) Fill in blanks answer questions
  periodically.
• 3) Answer Objective Qs near the end of this
  book.
• This is your Reference Book!

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Computer login(This will vary by site)

• Username (already completed)
• Password student

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What is Results Now!?

• Results Now! is a ___________________
• ___________________________________
• ___________________________________
• Users can
• retrieve important documents regarding
  achievement and curriculum and instruction
• gather information on a subset of student
  population using a query (a request for specific
  data)
• Organize intervention groups and track their
  progress

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Objectives of the first Results Now! training

• 1) Participants will login logout
• 2) Participants will find static (unchanging)
  reports
• 3) Participants will find dynamic (changing)
  reports and learn to query (request specifically)
  for specific information
• 4) Participants will know how to print documents
  in Results Now! (please do not print during
  training unless asked)
• 5) Participants will become familiar with
  identifying subgroups of a school needing
  intervention

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Future Results Now! Trainings

• Training 1 (today) Introduction and navigation
  through Results Now! Locating current and past
  class data.
• Training 2 (site and date TBD) Analysis of
  Results Now! data to group and plan for classroom
  and school intervention.
• Training 3 (site and date TBD) Using periodic
  assessments within Results Now! to measure
  student progress and plan further classroom and
  school intervention.

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How Does Results Now! work?

• Access
• Step 1 Click on Internet Explorer.
• http//www.fsusd.k12.ca.us
• Step 2 Click Frequent Links and scroll down to
  Results Now!

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How does Results Now! work?

• Step 3 Log in (user authentication)
• Tolenas elementary
• Username trainee-465
• Password natrium
• Click Log in

Disclaimer Passwords in PowerPoint Training
slides (below) are for illustrative purposes
only. Passwords change regularly to ensure system
security and privacy of student records.
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Results Now! Important Tips

• Click on Click Here Before You Proceed
• Tip 1 Please DO NOT use the BACK button to go
  back to a previous page.

DO NOT Click BACK!
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Results Now! Important Tips

• Tip 2 To navigate,
• users will use these
• 3 windows
• ___________
• ___________
• ___________

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Results Now! Important Tips

• 1) Toolbar window
• Static Reports Dynamic Reports Logout
• 2) Entry window
• A) Click on View Folders to
• go back to the main static page.
• B) Query (advanced search) for broad info.
• using Dynamic Reports.

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Results Now! Important Tips
Dynamic View (sample)
Data window

• Static View (sample)

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Static Reports-Search 1

• How can I find static English CST scores from a
  particular school?

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Static Reports-Search 1

• Click on
• A) Static Reports
• B) School Level
• C)  Published During
• Academic Year (05-06)
• Note, if there is a -, it is already open
  (skip).
• D) STAR/CST Reports

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Static Reports-Search 1

• E) Comparative
• 5-year report of California Standards Test
  Performance
• F) Tolenas - English Language Arts (pdf document)

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Static Reports-Search 1

• Questions
• What is the first school year in this report?
• _______________
• _______________
• 2) How did second graders do in 2000-2001?
  ______________
• 3) Is this a matched cohort?_______

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Static Reports-Search 2

• How can I find static English CST scores from a
  particular school over a 5 year period?

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Static Reports-Search 2

• Spring 05 CST Performance Standards Histograms
• Click on
• A)  View Folders.
• B) Published During Academic Years Note, if
  there is a -, it is already open.
• C) STAR/CST Reports
• D)  Spring 2005 CST Performance Standards
  Histograms
• E) Click Tolenas

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Static Reports-Search 2

• Questions
• A) What does FBB, BB, BAS, PRO, and ADV stand
  for?
• ___________________________
• ___________________________
• ___________________________
• B)  What percentage of 5th grade students need
  intervention?
• _________________________
• ___________________________

Needs Immediate Intervention!
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Dynamic Reports

• How can I find information that changes?
• What are Dynamic Reports? ___________
• ____________________________________

Sample Dynamic Report
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Dynamic Reports

• Dynamic Reports change over time.
• One can query(advanced search) for specific
  information.
• Used most frequently.

Sample query page in a Dynamic Report
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Dynamic Reports Query 1

• How can I find out who needs intervention in
  English/Language Arts in a class?

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Dynamic Reports Query 1
Teacher Example A) Click on Dynamic Reports
and then roll over multiple measures and click on
Teacher level. B) Under Academic Year, choose
2005-2006 D) Under Teacher Name, choose
Costanzo Jennifer E) Grade 5 F) Click Get
Results Now!.
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Dynamic Reports Query 1

• Question
• How can one sort data into descending or
  ascending order (by name, by need)?_______________
  _
• 2) Who needs immediate intervention? __________
• 3) Scroll down and click on a in District/STAR
  Writing Score. Browse.

At risk intervention needed
Progressing
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Dynamic Reports Query 2

• How could we find out which groups of 5th grade
  students need intervention at the school?

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Dynamic Reports Query 2

• School example
• A) Click on Dynamic Reports and then roll over
  multiple measures and click on School Level.
• B) Under Academic Year,
• choose 2005-2006
• C) Under School, choose Tolenas
• D) Choose Group.

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Dynamic Reports Query 2

• E) Under current school
• (1), scroll down and click
• Tolenas

F) Click on the double arrows pointing right to
move.
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Dynamic Reports Query 2

• F) On 3, scroll choose 5th grade.
• G) Click on arrows pointing right.
• G) Click Demographics.
• H) Under 7, choose an ethnicity
• (e.g., Hispanic) and move right.
• F) Get me the list!

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Dynamic Reports Query 2

• Question Looking at this data, which students
  are candidates for immediate intervention?

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Dynamic Reports Query 3

• How can I find out how well 5th grade English
  Learners have done on the California English
  Language Development Test (CELDT)?

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Dynamic Reports Query 3

• Multiple measures (school)
• Scroll up and click
• Redo Query at the top right.
• 2) Click Restore Earlier Selections
• at top right to keep your last query.

3) Scroll down to Demographics click previous
(7) Ethnicity.
4) Move Hispanic to left by clicking arrows
pointing left.
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Dynamic Reports Query 3

• 5) Scroll down and check CELDT (California
• English Language Development Test).
• 6) On number 16, move
• English Learner right.
• 7) On number 17, scroll down to
• Spanish move right.
• 8) Scroll down click on
• Get me the list

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Dynamic Reports Query 3

• Question Looking at the data for English
  Learners, which students are candidates for
  immediate intervention?

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Dynamic Reports Interim Assessments (IA)

• Interim Assessments are tests created by FSUSD
  teachers and administrators They are given four
  times each year to assess student progress.
• Follow the steps below
• Click on Dynamic Reports,
• roll over Interim Assessment,
• and click Teacher.
• 2) Under Academic Year, choose 2005-06
• (if needed).
• 3) Under teacher name, choose
• Costanzo Jennifer (if needed).

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Dynamic Reports IA (cont.)

• 4) Under course/grade, choose 5.
• 5) Under subject, choose ELA
• (English Language Arts)
• 6) Under trimester, choose Post-Test.
• Note, test 1 is conducted in November,
• test 2 in March. Post-Test in June.
• 7) Choose Overall Mastery.
• 8) Click Get Results Now!

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Dynamic Reports IA (cont.)

• Question How can this data be used in the
  classroom to plan both intervention and
  instruction?

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Dynamic Reports - STAR/CST

• Question How can I find 2005-06 STAR/CST data
  from a site?

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Dynamic Reports - STAR/CST

• Steps
• 1) Click on Dynamic Reports and
• then roll over STAR/CST Reports
• and choose School Level.
• 2) Under Year, choose 05-06
• 3) For Report Type, choose List.
• 4) Under Student ID, choose No.

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Dynamic Reports - STAR/CST

• 5) For Current School, choose Tolenas move
  right.
• 6) For Track, choose
• All Students move right.
• 7) For Grade, choose
• 5th grade move right.

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Dynamic Reports - STAR/CST

• 8) Scroll down to the bottom to Excel Output
  options, and choose ELA, Math, and Science
  clusters.
• 9) Click on Export as Excel Spreadsheet.

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Dynamic Reports - STAR/CST

• 10) Choose Open.
• 11) In Excel, at the bottom right, scroll to the
  right to explore data.

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Dynamic Reports - STAR/CST

• A small portion of your Excel spreadsheet should
  look

Close Excel Please close Excel by clicking on
the x at the top right.
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What you can do in Excel?

• Look at student score information
• Download the data into Excel so it can be viewed
  and manipulated offline.
• Use the data to import into other applications
  such as Easy Grade Pro or Grade Machine
• For more, go online _at_ http//ww4.fsusd.k12.ca.us/
  education/PLC/DataDriven-ResultsNow.html

Close Excel Please close Excel by clicking on
the x at the top right.
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Reference Documents

• Click on
• Reference Documents, then Reference Docs
• Note, to expand a folder, click
• on a plus sign (). If (-), it is already open.
• 2) Click Academic Years 05-06 06-07
• 3) Choose a folder and open.
• 4) Open a pdf Document

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Reference Document Options
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Save, Print, Expand

• Use toolbar window options to save, print
  expand
• Find where you would print the pdf document you
  just opened. Do not click it (too many printing
  at the same time).

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How can Results Now! help us identify specific
student groups?

• Here are a few queries that may be useful
• All students who receive some Special Ed services
• All GATE students who are not in the magnet
  program
• All 4th grade English Learners
• CAHSEE results for all high school juniors

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Please think of two queries write them down on
this handout.

• Query 1 __________________________
• _________________________________
• _________________________________
• Query 2 __________________________
• __________________________________
• __________________________________

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Logout

• 1) Click logout in the toolbar window.
• 2) Click Yes, Log me out.
• 3) Make sure to say Yes, close the window. This
  is done for security reasons.
•  

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Course Objectives Your Searches

• Please review course objectives and then answer
  the questions on the remaining pages (slides)
• 1) Participants will login logout with your
  account.
• 2) Participants will find static (unchanging)
  reports
• 3) Participants will find dynamic (changing)
  reports and learn to query (request specifically)
  for specific information
• 4) Participants will know how to print documents
  in Results Now! (please do not print, unless
  asked)
• 5) Participants will become familiar with
  identifying subgroups of a school needing
  intervention

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Objective 1- Login

• 1) To receive your own username password
• Email Dr. Veerappa Ramalingam veerappaR_at_fsusd.k12.
  ca.us
• 2) Please record below login (If you do not
  have an account yet, please use the sample
  account provided in this training to explore)!
• Login ________________
• Password _____________

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Objective 2 Static Reports

• 1) Record what you searched for in static
  reports.
• _____________________________________
• _____________________________________
• Extra - What does FBB, BB, BAS, PRO, and ADV
  stand for?
• _____________________________________
• _____________________________________

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Objective 3 Dynamic Reports

• Record your two queries (advanced search).
• A)___________________________________
• B) __________________________________

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Objective 4 Print

• 1) Circle the icon to print?

Extra A Draw a star on where you should
save. Extra B Draw a square where you can
expand the page.
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Objective 5 Results Now! Intervention

• 1) How can your first query be used to plan for
  intervention instruction?
• __________________________________________
• __________________________________________
• 2) What further information do you need to use
  Results Now for intervention purposes?
• __________________________________________
• __________________________________________

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Results Now! Resources Available

• Results Now k-8 HS Learner Guides
• RN Admin Guide
• Online Tutorial (a start)
• Go to http//ww4.fsusd.k12.ca.us/education/PLC/Da
  taDriven-ResultsNow.html
• Link to Results Now! Materials