TOP Online Refresher Training, Qualifying, and Learning Management System

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TOP Online Refresher Training, Qualifying, and
Learning Management System
Texas Assessment Conference, December 2006

• Laura Ayala, Director, ELL Assessment
• TEA Student Assessment Division
• Paul Matzen, Senior Program Manager, Pearson
  Educational Measurement
• Natasha Voropaeva, Instructional Designer,
  Pearson Educational Measurement

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Online Training Requirements
December2006

• District testing coordinators are responsible for
  working with other district and campus personnel
  to see that appropriate numbers of raters are
  designated and trained. They will need to closely
  monitor online training completion.
• Raters who dont complete required online
  refresher training or online qualification
  activities are not authorized by TEA to be TOP
  raters.

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Spring Holistic Rating Training Activities
December2006

• Face-to-face training for newly assigned raters
• Supplemental training of this falls trainees who
  did not successfully qualify
• 3 online refresher training courses
• Spring online qualification round

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Online Refresher Training
December2006

• Level 1, Grades 212 Online refresher training
  for previously trained individuals who have not
  qualified
• ? Dec. 11Jan. 19
• ? Takes 3 to 4 hours
• ? Will help prepare for Feb. online qualification
• ? Includes practice and feedback
• ? Can be done in more than one sitting
• ? 4 continuing education credit hours provided

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Online Refresher Training
December2006
Level 2, Grades 212 For qualified raters of
students in Grades 212 (those who qualified in
spring 2006 or fall 2006) ? Jan. 29Mar. 2 ?
Takes 2 to 3 hours ? Will recalibrate raters ?
Gives practice with students near borderline ?
Can be done in more than one sitting ? 3
continuing education credit hours provided
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Online Refresher Training
December2006

• K1 Course For K1 raters trained in 2005-2006
• ? Jan. 29Mar. 2
• ? Takes 1 to 2 hours
• ? Recommended for K1 raters trained this fall
  too
• ? Includes practice and feedback
• ? Can be done in more than one sitting
• ? 2 continuing education credit hours provided

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Spring Online Qualification Round
December2006

• Spring QualificationFor Grades 212 raters who
  have been trained but have not yet qualified
• ? Jan. 29Mar. 2
• ? Takes 1 to 2 hours
• ? Can be done in more than one sitting
• ? 2 continuing education credit hours provided
  upon successful qualification

FYI About 17,000 teachers qualified this fall.
The qualification rate was 93.
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End Dates for Refresher Courses
December2006

• Raters should complete their refresher courses by
  the scheduled dates.
• The refresher courses will, however, be available
  until March 30. Raters may wish to refer back to
  the course information and practice collections
  as they rate their students.
• Note that the spring qualification window will
  close March 2.

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Learning Management System (LMS)
December2006

• The TOP online courses and qualification
  activities are found at the TOP TrainingCenter at
  http//pearson.learn.com/TOP/. The website will
  be active as of December 11, 2006.
• The TOP TrainingCenter uses LMS software that has
  web-based, interactive training and data
  management capabilities.
• From now on, TOP training and qualifying
  information will be located at the TOP
  TrainingCenter.

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Learning Management System (LMS)
December2006

• Registration is required for anyone who has not
  previously registered on the TOP or TAKS-Alt
  TrainingCenter. The user will receive a
  confirmation e-mail, but the e-mail is not
  required to proceed with training.
• Users will not need to register each time they
  take a different course.
• Individuals taking the courses will not need
  access codes. However, a LearnCenter Password is
  required the first time. This is a generic
  password that testing coordinators will issue.

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Learning Management System (LMS)
December2006
Raters performance on the online refresher
courses and qualification activities will be
tracked through the LMS. Testing coordinators and
other authorized personnel will have access to
this information to ensure that raters are
adequately trained.
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Users Guide for Course Participants
December2006

• The users guide for the online training courses
  is now available at http//k12testing.tx.ncspearso
  n.com/tx_dist_guides.htm.
• An e-mail notification has been sent to ESC and
  district testing coordinators.
• This guide is for all online refresher courses.
  It explains everything users need to know to
  access the courses, get support, and use the
  features of the website.
• It is important for course participants to refer
  to the users guide during their courses.

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Users Guide for Course Participants
December2006

• Testing coordinators need to identify who will
  take the courses. They should be sure to make
  clear to trainees what courses to take and what
  the course timelines are.
• For the Level 1 and Level 2 courses, be sure
  raters know which grade cluster to take.

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Users Guide for Rater Qualification

• The users guide for the spring online rater
  qualification activities will be available by
  January 12 at http//k12testing.tx.ncspearson.com/
  tx_dist_guides.htm.
• An e-mail notification will be sent to ESC and
  district testing coordinators.
• Raters should be given the rater manual and user
  guides prior to TOP administration training.
  Allow time during the training sessions for
  questions.

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Users Guide for Administrators Who Monitor
Training
December2006

• This administrators guide will be available at
  http//k12testing.tx.ncspearson.com/tx_dist_guides
  .htm.
• An e-mail notification will be sent to ESC and
  district testing coordinators. The notification
  will include user ID and password information for
  administrators.
• User ID and password information will be provided
  for 3 administrators at each site (i.e., 3 region
  administrators, 3 district administrators, 3
  campus administrators).

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Users Guide for Administrators Who Monitor
Training
December2006

• District coordinators will forward the campus
  administrator information to the campuses.
• Administrators will be able to access reports to
  help them monitor TOP online training. Rosters
  and summary reports will be available.
• The rosters will list users who have registered,
  their course completion status, and their results
  on the course activities. This will enable
  testing personnel to ensure that everyone
  completes the online training requirements and is
  adequately trained.

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Users Guide for Administrators Who Monitor
Training
December2006

• Level 1 course participants are to receive
  supplemental face-to-face training if their
  results indicate the need for additional
  practice.
• Administrators can also provide additional
  resources to Level 2 and K-1 course participants
  based on their results to ensure they are
  adequately prepared to rate students.
• Remember that raters who dont complete required
  online training requirements are not authorized
  by TEA to be TOP raters.

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Assembling and Verifying TOP Writing Collections
December2006

• An online course has been developed for districts
  to use as an optional tool if desired. It is now
  available on the TOP TrainingCenter website.
• This course may be used in training campus
  coordinators, campus principals, TOP raters, and
  writing collection verifiers. The course takes
  less than 1 hour to complete and gives 1 hour of
  continuing education credit.
• This course may be used as part, but not all, of
  writing collection assembly training.

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TEA Contact information

• For information on ELL testing requirements, go
  to the TEA Student Assessment web site at
  www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment. Click on
  ELL Assessment Information in the green
  vertical menu bar.
• Telephone number [phone]

ELL assessment e-mail address
ELL.tests._at_tea.state.tx.us
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Pearson Contact information

• For technical support with TOP online training,
  go to the TOP TrainingCenter at
  http//pearson.learn.com/TOP or e-mail your
  question to TOP.techhelp_at_pearson.com.
• Telephone number [phone]

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TOP Online Training

• Learning Management System

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TOP TrainingCenter

• Registration
• Log-ins and passwords
• LearnCenter Password
• Personal Password
• TOP TrainingCenter
• Home Page
• Course List
• Qualification
• Training History
• Resources
• My Info
• Support

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Starting a Course
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Media Elements in the Module
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Module Navigation Help
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Screen Features
Screen directions
View Coachs tip
Exploreexamples
Explore more information
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Knowledge Check Activities

• Scored activities
• Required to progress through the module

• Most allow two attempts
• Correct answer is revealed after 2nd
  unsuccessful attempt

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Exiting Online Training Module
Step 1 Exit in the module
Step 2 Return to TOP TrainingCenter
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Abandon Button
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Training History Training in Progress
Access training progress for the course
Course progress details
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Bookmarking Online Training Module
Step 1 Bookmark your progress
Step 2 Return to TOP TrainingCenter
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Course Menu
Required for all users
Not required for all users
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Reviewing a Course
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Using Menu to Review Modules

• Click on the Required for all users link to
  review modules
• Click Next button to switch to a different module
  for review

or
Click on the title to review Not required for all
users module
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Module 6Practice Assessing Writing
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Grade Cluster Selection
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Practice Design
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Summary Screens