Welcome to WebCCAT Training

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Welcome to WebCCAT Training Web-accessed
Comprehensive Curriculum Assessment Tool
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WebCCAT

• Web Access to TEKS based assessments
• Designed and Reviewed by Teachers
• Bank of 15,000 Assessment Items by the End of
  March
• Includes assessments for English language arts
  (grade 3 English III)

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WebCCAT

• Mathematics (grades 3 Geometry)
• Social Studies (grade 8)
• Adding the Rest of Social Studies and Science
  Next Fall
• Possible Trans-adaptations to Spanish in the
  Early Grades
• Include some TAKS Test Items from the Released
  TAKS Test

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Why Are You Using WebCCAT?

• Instructional tool
• Part of an instructional process
• Diagnose learning of the TEKS
• Assessment is the cornerstone of
  improving teaching and learning.

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WebCCAT Partnerships

• Education Service Center Region 10
• ESCs across the state
• Vantage Learning (software)
• Harcourt Educational Measurement (test items)

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Purposes of WebCCAT

• Assessment bank for multi-purposes
• Improve instruction
• Closure to a lesson
• End of a unit
• Benchmark of TEKS/TAKS objectives
• Assessment items with multiple levels of
  difficulty (easy, medium, hard)
• Assessment items that have multiple levels of
  cognitive rigor (low, medium and high)
• Reduce ambiguity of multiple interpretations of
  the TEKS
• Align assessment with instructional content - TEKS

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Features of WebCCAT

• Create Assessments
• Print Tests in PDF Format
• Manage Assessments
• Publish Assessments
• Hide Assessment Items
• View Reports
• Manage Users
• Provide Feedback
• Content Validity

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Technical Requirements

• Internet Explorer
• Acrobat Reader
• Microsoft Word
• (Also runs on a MAC)

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Development of the Test

• What are the TEKS that will be tested?
• What is the level of difficulty of the TEKS?
  (easy, medium, hard)
• What is the level of cognitive rigor of the TEKS?
  (low, medium, high)
• What type of an item would you use to assess the
  TEK?
• How will you construct the test?

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Development of the Test

• TEKS/TAKS Correlation document
• www.webccat.com
• TAKS Blueprint document

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Roles and Responsibilities

• Regional Administrator
• District Level Users
• District Coordinator
• Curriculum Coordinator
• Campus Level Users
• Unit User
• Leadership User
• Educator

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District CoordinatorOne Per District

• Primary WebCCAT Contact for the District
• Coordinate District Training
• Define Campus and District Lever User Roles
• Create and Manage District Users
• Create and Manage District and Campus logins
• Create District Level Reports
• Maintain District Codes
• Coordinate New School Information
• Manage Personal Accounts

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District CoordinatorOne Per District

• Create and Manage District Users
• Curriculum Users
• Unit Coordinator
• Leadership Users
• Educators who self-register

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Curriculum User

• Assigned to Specific District
• Can Create and Manage Personal Assessments
• Can Fully Manage All District Assessments
• Publishes to the Entire District
• Can Hide/Unhide Items from the Entire District
• Manage Personal Account Only
• Cannot Manage Other Users

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Unit CoordinatorCampusCan Have One or More

• Assigned to Specific Campus
• Can Create and Manage Personal Assessments
• Can Fully Manage All Campus Assessments
• Can Save Published Test as Personal Test
• Creates Campus Level Reports
• Manages Personal Account Only
• Cannot See Hidden Test Items
• Cannot Manage Other Users

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Leadership LevelCampusCan Have One or More

• Assigned to Specific Campus
• Generates User Reports
• Manages Personal Account
• Cannot Access or View Assessments
• Cannot Manage Users

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EducatorsSelf-Register from Log-in

• Assigned to Specific Campus or District
• Can Create and Manage Personal Assessments
• Cannot Publish Tests
• Can View, Load, Print Published Tests
• Can Save Published Test as Personal Test
• Cannot Edit or Remove Published Tests
• Cannot See Hidden Items
• Creates Item Reports
• Manages Personal Account

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Who will you assign to these levels of use?
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Demonstration of WebCCAT
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WebCCAT Training Material http//ws.ednet10.net/W
ebCCAT20training.nsf