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Bob CornacchioliDERO Technical [email protected]@gmail.com www.derotechnical.com
Tips/Tricks and Considerations for creating a standard-based report card
DO THIS FIRST
Agenda/Participants will be engaged in:Brainstorming sessionTips and tricks of creating a standard based report cardLearning report card languageReportWorks vs Object ReportsNOT DYNAMIC so it’s all about real estate. Exploring the curriculum side of standards Parkbench Visual PST (object report writer)
Listen to announcements of how these will be given away! Target Audience – Admins/Curriculum/Lead Secretaries
www.derotechnical.com for more resources
CEO - DERO Technical Services
Evangelist/Process Lead- Level Data
Marketing/ - ParkBench SoftwareTrainer
Director of Technology and Media Services – Shrewsbury Public Schools (16 yrs)PowerSchool Administrator ( 6 yrs)
Bob Cornacchioli
What’s your role in the district?Trained in Object Reports?Created Standard Based Report Cards?
CURRICULUM/ADMIN
TECHNICAL
DRAW A LINE IN THE SAND
Design ConsiderationsYears & Terms
Semester – Trimester – Quarters
Landscape vs. PortraitMore space for standard text (65)Larger Font- Landscape
Headers vs. StandardsGraded or not
Shading Lines
Gray Boxes
Code vs. Text (Code & Text)^(*std.info.name;02.LA.01) You or someone else
Location-Location-Location
The subliminal message do you send to your community by the placement of your subjects?
UPPER RIGHT of page #1 is BOARDWALK
Summative - Student Records
^(*std.stored.comments;ELA.4.50;T1)^(*std.stored.comments;MA.4.17;T1)
1. Teachers will write TOO MUCH!2. Set Max Width to keep text in the box3. SOMEONE must inform teachers of
character max count!
Stay inside the lines
Better Identifier??
All comments- 1 report card in Student Record Folder
Version 7.03 Comment Length can be set at the District-List Standards-for all
your comment standards
Content Specific Comments
To stay within lines Max Width needs to be set for each comment area.
Object Reports – FIXED BOUNDARIESReportWorks – Dynamic
• Typically reserved for MS Level
• Requires considerably more Real Estate
• If space is not available, tech team must change code as needed
^(*std.stored.comments;02.LA.50;Q4)
Do elementary PE Teachers write comments?
Attendance Codes & Chasing Ghosts
TEST EARLY and OFTEN- SEPTEMBER 15th
Chasing Attendance GhostsSPECIAL NOTE – IF THE CODE WORKED LAST YEAR BUT NOT THIS YEAR
SPECIAL NOTE – IF THE CODE WORKS FOR MOST STUDENTS BUT NOT ALL
Check Code to Day Conversion Values “sometimes” the EOY process does copy these values from last year and
you’ll find this page blank!
Check Transfer Info for FTEid ValueIf Full-Time Equivalency can be BLANK especially if you IMPORT new students
and forget to bring in that value
Which code to use/what will it display?^(*std.stored.high;ELA.5.1;T1;2010) = highest stored grade for standard T1, 2010
^(*std.stored.num;ELA.5.1;T1;11) = average stored grade for standard T1 in Grade 11
^(*std.stored.transavg;ELA.5.1;T1) = stored number grade for standard T1
^(*std.transhigh;ELA.5.1) = stored number grade for standard
DO YOU HAVE THE POWERSCHOOL CODES?
= Not Assessed This Term – Strategies!Teachers will have to either:1) leave standard blank2) select a conversion scale choice of NA
3) All standards will be seen by teacher even if correct term is selected – no element refers to term ID UNLESS someone changes the Enable selection
Not Recommended as this will be a repeatable labor cost
BE ON THE SAME PAGE Key/Assessments
Sending Home Letter Grades and Percentages will confuse
Parents and Students
Avoid confusion with homebound papers: Curriculum/Admin issue NOT Technical!
Multi-page ReportsDuplex Printers - Stapler Name of student on each odd #’d page!
21st Century Effort
Habits of MindEssential Skills for LearningSocial Demeanor
Elementary – One teacher – all subjectsMiddle School – Multiple teachers – individual subjectsStandard for each, spacing code is significant for the section below
Not Dynamic – space for everything 1. Have admin consider limiting standards in each content area!2. Battlegrounds between core academics and special subjects3. Generic Standards for all Performance Groups (BCO) and Foreign Language (F,S,C,L)
G e t R e a d y t o R u m b l e !
Strategy – Less standards if Class doesn’t meet daily
Corrections on screen or print?Create a comment only report for teachers rather than printing entire report cardsSample available on DERO Technical Website- Report Cards!
So what about ReportWorks?ReportWorks is a next-generation custom report development solution:• latest version to handle grades and attendance• delivering all the benefits of anywhere, anytime web-based access • feature-rich environment rivaling the capabilities of third party reporting apps• meets the needs of experienced report developers and beginners• files listing standards grades are available, however; sharable traditional report
card resources limited at this time
Can I convert my Object Reports?
ReportWorks vs. Object ReportsObject Reports are based upon legacy code that is not compatible with ReportWorks!
Q: Are Object Reports going away?A: Not anytime soon, $$$$ and time ( 5-8 years – MAYBE!)Q: If I need a report card for this fall, recommendation?A: Go with what you know, no experience – contract Q: Are you planning to create them with ReportWorks?A: NO, as I prefer to teach clients remotely and find it far more difficult to teach REMOTELY. Personal ChoiceQ: I have a funky schedule with lots of options for student, what would you use?A: ReportWorks is dynamic referencing the CC table
My Best Guess
Report Tools for the Future?What is your Best Guess?
• Traditional – Handwritten• Traditional – Electronic• Standards• Anchor Standards• Common Core• Rubric Assessments by Term• Graphical Progress on Standards
• Online/Web-based • Push Technology • Audio• Video• Cumulative K-12 with yearly progress on Graduation• Local/State and National Comparisons
http://www.parkbenchsoftware.com/
District Pricing : $250 / year - total cost for one, or as many computers or users in your school / school district. Price includes use on all platforms supported and all updates and upgrades during that year (365 days). Renewal of the license is required each year to continue using the program.
What you see is what you get object report writer
Search and Replace in VST
Exciting feature, but!^(*std.stored.transavg;ELA.5.1;T1)
can easily become^(*std.stored.transavg;RE.5.1;T1) Changing RE to Math could result in^(*std.stoMAd.transavg;MA.5.1;T1)
Caution with numbers too
Search and Replace in VSTCautions with numbers too! (Grade levels and code tabs)
If a tab measurement contained a portion of the identifier or visa versa, use punctuation to help delineate the difference!
<tabc 4.02>^(*std.stored.transavg;02.LA.02;Q1)<tabc 5.20>^(*std.stored.transavg;02.LA.02;Q2)<tabc 5.97>^(*std.stored.transavg;02.LA.02;Q3)<tabc 6.78>^(*std.stored.transavg;02.LA.02;Q4)
Oracle handles page numbers as text fields and has trouble sequencing object reports greater than 9 pages. A sequence error will occur on your print outs... page 10 will be printed as the 2nd page - page 11 as the 3rd page. Work-Around is to re-order your pages in the file.
In my 12 page example which prints as 1, 10, 11, 12, 2-9. I had place ELA as the 10th page as client wanted it printed second. Math became the 11th page and so on. Email me if you have any questions
Of course if your report ( standard-based report cards is less than 10 pages, you have nothing to worry about!
Oracle Sequencing Error
