SESSIONTips/Tricks and Considerations

for creating a standard-based report card

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Trainer:Bob Cornacchioli

Organization:DERO Technical

Services

Agenda/Participants will be engaged in:Brainstorming session

Tips and tricks of creating a standard based report cardLearning report card language

ReportWorks 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

Contractor - PowerDataSolutions

- ANCGroup

Evangelist/ - Level DataProcess Assistant

Marketing/ - ParkBench SoftwareTrainer

Director of Technology and Media Services – Shrewsbury Public Schools (16 yrs)PowerSchool Administrator ( 6 yrs)

Trained in Object Reports?Created Standard Based Report Cards? Responsible for creating your SBRC?

Who are you?

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

^(*DABS;T1;format=#0

^(decode;~(schoolID);2710015;~(per.att;HR(M-F);Tpr;T1);2710025;~(per.att;HR(M-F);Tpr;T1);2710020;~(per.att;HR(M-F);Tpr;T1);2710035;~(per.att;HR(M-F2);Tpr;T1);2710005;~(per.att;HR(M-F2);Tpr;T1))) TEST EARLY and OFTEN!

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

= 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• Graphical Progress on Standards

• Parent Portal List (built in)• Email by selected Alert Systems• Web-based Printable via Parent Portal

• 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.

FREE 1 YR LICENSE to all new to Parkbench districts IF YOU ATTEND

Today’s Visual PST session at 2:45 PM

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

QUESTIONS? COMMENTS?

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