Local Assessment Office 2525 S. Ervay St. – 2nd Floor

Service Center 1 Building Dallas, TX 75215

Main: (972) 925-4430 Fax: (972) 925-4440 http://benchmark.dallasisd.org

2009-2010

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Online Answer Sheet Entry for Grades K-2

Please use the following instructions to enter the answers from your students’ test booklets to an online answer sheet. Entering benchmark answers online

• (Step 1)

- Access the benchmark web site at: http://benchmark.dallasisd.org. - This web site is ONLY accessible from a Dallas I.S.D. Intranet computer. - Click on the button marked “TEACHER LOGIN”.

Local Assessment Office Home Page

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K-2 Online Answer Sheet Entry

• (Step 2)

- Enter your user name and the correct password.

- This log on is the same user information used for MyData Portal/Curriculum

Central access.

- Click the “Log On” button.

Teacher Log On Page

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K-2 Online Answer Sheet Entry

• (Step 3)

- Verify that the corresponding employee and school information is correct.

- Contact the Local Assessment Office to report inaccuracies.

Log In Verification Page

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K-2 Online Answer Sheet Entry

• (Step 3) cont.

This process should be done BEFORE your students take their benchmark tests.

- Verify that your correct class section(s) are displayed.

o (Report errors to your test coordinator immediately).

- Click on the “Select” button to continue.

- A pop-up window appears to ensure that your correct class section was chosen.

o Click “OK” if correct.

o Click “CANCEL” if incorrect

Homeroom Section Page

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K-2 Online Answer Sheet Entry

• (Step 3) cont.

- Verify that your selected homeroom is populated with your students.

- Click the Printer icon to make a copy of your student roster.

- You may also click the Logout link to exit the system at any time.

- Go to Step 4, if this screen is empty or you are newly hired or transferred.

Fall 2009 October Benchmark note: - This site will be available with student data for the purpose of training.

From September 21-28. On September 29, the system will be updated. - Student rosters will be uploaded district-wide on September 30. - All previous changes will be cleared and reset. - From this point on, all changes you make will be real.

Class Roster Page

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K-2 Online Answer Sheet Entry

• (Step 4)

This process should be done BEFORE your students take their benchmark tests.

- Delete students from your roster who are not in your classroom.

o Scroll down the left column and find the line entry of the student(s).

o Click the orange link labeled “Delete”.

o The selected information will be removed, and the new total number of

students will be auto-numbered.

Deleting students from your class roster

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Adding new or missing students to your class roster

K-2 Online Answer Sheet Entry

• (Step 4) cont.

This process should be done BEFORE your students take their benchmark tests.

- Add any new or missing students who are not listed on your classroom roster.

o Locate the gray task bar under the numbered list of your students.

o Enter the following information for each new student:

• Student ID • Last Name • First Name • Grade • Language

- Click the “Add” button to save your entry. A new line number will appear with

the student information printed in red.

- Follow the steps to delete a student, if the information entered is incorrect.

- The system will auto-number the new total of students.

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K-2 Online Answer Sheet Entry

• (Step 5)

This process should begin AFTER your students take their benchmark tests.

- Organize the benchmark testing information for your students.

o Collect all of your students’ test booklets. o Locate the line entry of the first student to enter. o Select the correct testing information using the drop down arrows:

• Grade

• Language

• Subject o Click the “Select” button in the right column.

Designating the correct benchmark test information

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K-2 Online Answer Sheet Entry

• (Step 5) cont.

- After clicking the “Select” button, “Enter Response” will appear as a red link in

the column of the selected benchmark test. The screen will also expand to

display the number of test items.

o Click “Enter Response”.

o Carefully entered the answer choices from your student’s test booklet. o The letters, (A, B, C, D) can be entered or numeric hot keys.

• 1=A, 2=B, 3=C, 4=D

Entering the answer choices from the students’ test booklets

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K-2 Online Answer Sheet Entry

• (Step 5) cont.

- Click the “Back” button, if the incorrect student or test was selected. - Click the “Score ” button after all answers are entered. - A pop-up window will appear titled,

“Did you check that all responses were entered correctly???”

- Click “Cancel” to make corrections or “OK” if there are no errors.

Completing the answer choices for a selected student

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K-2 Online Answer Sheet Entry

• (Step 5) cont.

- The system quickly processes the answers and displays a score instantly! - Enter the test scores for your remaining students.

Successful test score entry

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Online Answer Sheet Entry

• (Step 6)

- This system allows for you to re-enter test scores in the event of an error.

Click the green “Reset” link for the student’s scores to be corrected. - A new screen appears. Click the box under Reading or Math. “Not scored

yet” will displays, if no answer choices have been entered for a subject. - Click the Submit button . The pop-up window appears: “Do you want to

reset this test??” Click “Ok” or “Cancel”. - The test score(s) are removed from the student roster page.

Re-entering the answer choices

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K-2 Online Answer Sheet Entry

• (Helpful Tips)

- Resolve any log in problems before scheduling a time to enter the answer choices. If you do not have a log in profile for MyData Portal, contact your campus account administrator immediately, to become activated.

- Ensure that all of your students’ test booklets have their names printed on the front covers beforehand.

- Reading and Math are the only test subjects loaded into this system.

- Retain your students’ test booklets. It will help to verify that the test data updated to

the MyData Portal web site matches the information entered into the online answer sheet system.

- Contact your benchmark test coordinator if you are a new hire or a recent transfer

from another school. Assistance may be required to ensure that your class roster matches your log in profile.

- Alert your test coordinator if you team teach and need your benchmark scores

separated for the subject that you taught (Reading or Math).

- Any other corrections that must be made to MyData Portal must be forwarded to your benchmark test coordinator.

- This web site and online entry system are not managed by the Dallas I.S.D. TAC.

Please direct all questions or other technical issues by sending an email to benchmark@dallasisd.org or calling the Local Assessment Office main number, (972) 925-4430.

- Enter your students’ answer choices during the week of the testing window to avoid

delays or slow network response.

- From September 21-28, the system will be available for you to get familiar with it. You may add, delete, and practice scoring tests with it. All of your changes will be non-permanent.

- This system will be off-line to upload your current rosters on September 29. Your

classroom data will be live, effective September 30. All student information entered into the system prior to September 30 will be erased.

- This online answer sheet system will not be available to enter or correct student

information after October 25, 2009.