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Tips/Tricks and Considerations for creating a standard-based report card

Bob CornacchioliDERO Technical Services

CEO

Agenda/Participants will be engaged in:• Brainstorming session• Tips and tricks of creating a standard based report card• Learning report card language• ReportWorks 1.5 vs Object Reports• NOT 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

Trainer - Pearson Systems

Evangelist/Process Assistant- Level Data

Marketing - ParkBench Software

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

Bob Cornacchioli

• 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^(*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

Content Specific Comments

To stay within lines Max Width needs to be set for each comment area.

• 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!

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

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 Reports

Duplex Printers 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 Included on the flash drive!

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 !

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 1.5?ReportWorks is a next-generation custom report development solution:• 1st version to handle grades• 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• currently no absence reporting functionality• 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 years – MAYBE!)Q: If I need a report card for this fall, recommendation?A: Go with what you know, no experience – contract Q: What do you currently use to create report cards?A: I use ParkBench Visual PSTQ: Are you planning to create them with ReportWorks?A: Yes, I’m learning it between clients

My Best Guess

http://www.parkbenchsoftware.com/

Visual object report editor for PowerSchool

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.

Two licenses have been donated to this conference

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

Bob CornacchioliDERO Technical Servicesbcornacchioli@gmail.com

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