Professional Services

PAT: Mathematics Adaptive Assessment 2

• Introducing PAT: Mathematics Adaptive
• How do I manually create a PAT: Mathematics Adaptive assessment?

PAT: Reading Vocabulary Adaptive Assessment 1

• Introducing PAT: Reading Vocabulary Adaptive

Effective use of Online Analysis and Reports 18

• The Scale Score
• PAT Mathematics: Conversion Tables
• The Scale Score Report
• Stanine vs Scale Score - Reference Year Groups
• Average Scale Score Progress

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Position and progress in the NZ Curriculum and Learning Progressions Framework 2

• New ways to think about PATs/STAR/STwE
• How do I choose the appropriate test for my students?

Subscription and Administrator Role 6

• Features of the NZCER Marking site
• What is the difference between the Administrator & Teacher role?
• Are the results confidential on the NZCER Marking site?
• What is the role of the administrator on the NZCER Marking site?
• Can I have more than one administrator for the NZCER Marking site?

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School and Class Setup 26

• Why should I do an SMS Upload?
• Step 1 - How do I import my student details into the NZCER Marking Site? (Creating an SMS file)
• Step 2 - How do I import my student details into the NZCER Marking Site? (Uploading my SMS file)
• Creating a new student record and adding them to an assessment
• What are Class Groups?

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Teacher Account Setup and Maintenance 4

• Changing passwords
• Can I create teacher accounts?
• Assigning teachers to their class groups
• As a teacher on the NZCER Marking site what do I need to know?

Assessing Online 6

• Tips for Administering Tests Online
• How can I print student tokens for Online testing?
• How do I get set up for online testing?
• Online Testing Flow Chart
• What are the technical requirements for the online assessments?

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Test Administration and Data Entry 11

• How do I get set up for Online Testing?
• How do I get set up for Answer Sheet Scanning?
• How do I get set up for manually entering student test responses
• How can I print student barcode labels for the scanning service?
• How do I prepare answer sheets for scanning?

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NZCER Surveys 12

• Making Sense of the Me and My School Reports for Years 4 to 6
• Making Sense of the Me and My School Reports for Year 7-10
• TWS Administrator help documentation
• MMS Administrator help for online administration Years 7 to 10
• MMS Teacher help for online administration Years 7 to 10

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Brochures and Publications 2

• What is NZCER Marking?
• STAR 2nd Edition - More about STAR Reading Test

Programmes for Students 15

• (MST) Mathematics Support Teacher – Data Collection Information for Schools
• ALiM Data Entry Steps for Schools
• Helping ALL schools with e-asTTle writing
• Scoring e-asTTle writing
• NZCER Confirmation of Participation in MST PFS Programmes

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Science Engagement Survey 6

• What is the Science Engagement Survey?
• What does the Science Engagement Survey cost?
• Science Engagement Survey - Why Focus on Engagement?
• How to access the Science Engagement Survey
• Viewing Science Engagement Survey Reports

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Troubleshooting 3

• How can I insert online PAT reports into our school analysis report?
• How can I get the best results when printing reports?
• Why are Colours missing from the Reports after Printing?

Te reo Maori - An online language assessment, Years 4-9 1

• Introducing Te Reo Maori: Online Language Assessment

Getting Started 6

• Signing up to use the Assessment Tool (LNAAT)
• Background and Overview
• The Organisation Administrator Role
• The Educator and Restricted Educator roles
• Glossary of Assessment Tool terms

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The Tabs: home, assessments, learner, educator, group, and administration 6

• The Home Tab
• The Assessments Tab
• The Learners tab
• The Educators tab
• The Groups tab

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Preparing Your Learners 4

• Administering the initial assessment
• Administering the Progress Assessment
• Discussing the Assessment Tool Results With Learners
• Heads Up - Learners' Messages About Good Practice and the Assessment Tool

Interpreting Reports in the Assessment Tool 9

• The Gain Report
• The Learner report, or the end of assessment report
• The Learner Progress Report
• The Group Progress and Assessment Summary reports
• The Latest Learner report

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TEC Funding and Reporting 1

• Where to get information on funds and funding requirements

Troubleshooting 1

• Troubleshooting

FAQ - Educational 19

• What is the Assessment Tool (LNAAT)? What was it designed to do?
• What is the difference between the Youth assessment option and the Adult option? If I have a mixed age class which assessment option should I use?
• Should the Assessment Tool be used for formative or summative assessment?
• What will happen to all the data being collected?
• What is the purpose of assessing learner progress at Step 6?

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FAQ - Technical 20

• What are the website addresses (URL's) to access the Training site, the Production site, and the Learner login page?
• Where can I obtain a Provider Code?
• Why can't I log in?
• Why am I being asked for an Educator Code when I try and log in?
• I'm trying to get to the website, but it's loading the wrong page?

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Resources 8

• Engaging students in the assessment tool
• The Learning Progressions
• Starting Points: Supporting the Learning Progressions and Starting Points Assessment Guide
• Workshop 1: Administering the Adults Literacy and Numeracy Assessment Tool
• Workshop 2: Using the Adult Literacy and Numeracy Assessment Tool

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Case Studies of Assessment Tool Use 4

• Making the Assessment Tool work in the workplace
• "The continuity aspect is really important"
• Learning Progressions the key to making the most of assessment reports
• Assessment Tool useful for diagnosing learners' literacy and numeracy skills

Starting Points Assessment Option 3

• Starting Points out of trial status, with new reporting features
• Starting Points Reading
• Starting Points Listening

FAQ 1

• Why is there no national reference data for Years 4, 11, 12 and 13?

Getting Started 0

FAQ 0

Getting Started 0

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Getting Started 0

How do I subscribe? 3

• Accessing the cost calculator
• Subscription process
• How do I subscribe?

Getting ready for testing - Key Administrator Responsibilities 3

• SMS Upload Process
• Setting up teacher accounts and assigning teachers to their classrooms
• Getting ready for testing - Key Administrator Responsibilities

Administering the test - Key Teacher Responsibilities 6

• Technical requirements
• Choosing the right test for Junior Science
• Preparation and Planning
• Administering the test
• Giving students instructions

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Accessing reports 1

• Viewing the reports

Teacher Manual 1

• Junior Science: Thinking with Evidence Teacher Manual