WebCCAT Curriculum User Training

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WebCCAT Curriculum UserTraining
Karen Najera WebCCAT Consultant Karen.najera_at_regio
n10.org 972-348-1298
Evelyn Thorpe WebCCAT Consultant Evelyn.thorpe_at_reg
ion10.org 972-348-1406
May be reproduced for training purposes only.
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Content Areas Addressed

• English Language Arts
• 3 8, E I, E II, E III
• Spanish 3-5
• Math
• 3 8, Alg, Geom, Alg II, Pre-Calc
• Aligned to the NEW math TEKS for 2006-2007
• Spanish 3-5
• Social Studies
• 3 8, WH, WG, US
• Science
• 3 8, IPC, CH, Bio, Phy
• 5th Grade Spanish

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Item Count

• Currently, there are approximately 30,000 items
  in the bank
• Developing items for the 2007-08
• Of the 2000 items to be added, many will be
  TAKS Clones

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Item Types

• Multiple Choice
• Short Answer
• Open Response
• Performance Tasks

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Levels of Thinking and Difficulty

• Every item in WebCCAT is assigned a Level of
  Thinking and a Level of Difficulty

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• Level of Thinking
• This is the Cognitive Level of the item (Blooms)
• Low
• Knowledge, Comprehension
• Medium
• Comprehension, Application , Analysis
• High
• Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis

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Level of Difficulty

• How hard is the item for the average student in
  that grade/content area
• In examples below, each level is more difficult,
  even though each represents the same cognitive
  level
• Easy Recite the alphabet
• Med Recite the alphabet backwards
• Hard Recite every third letter of the alphabet
  from Z back to A

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On the Home Page

• Reference Materials
• TEKS/TAKS Correlation Guides
• ELA Stimulus List
• WebCCAT Gold Ordering Information
• Help
• Users Guides for all levels
• Systems Requirements Check
• Always run before logging in
• Resolve all issues
• UNBLOCK POPUPS
• Acrobat Reader Version

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You must do a system check to insure that
WebCCAT will work properly.
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Make sure that pop-up blocker is disabled.
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Special Notes

• Always use the navigation buttons at the bottom
  of the WebCCAT screen
• Or the navigation buttons in the gray tool bar
  along the top
• Using the browser back button may result in an
  error avoid using
• Maximize your screen to avoid excessive scrolling

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Select Items

• The subject/grade identified in the Test Setup
  will already be selected
• The best results are obtained when searching by
  TEKS/TAKS
• EXCEPTION ELA needs to search by stimulus
  rather than TEKS/TAKS
• Instead of TEKS/TAKS, you may search by
• Stimulus, Item Type, Level of Thinking/Difficulty
  or Keyword

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A Stimulus (or passage) in WebCCAT is anything
that needs to print the full width of the page

• Examples
• Reading and writing passages
• Maps, graphs, charts
• Anything that is too small when it appears in one
  column

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Tab 3 - Item Search Result You can preview the
items rendered in your search. (Choose either
Select from the Preview Screen or check the box
for the items you wish to include on your
test). Once youve selected your items, click the
Add Items to Test button. You may also click
the Search Again button to add items from
another search. Click the Continue button.
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• Tab 4 - Sequence and Settings
• Use this interface to reorder the items on the
  test. Click on Clear Order then renumber the
  items. Be sure to click Save so the items will
  appear in the new order.
• Click on the Preview link to review the item
  again.
• Click on PDF Preview to preview and/or print a
  copy of your test.
• Click the Save and Close button.

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Once youve clicked on Save and Close, your
test will now be available within the Manage
Assessments feature of the application. Manage
Assessments allows you to preview, edit, and save
a copy of your test under a new name. You can
come back to the assessments youve created at
any time, from anywhere.
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Manage Assessments

• Publish allows you to make the test available
  to other users
• Protect ensure no changes are made to a
  published test no one would be able to make a
  personal copy
• Copy to allows you to select users to copy your
  test to

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Exporting To AEIS-IT

• If your district uses AEIS-IT to disaggregate
  data you will be able to export your
• test key into AEIS-IT.

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Reports Available (Silver)

• For the Educator
• TEKS/TAKS Addressed
• TEKS/TAKS Omitted
• Items Used
• Level of Thinking/Difficulty Ratios

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YOUR TURN !
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Go to the WebCCAT site (www.webccat.com). Log in
or Self-Register if you dont have an account You
will be sent an email with your password in about
3-5 minutes. Be sure to modify your account and
change the password. The identity confirmation
screen will appear, click YES to continue to
the Main Menu.