getting started with odyssey: nwea train the trainer facilitators: please insert your school or...
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Getting Started with Odyssey: NWEA
Train the Trainer Facilitators: Please insert your school or district logo and background on these slides.
What Do You Know About NWEA?
1. NWEA stands for ________________________.2. MAP stands for______________3. The MAP assessment is adaptive, which means as a
student responds to questions, the test responds to the student, adjusting up or down in difficulty. True or False?
4. The ____________ is a learning continuum resource aligned to state standards. It is designed to help you translate the raw data from your students' assessments into actionable plans for instruction, grouping and more.
District >Name< Goals for Odyssey Implementation
• Add your local goals here
• Ask an administrator of the district lead to discuss these briefly, if possible
What will you learn today?
Participants will:
• Identify the basic features of Odyssey and the NWEA component.
• Understand how to log-in to Odyssey• Create a class on Odyssey• Understand the student experience on Odyssey• Develop a working understanding of progress
monitoring using Odyssey
Learning Outcomes
Participants will have classes set up
Participants will understand the rationale behind the automatic RIT band folder assignments
Participants will understand how to assign manual folders to students that do not receive automatic assignments.
What is your personal learning goal?
List a goal you have for today’s session.
• Basic Navigation of Odyssey
• Creating a Class
• Assigning Curriculum
• The Student Experience
• Progress Monitoring
• Wrapping Up
Today’s Session
What Do You Know About NWEA?
1. NWEA stands for North West Evaluation Association.
2. MAP stands for Measures of Academic Progress.
3. The MAP assessment is adaptive, which means as a student responds to questions, the test responds to the student, adjusting up or down in difficulty. True or False?
4. DesCartes is a learning continuum resource aligned to state standards. It is designed to help you translate the raw data from your students' assessments into actionable plans for instruction, grouping and more.
NWEA and CompassLearning
• What is NWEA?
• What is the Odyssey and NWEA partnership all about?
• What does a RIT Band folder look like?
• Where are the RIT Band folders saved?
• How do students receive the automatic folders?
About CompassLearning!
CompassLearning
K-12 digital content company
Impacting students everywhere
Research-based with proven results
Requirements We Address…
State Standards Alignment
Comprehensive Assessment
Research-Based Pedagogy
Depth and Breadth
Spiraling Curriculum
Scaffolded Support
Instructional Approach to Personalized Learning
Customer Support
Contact CompassLearning Customer Support via email at [email protected]
Or Telephone support at 800-678-1412
Provide Account #
<Include Local (site) Technical Support information Here>
Odyssey and NWEA Basics
Let’s Log In and Go Live!
*We are in partnership with CompassLearning.
Progress MonitoringProgress Monitoring
Put your heads together! With your group take some time to generate the following reports:
1. Attendance Report (Completed Session Times)2. Student Progress Report3. Class Progress4. Student Portfolio5. Test Summary by Goal - NWEA
While looking at the above reports consider for each the following:
• What content is available in this report?• How does this report apply to what to my school or my
districts data needs?• How frequently should I generate this type of report?
Impacting Student Achievement
Student Achievemen
t
Teacher Involvement
Automatic RIT Band folders or
assigning curriculum from
the archive.
Student Experience
Think-Pair-Share:How would you introduce
the RIT band folders to your students?
What did you learn today?
• Identify the basic features of Odyssey and the NWEA component.
• Understand how to log-in to Odyssey• Create a class on Odyssey• Understand the student experience on Odyssey• Develop a working understanding of progress
monitoring using Odyssey