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Virginia Early Warning System (VEWS) Tool Technical Training

REFERENCE SCREENSHOTS

January 5 & 12, 2010National High School Center

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Contents

• Demonstration of the VEWS tool (slides 4-21)– Importing data (slides 12-14)

– Assigning students to interventions (slides 19-21)

• Troubleshooting scenarios– Scenario 1: Classifying student demographic information

for Disability, ELL, and Disadvantaged status (slides 22-28)

– Scenario 2: Importing the wrong file type (slides 29-31)

– Scenario 3: Saving student interventions data (slides 32-35)

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Demonstration

Demonstration of the VEWS tool (slides 4-21)Importing data (slides 12-14)

Assigning students to interventions (slides 19-21)

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DEMONSTRATION: VEWS Tool Introduction Screen

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DEMONSTRATION: VEWS Tool Main Menu Screen

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DEMONSTRATION: School Information Page

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DEMONSTRATION: Tool Settings Page

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DEMONSTRATION: Intervention Settings Page

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DEMONSTRATION: Student Information Page

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DEMONSTRATION: Pre-High School Risk Status Page

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DEMONSTRATION: Student Performance Page

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DEMONSTRATION: Importing Student Performance Data (1/3)

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DEMONSTRATION: Importing Student Performance Data (1/3)

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DEMONSTRATION: Importing Student Performance Data (1/3)

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DEMONSTRATION: Student Risk Status Page

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DEMONSTRATION: Year Total Indicators of Risk: Before the End of GP4

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DEMONSTRATION: Year Total Indicators of Risk: After the End of GP4

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DEMONSTRATION: Student Interventions PageNo Student ID selected, showing all interventions assigned

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DEMONSTRATION: Assigning Student to Intervention (1/3)Right-click a student’s name from the Student Risk Status Page and select

“Assign to intervention…”

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DEMONSTRATION: Assigning Student to Intervention (2/3) Student appears on Student Interventions Page

DEMONSTRATION: Assigning Student to Intervention (3/3)Click “Assign Intervention to Student,” select intervention program from drop-down menu, and fill in start and end dates

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Scenario 1

Classifying Student Demographic Information for

Disability, ELL, and Disadvantaged status

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SCENARIO 1 (correct):Adding a new category

SCENARIO 1 (correct): Identifying students with the new ELL status category on the

Student Information Page

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SCENARIO 1 (correct): Risk Indicator Summary Report showing data for new ELL status category

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SCENARIO 1 (incorrect):Including “NO” as a demographic status category

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SCENARIO 1 (incorrect):Students who are not ELL are identified as “NO” on the Student Information Page

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SCENARIO 1 (incorrect):Risk Indicator Summary Report showing data for many students in the new “NO” category, and showing no students in the real not-ELL category

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Scenario 2

Importing the wrong file type

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SCENARIO 2: Importing a comma delimited file, but selecting tab delimited file format

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SCENARIO 2: No data is imported

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Scenario 3

Saving student interventions data

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SCENARIO 3: Export button on student interventions page

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SCENARIO 3: Exporting student intervention data; choosing file type and file destination

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SCENARIO 3: Closing the “Export Data” dialog box