TechPaths: A Curriculum Mapping System User s Guide 4.3 Revised July, 2007

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1 TechPaths: A Curriculum Mapping System User s Guide 4.3 Revised July, 2007

2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 9 Table of Content Vision Statement Performance Pathway s Vision page 2 Getting Started pages 3-4 Log-in and Password pages 3-4 The Workspace pages 5-8 Three ways to create a Unit page 8 WYSIWYG/HTML Editor page 9 Adding Units and Sub-Units pages10-16 NEW page 10 QUICK CREATE page 11 SEARCH pages Aligning Standards to Sub-Units page 14 Adding a Blank Sub-Unit page 15 Update and Create new Sub-Units page 16 Mapping Elements (EQ, Content, Skills, Assessment, Lessons) pages Adding mapping elements page 17 Adding mapping element using Search page 18 Copying a Unit using an element Search page 19 Assessment and Lesson Templates pages Assessment Template page 20 Lesson Template page 21 Links and Media Tabs page 22 Editing page 23 Managing Units and Sub-Units pages Move Sub-Units page 24 Copying Sub-Units page 25 Using Cut and Paste to move/copy mapping elements page 26 Moving/Copying Standards within a Unit page 27 Reports pages Viewing Reports page 28 Report Summaries pages Page 1

3 PERFORMANCE PATHWAY S VISION Performance Pathways consists of two harmoniously integrated software modules: Performance Tracker witth Assessment Builder, and the TechPaths Curriculum Mapping System. At this intersection of curriculum and assessment, educators have the ability to aggregate and disaggregate state and local benchmark assessment reports with curriculum reports. TechPaths: A Curriculum Mapping System allows you to map your curriculum and align it with standards. Lesson and assessment templates provide the basis for developing coherent standards-based units. When the data from TechPaths iis integrated with the assessment data from Performance Tracker, revisions in curriculum and instruction are well informed and lead to improved opportunities for student learning. Performance Tracker is widely known as the most user friendly solution for aggregating and disaggregating state, national and local assessment data. Easily create and access standards-based reports, charts and graphs at district, building, classroom, and individual student levels. The analytic reports from Performance Tracker intersect with the analytic reports from TechPaths creating a complete solution for making data-informed decisions regarding curriculum, instruction and assessment. You can use Performance Tracker and TechPaths: A Curriculum Mapping System to deliver easy to read charts and graphs for educators, school board members and parents. You can generate performance-based reports by individual student or by groups. You can chart proficiency levels against standards in summary, detailed and adequate yearly formats. Performance Pathway s Vision Page 2

4 GETTING STARTED Getting Started This application is Web based, which means you may use it anywhere that you can sign on to the Web using Internet Explorer, Mozilla, or Safari. To keep your account secure we suggest you periodically change your password. The first time you log in you ll be asked to enter a new password. You will also be asked to provide a question and answer that will help you if you forget your password. Enter your address is optional. Open your Internet browser Type in your address. (Do not use www - all you need is and the user name for your school or district followed by techpaths.com. (See your administrator, if you do not know this.) Example: A sign-on page will open. Type in the user name and password you were given by your school administrator. Click on Login. A pop-up page will open asking you enter a new username and password. You do not have to change your username and password, but you must enter your password again. Change Username if you want to. Type in the password you want in the Password and Confirm password boxes. Type in a Question and Answer. (OPTIONAL) Type in your address. Page 3

5 GETTING STARTED - 2 A Welcome screen opens. You can do three things on this page: 1.) Use the pull down to select the Course you want to work in. 2.) Click on items in What s New to open a PDF explaining new features in the program ) Change your user name and password. NOTE - YOU MUST SELECT A COURSE TO CONTINUE. TWO AND THREE ARE OPTIONAL If you want to change your username and/or password: Click on Click here to change your username or password. A pop-up box opens. Make any changes you want to make and click on Update. Page 4

6 THE WORKSPACE The workspace is the entry point for your work. It also becomes a resource for the work that you do. Across the top of the page are icons and below them are words. (Performance Tracker, Messages, Rollover My Units, Help, and Reports) You may click on either the icon or the word to activate. Performance Tracker Clicking on either the word Performance Tracker or the graph icon will open Performance Tracker. If you are using our product called Performance Tracker, clicking on either the word or the icon will take you to that site. You may move between the two products. Messages This feature allows you to receive, send, and form groups for communication purposes with other TechPath users. Clicking on either the word or the envelope icon will open an internal messaging section. Click on New opens a message box where you may create a message and send it by clicking on Send. Clicking on the In box folder allows you to view your messages. Clicking on the Sent folder will allow you to view message you have sent. REMEMBER This is not . Only people using TechPaths can send or receive messages. Clicking on the Groups folder will allow you to form groups and send mass mailings to the group. Clicking on the white X in the upper right hand corner of the Messages column will close the column.

7 THE WORKSPACE - 2 Rollover Each year, usually before the start of the school year, you will move units from the left side to the right side. The units on the left are archived, while the units you move become your current units. You may also delete an entire unit by clicking on Delete.. Clicking on either Rollover My Units or the calendar icon will open the roll over feature. Click on Rollover to move a Unit from the left to the right side. This process will take 24 hours to be completed. Click on Delete to completely delete a Unit from your map. Help Help will provide you with both On-line help and PDF documents that you can print. Clicking on either the word Help or the life preserver icon opens the help options. The first item is Online Help. Clicking on Online Help opens a copy of the TechPath guide along with a glossary of mapping terms. Click on the Chapter heading to go to that area of the guide. Click on Glossary to find definitions of mapping terms Click on Hide or Show to minimize column. ONLINE HELP Clicking on any (pdf) item will open it as a reproducible PDF. Click on white X to close the guide. Page 6

8 THE WORKSPACE - 3 Reports TechPaths provides a variety of reports that allow you view the data that you have entered. Clicking on either the word Reports or the sheet of paper icon will open the a list of Reports. Click on the name of the report you wish to view. Click on the white X to close the report column. Log Out When you have finished working with the application it is a good idea to log out. Click on Log Out when you have finished working in the application. Page 7

9 THE WORKSPACE - 4 You may change months by clicking on the name of the month in two ways. Clicking on the name in the far left will cause all 12 months to appear in the workspace. You may then choose a particular month by either clicking on the name to the far left of the month you wish to work or on the name in the calendar list. Below the calendar list are the element columns into which you will be adding your mapping data. Click on the small to the right of the name of the column to remove the column temporarily. Click on the RESET button to restore the column. You may print your map at any time. Click on the PRINT button and you will be given options for printing a landscape map of your work. To begin your first unit you will use the small triangle under the Unit Column. Click on the arrow Unit. A pull-down with three choices opens. You have three options for creating a Unit. NEW QUICK CREATE SEARCH OR OR Page 8

10 WYSIWYG/HTML EDITOR You are able to use bold, color, italics and many other extras with our new "what you see is what you get" aka wysiwyg". Look for the option every place where you enter data except for unit titles, lesson titles and assessment titles. WYSIWYG (WIZ-zee-wig) allows the user to view something very similar to the end result while the document or image is being created. WYSIWYG allows you to modify the layout of a document without having to type or remember names of layout commands. (HTML codes) This feature is also referred to as the HTML Editor. This feature is available wherever you see the WYSIWYG strip. Italics Bold Underline Text Color Remove Format Strike through Superscript Subscript Delete Paste Copy Cut Select all Redo Undo Clean HTML Code Check Spelling Help Two ways to use the WYSIWYG buttons: Insert Special Character Code FIRST: Type your text. Highlight area where you want to make format changes. Click on the button to make the format change. SECOND: Click on the format button before you begin typing. When finished click on button again to turn off formatting. Page 9

11 ADDING UNITS AND SUB-UNITS The Course, Month, Unit Name, and Unit Notes comprise the folder that contains your Sub-units. A Sub-Unit contains Essential Questions, Content, Skills, Assessments, Lessons, and Standards (Mapping Elements). All of the elements in a single Sub-Unit relate (align) to each other. You may have multiple Sub-Units in any Unit. Version 4.3 provides users with three options for entering either a Unit and/or Sub-Units: 1.) Using New to create a Unit, then adding mapping elements through the columns as described in Elements, Assessments, and Lessons in this Guide. 2.) Using Quick Create allows users to enter Units faster because you not only enter the Unit name, but you also can enter mapping elements at the same time. Alignment is automatic as you enter. The user simply aligns appropriate Standards to the Sub-Unit. 3.) Using Search allows you to search for Units either within your district or from other districts that you may copy into your map. Adding a Unit using New: Click on the small black arrow under the word Unit. A drop down box opens. Click on New. A Create New Unit pop-up opens. Choose Course/Section. Choose Month. Type in Unit Description (Descrptive title). Add Notes (Optional). Click on Save. The workspace reopens with the Unit title and small triangles under each column. Clicking on the arrow under the element columns opens a New or Search option. (See Mapping Elements, pp for specifics) Clicking on the arrow under Standards allows you to add Standards from a list. (see page 14 for specifics) Page 10

12 ADDING UNITS AND SUB-UNITS - 2 Adding a Unit using Quick Create: Click on the small black arrow under the word Unit. A drop down box opens. Click on Quick Create. The Create Unit pop-up opens. It allows you to create the Unit. It also allows you to create your first Sub-Unit. (Remember, your Unit consists of multiple Sub-Units). Choose Course/Section. Choose Month. Add Notes (Optional). Use pull-down to choose mapping element (Essential Question, Content, Skill, Assessment, Lesson). Type it in. (Remember to enter only one at a time). NOTE - A box will open asking you if you would like to create another Sub-Unit within this Unit. If you have created all of the Sub- Units you need, choose Cancel. If you have additional Sub-Units to enter for your Unit, click on OK, and a fresh screen will open for you to add your next Sub-Unit. When entering Assessments you can only enter the Assessment name and select Methods and Types. When entering a Lesson you can only enter the Lesson Name. When they appear in the Landscape Map you may add details. Click on Create after you have entered what you want for the first Sub-Unit. Page 11

13 ADDING UNITS AND SUB-UNITS - 3 Adding a Unit by doing a Unit Search: Click on the small black arrow under the word Unit. Click on Search. A Search Units filter opens. Use pull-downs to narrow your search. NOTE - Your search can be either District or World Wide. Look over and use the filters to narrow your search. Click on Search Units. A list of Units will open. Move cursor over the name of the Unit you want to see. Click on the name of the Unit. Page 12

14 ADDING UNITS AND SUB-UNITS - 4 A copy of the Unit will open. Click on the envelope to send a message to the author. Click on the printer icon to to bring up this unit in a format that can be printed. Use the pull-down to view all of the Units for this teacher. NOTE - There are two types of Searches - Unit and Element. For information about an Element Search see Mapping Elements in this guide. To copy this Unit into your map: Select the Month you want the Unit to occur in your map. Select the Section you want the Unit to be in. You can change the name of the Unit it if you wish. Click on Copy to move the Unit into your map. Page 13

15 ADDING UNITS AND SUB-UNITS - 5 Assuming that you have entered all of your Sub-Units and clicked on Cancel. Your workspace refreshes and you see your first Sub-Unit in the landscape map. Each mapping element is related to the other and they are aligned by virtue of their being in a Sub-Unit. To complete the alignment of this Sub-Unit with Standards: Click on the small arrow under Standards. Click on the Align to Standards box. The Align to Standards box opens. Choose the appropriate Standards that this Sub- Unit addresses. Click in the box to the right and a check mark will appear. Click again and the check mark will disappear. Click Save when all mapping elements in the Sub- Unit have been checked. Those items checked will appear in your Sub-Unit. Page 14

16 ADDING UNITS AND SUB-UNITS - 6 Your workspace refreshes and you see your completed Sub-Units in a landscape map with the Standards. SUB-UNIT 1 SUB-UNIT 2 Notice that Sub-Units are separated by a blue line. To create a blank Sub-Unit: Moving your cursor over Manage opens a second pull down. Click on Add Sub-Unit. NOTE - The blank Sub-Unit can be added to using either by adding through element columns, as described in Elements, Assessments, and Lessons in this Guide, or using Update or Quick Create Sub-Unit. BLANK SUB-UNIT Page 15

17 UPDATE AND CREATING NEW SUB-UNITS Use Update or Quick Create Sub-Unit to modify or add mapping elements to an existing Sub-Unit. Create a new Sub-Unit using Update, Quick Create Sub-Unit, or Add Sub-Unit. Add Sub-Unit allows you to create a blank Sub- Unit. To decide what you want to do: Click on the small triangle to the left of the Unit name. A pull-down menu opens. Moving your cursor over Manage opens a second pull down. Update or Quick Create Sub-Unit. NOTE - Both do basically the same thing, however Update will start with Elements already in the Sub-Unit, while Create Sub-Unit will start with blank Element boxes. The Update Unit box opens. Click on the Sub-Unit number you wish to work with. Modify or add elements. Click on New if you wish to create a New Sub-Unit. Enter your New Elements. Click on SAVE when finished. To Delete a Sub-Unit: Click on the number of Sub-Unit you want to Delete. Click on Delete. A warning box opens. Click OK if you wish to delete the Sub-Unit. Close box when finished by clicking on small arrow in the upper right hand corner. Page 16

18 MAPPING ELEMENTS Mapping Elements: Essential Questions, Content, and Skills You have two options for creating elements. You may start from scratch by creating a new unit or you may search for units that have already been made by either you or others. Before you begin entering mapping elements be sure that you have created a Unit. Enter each element individually. Do not group them. Creating a new element: Click on the arrow under the element column you wish to create. A drop down box opens. Click on New. An Add box will open. Type or cut and paste your element into the box. Use WYSIWYG buttons to customize your format. Click on the Save. The box empties when the element has been placed into your unit. NOTE - The box remains open allowing you to continue to add elements. When finished adding elements close box. Close the Add box by clicking on the small red square in the upper right hand corner of the box. Page 17

19 MAPPING ELEMENTS - 2 To copy an element found from a search: Click on the arrow in the gray strip under the element you wish to search for. Click on Search. The Search column opens on the left. Use the filters to narrow your search. Click on Search... button. The screen will refresh and Search results column opens. To add an individual element: Click on the blue arrow to the right of the element. The element will move into your unit. To view the unit in which the element resides: Click on the blue globe to the left of the element. Page 18

20 MAPPING ELEMENTS - 3 The Unit opens. Notice the element that led you to this Unit is in blue. NOTE You may choose to bring the Unit with Sub-Units into your map. Or un-check to bring in the Unit without Sub-Units. To copy this unit: Enter Month, Section, and Unit name. Click on the Copy button. The entire unit will appear in your map. Close the Search Bank of Elements box by clicking the white X in the blue strip. Page 19

21 ASSESSMENT TEMPLATE You may add assessments either by creating a new one or searching for an existing one. To create a new assessment: Click on the arrow in the gray strip under the Assessment column. A drop down box will open. Click New. NOTE - If you do not see the 4 Methods in your Assessment template, you need to contact Customer Service ( ) to update your account. Customer Service will turn on the feature. An Add Assessment box will open. Enter the name for this assessment in the text line to the righ of Name. Choose the Purpose by clicking in the appropriate boxes. Choose the Assessment Method and Type using the drop down boxes next to Methods first, then choose a Type. NOTE - You may choose up to four Methods/Types per Assessment. (Optional) Set Date using the drop down boxes. When you select a Content (C), it moves from your map into the Outcome box with the stem, The students will demonstrate an understanding of... When you select a Skill (S), it moves from your map into the Outcome box with the stem, The students will demonstrate how to... Click in the box below the Outcome tab to enter your description of the assessment either by typing or cutting and pasting, or 1. Click the Content/Skills pulldown. 2. Choose the content or skill you want listed in your Assessment Outcomes 3. Click on ADD. 4. Repeat above process for each Content or Skill you want to list. Click on the next tab. The tabs turn blue as they become active. Continue clicking on tabs and adding information. Click on Save button when finished. Always click on SAVE when finished with the Assessment template. Page 20

22 LESSON TEMPLATE You may add lessons either by creating a new one or searching for an existing one. To create a new lesson: Click on the arrow in the gray strip under the Lesson column. A drop down box will open. Click on New. An Add Lessons template box will open. Type the Name of the lesson. Use the pull down menu to choose the Level of lesson you are creating. In the drop down menu next to Time choose the length of time you think the lesson will take. Select the date for the Lesson. Click in the box below the Objectives tab to enter the objectives for your lesson either by typing or cutting and pasting, or When you select a Content (C), it moves from your map into the Objective box with the stem, The students will know... When you select a Skill (S), it moves from your map into the Objective box with the stem, The students will be able to Click the Content/Skills pulldown. 2. Choose the content or skill you want listed in your Objectives tab. 3. Click on ADD. 4. Repeat above process for each Content or Skill you want listed. You may also type or cut-and-paste additional objectives. Continue clicking on tabs - Activities, Resources and Materials, etc. - and adding information by either typing or cut-andpasting. Use the WYSIWYG buttons to format your entries. Click on Save. The Lesson template will remain open. You may continue adding Lessons. Always click on SAVE when finished Close the template when finished. with Lesson template. Page 21

23 LINKS AND MEDIA TABS Using the Links tab: Clicking on the Links tab opens a box where you can type in a URL. Type in the complete URL starting with Click on Add a Link. The link goes into a list and it is underlined and active. Click on it and you will be taken to the web site. Click on Delete to delete a Link. NOTE - The process for adding Links and Media is the same in the Assessment and Lesson template. Using the Media tab: Click on the Media tab. The screen will tell you it is uploading, when it finishes: Click on the name of the file under File Name. Click on Attach a File button. Click on the Browse button. The content of your hard drive will open. Choose the item you wish to upload by clicking on it. Click on Open. Type in a Description/Comment so you can easily identify the document. Click on Public or Private depending on whether material is copyright protected or if you want to share it. NOTE - Don t forget to click on Save when finished entering information. Closing the box before saving will cause the information to be LOST! The file will open as long as your computer has the program that created it, such as Microsoft Word. Click on Attach a File if you wish to add more. Click on Delete to remove file from application. Click on Save when finished. Page 22

24 EDITING Editing any item or element is a simple process of opening it by clicking on it and making changes. Spell check is available through-out the application. Editing a Unit will allow you to move it from one month to another. To Edit any element: Move your cursor over the element you wish to edit. Click once when it is underlined. An edit box will open. Make changes you wish to make and click on Save. Click on Spell Check if you wish to check spelling. After Spell Check is completed, click on Save. Click on Remove if you want to remove the item from the current Unit. You will be able to retrieve it by doing an element search. Click on Delete to permanently delete the item from the application. The item will be deleted unless it is in other Units, in which case you will get the following warning, If you click on OK, the item will be deleted from all Units. If you click Cancel, the item will remain in the current Unit. To remove it from the Unit. Click on Remove. Page 23

25 MANAGING UNITS AND SUB-UNITS Manage allows you to move or copy sub-units in a Unit. You may also choose to copy sub-unit into another Unit. You may also change the position of a Sub-Unit within the Unit. And you may copy and delete Sub-Units from your Units. To change the position of a Sub-Unit in a Unit: Go to the arrow that appears where you have named your unit. A drop down menu will appear. Move cursor over Manage. Choose Move/copy Sub-Units. The Move/Copy Sub-Units page opens. Choose Move a Sub-Unit in the pull-down. Click in the circle in front of the Sub-Unit you wish to move. UP and Down buttons appear. Click on either the Up or Down button. The Sub-Unit will move up or down within the Unit. Page 24

26 MANAGING UNITS AND SUB-UNITS - 2 To copy a Sub-Unit: Choose Copy a Sub-Unit in the pull-down. Click in the circle in front of the Sub-Unit you want to copy. Click on the Copy a Sub-Unit button. A Copy filter opens. Use pull-down and select Course you want to copy into. Use pull-down to select the Month where the Unit is located. To Use delete pull-down a Sub-Unit to select from the a Unit: Unit into which you want to copy the Sub-Unit Choose Update from the Manage Click options. on Copy. The Sub-Unit will be added to the bottom of the Unit. Use Move to place it where you want it in the Unit. NOTE - BE AWARE THAT WHEN YOU COPY A SUB-UNIT THAT IF YOU MAKE CHANGES IN ONE YOU WILL GET A WARNING MESSAGE. Click OK if you want changes to occur in all the same Sub-Units. Click Cancel if only want change to occur in the Sub-Unit you are working in. Page 25

27 USING CUT AND COPY TO MOVE MAPPING ELEMENTS To copy and move an existing element of a Sub-Unit to another Sub-Unit using Drag and Drop: Let s create a blank sub-unit and move an element from the original sub-unit to the new blank sub-unit. Create a blank Sub-Unit using Manage. Open Manage and click on Add Sub-Unit. Click on Element you want to to cut and drag. Drag element to where where you want it. Move element into box Drop the element. The element has been copied or moved. DROP (Click) DRAG and Click to = cut Remove from current position and move to another. = copy Reproduce in a new location. It will occur in both locations. YOU CAN DRAG AND DROP BETWEEN, UNITS, SUB-UNITS AND MONTHS. BUT, KEEP IN MIND YOU CAN ONLY DRAG AND DROP WITHIN THE ELEMENT COLUMN. (CONTENT CANNOT BE DRAGGED TO SKILLS) Page 26

28 MOVING/COPYING STANDARDS Besides drag and drop you can also use Move/Copy Elements to move elements. This only works within the same Unit. However, this is the only way that you can copy Standards to multiple Sub-Units within a Unit. Use drag and drop for moving and copying all Mapping elements except Standards. To copy or move a Standard to multiple Sub-Units within the same Unit: Click on the triangle next to the name of the Unit. Choose Manage. Then choose Move/Copy Elements from the sub-menu. The Move/Copy Elements page 1 opens. Use pull-down Select an Action. (Move or Copy) Use pull-down Select a Destination. Choose Standard you wish to move or copy by clicking in the box to the left of it. A check mark will appear in the box. To undo click again. Click on NEXT. Move/Copy Elements page 2 opens. Click in the box in front of the Sub-Unit(s) you want to move/copy the Standard. Click on FINISH. The box closes and your move will have occurred in your workspace. Page 27

29 REPORTS TechPaths: A Curriculum Mapping System provides a variety of reports designed to help make decisions about curriculum revision. The reports provide a basis for dialogue and conversations regarding the curriculum as it relates to assessments, lessons, and standards. Reports are the basis for dialogue and discussion about your curriculum and practice. They represent data organized in formats that should the basis of guiding your dialogue/discussions. To view reports: Click on Reports or the icon on the right side of the screen, above the workspace. A list of reports appears on the left side of the screen. Put the cursor on the name of the report you want to see. When the name is underlined, click. The Report will open. A Summary of Reports follows: Page 28

30 REPORTS - 2 Monthly Map Information Consolidated Map By Month This shows all the mapping elements used by the teacher for a given month. Useful for conversations about what is taught in a given month. The Assessments and Lessons can be opened and printed and copied into other Units. This Unit Detailed This report provides a complete picture, in an ordered form, of the plan for the unit. This is a report that teachers often will print and/or make available to their administrator. It is inclusive, in detail, of all elements in the unit with complete information from assessment and lesson template. Three Month Map This report is a way to chunk out three months at a time. It can be useful to see this report from the perspective of a quarter or a semester. Yearly Map Information Assessment Purposes This report provides an analysis of the purposes for assessment according to: assessing for learning (a formative assessment), assessment of learning (a summative assessment) and student self-assessment. This report will be useful for staff development planning. Purposes adapted from the work of Rick Stiggins, Classroom Assessment for Student Learning, Assessment Training Institute.Curriculum. Analyzer This is an advanced search feature. In this search, you can identify content or skills that were tested either in state or standardized tests. Use this search to track where (which teachers, which courses, which buildings) and when (which month or months) the content or skill was addressed. Tracking these elements will provide a richer picture of the frequency of when the elements appeared in maps as well as the specific months they were addressed in classrooms. Clicking on numbers that are underlined will open the unit in which the word occurred. In addition to being able to click each month column header to the see a graphic report for that month, you can click the total column and see a graphic report for the whole year. Landscape Map The Landscape Map provides an overview of a year's curriculum. You can access this report in the report list as well as the upper right hand corner of your workspace. This report can be modified and customized and printed in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Exce, and as URL that can be pasted in Web sitesl. This report is used when having a conversation with colleagues about the sequence of a year's curriculum. It is a valuable resource when teachers or administrators want to prepare custom reports. It represents what many consider to be their curriculum map. Lesson Levels This report is designed to provide an analysis of lessons according to the level: introducing, developing, reinforcing, challenging as well as according to the degree of differentiation within each lesson. It allows you to zero in on specific lessons and view them in detail as well as copy them into your own units. Lesson Plans This is a way for a teacher to access groups of lessons clustered by dates. This report allows teachers to view lessons without having to open units. My Consolidated Map by Year This is a consolidated report for the individual teacher. It gives a consolidated view of what the scope of the curriculum has been. This report might be useful when the teacher enters into a conversation about what the scope of curriculum should be as colleagues build core maps. Assessments and Lessons can be opened by clicking on them. Once open they can be printed or copied into other Units. Page 29

31 REPORTS - 3 Yearly Assessment Types for This Course This is a report that shows the assessment types that have been used by an individual teacher. The distribution of these types is significant. The assumption is that teachers should be providing a variety of assessments for students. In addition, performance assessments serve as an indicator that the assessment is asking for a higher level of application of knowledge from students. The types should also, at some point, show the distinction between formative and summative assessments. Clicking on the name of the Assessment Type allows you to view the unit in which the assessment occurs. Once the Unit is open, clicking on the name of the Assessment will allow you to view the Assessment. Yearly Consolidated Map for Course This is a very useful report for a conversation with colleagues. It is an easier way to see what the scope of curriculum is for all of the teachers. This is a better report for curriculum analysis than is the landscape map if you are trying to understand scope and not sequence. The report includes a frequency count for each element. This report helps to build a consensus as well as a common language for content and skills. Use as a resource to find key words to use in Curriculum Analyzer Report. Information About Standards Standards Addressed in Maps with Frequency This report provides a way for teachers to analyze standards that were addressed. In addition, there is a frequency count here, so that the frequency that a standard has been addressed can be noted. Those Standards that have been addressed can be clicked on and a list of the Units where the Standard was addressed will appear. This makes it possible to drill into specific Units to see how the Standards are being addressed. The assumption is that increased frequency is required in order for skills to build. Therefore, higher frequency should account for better student performance on standards based tests. Standards Aligned in Map For Course This report allows teachers to see their standards aligned to content and skills. The teacher can look to see the complete standard laid out and then see whether the content and skills make a clear match to the standard. This is a way to check the alignments that have been made for quality. The only way to get this report is to align through either content or skills. Standards Not Addressed in Course This report provides a list of Standards that have yet to be aligned to any mapping elements. This report provides a way to track how closely Standards are being incorporated into the curriculum. Standards to be Addressed in Course This report provides an overview of the standards to be addressed in the course. It is used for planning purposes. Courses may be assigned multiple areas of Standards. Teachers can open this report and use it as a source for content and skills for their Units. Information About Alignment My Map Alignment for Course The map alignment report shows the alignments that you have made in a given sub-unit. Each element in the Sub-Unit automatically align to each other. You align the Standards using the pull-down in the Standards column. Page 30