Crossroads 2-15-13

1. Apperson Benchmark TM 3000

2. Purpose
• Benchmarks
• Class Tests
• School wide Mock Tests (Standardized Tests)

3. First Steps
• Everyone must install or update your DataLink
software on your computer.
https://portal.hcbe.net/Testing/Benchmarks/default.aspx
• Create a key.
– Scanning in the answers
– Typing the answers in DataLink
• Download Student Database

4. Student Database
Before scanning the Benchmark answer documents, we need to make sure that
we have a current and up-to-date student database loaded.
The DataLink software will use the student database to assign names to each test
scored and will show the score associated with a student name in the reports generated.
The software can also “kick out” the answer documents that do not have a valid student ID.
The test will not be scored until the ID has been corrected.
In order to upload a student database, you will need to pull a list of your kids along with
their student ID numbers from Infinite Campus or you can create a list by typing in the names
Into an excel spreadsheet. If you are typing the list, make sure that you do not use the leading
4 zeros. This list should be in CSV or excel format.
The list should look like this:
Your excel file should have the student information
listed in the following order:
1 - Student ID 2 – First Name 3 – Last Name
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5. Creating Your Key
• Scanning in Your Answers
– Make sure you indicate that it is the key by
marking the key bubble.
– Open up the DataLink Software and scan the key
• Typing in Your Answers
– Open the DataLink program, Click “File” and
“Create Key”
– Select the form number then “Key responses” and
select “Send to Grid”

6. Next Steps
• Add standards to the test
• You must remember that after you add the
standards to the test, you must assign the
standards to the questions.

7. Reports
• On the top right, you can click reports. That
will pull a list of reports for you to preview.
• New Report: Class Proficiency Item Analysis
Report

8. Update: No More Leading Zeros!
The four leading zeros are no longer needed. In fact if you use the Infinite Campus Data
Export there will be no zeros.
Make sure that the student number DOES NOT
includes the leading 4 zeros. There
will be empty columns at the end. 8

9. Viewing and Understanding Your Reports
Apperson BenchMark™ 3000
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10. Here is a list of the reports that are available to you. You can print these out, print
them to PDF to post or save the reports in Excel format.
Let’s review these reports.
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11. Open the file that contains your test results. You will see a “Reports” icon.
Click on that icon.
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12. A “Reports” Window will open. You will see a list of available reports.
When you have chosen a report
When you have chosen a report
under the “Excel” section, you will
under the “Reports” section, you
see a “Save as” icon that can be
will see a printer icon that can be
used to save your Excel report to
used to print the report to your
your computer or your school’s
printer or a PDF icon to print to
Sresource drive. (note the students
adobe if you have adobe installed.
in the preview are examples not
the actual students.)
By clicking on the “Settings”, you can change the way that your reports are sorted.
You can sort by Last name, ID Number, Score, Order Scanned and several other options12
depending on the report.

13. Score Card
The Score Card report is a quarter page report
that shows individual student performance on
a test
Sections in the Score Card report
1. Header - General information about the test
is shown here.
2. Results - Test results are shown here. If a
question was answered correctly a + is shown
next to the question number. If a question was
answered incorrectly the correct answer is
shown. Additionally incorrect answers are
shown in italic bold font.
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14. Big Score Card
The Big Score Card report shows each students
response for each test question.
Sections in the Big Score Card report
1. Header - General test information is shown
here.
2. Results - The students results are shown
here. If the question was answered correctly a
+ is shown next to the question number along
with the points awarded for the question. If
the question was answered incorrectly the
correct response is shown along with the
points awarded for the question.
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15. Sections in the Item Analysis report
Item Analysis
This report provides summary and statistical
1. Report Header - General information about data about the test, as well as detailed
the test is shown in this section of the report. information about each question on the test.
2. Counts - The count of the number of students
that bubbled in each response is shown here.
Correct responses are shown in red italics.
3. Blanks - If any responses were left blank a
check mark is shown.
4. Multiple Marks - If any forms contained
multiple mark a check is shown here. A multiple
mark is counted when more than one bubble is
filled in for a question.
5. Point Biserial - The point biserial value for the
question is displayed.
6. Correct Count - A count of the number of
times this question was answered correctly is
shown.
7. Percent Incorrect - The number of students
that answered this question incorrectly is shown
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16. Test Results
The test results report generates a page for
each test scanned that shows the bubbled in
responses. You can configure the report to
show the correct responses and the points
awarded for each question.
Sections in the Test Results report
1. Student Name - The student’s name and ID number are
shown at the top of the form.
2. Header - General information about the test is shown.
3. Question Number - The question number is shown.
4. Response - The bubbled-in response is shown. Incorrect
responses are highlighted.
5. Correct Response - The correct response for the question
is displayed in this column.
6. Points - The points awarded for each question are shown.
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17. Class Roster
The Class Roster Report shows how each
student did on an exam.
Sections in the Class Roster report
1. Header - General information about the test
is shown at the top of the form.
2. Name Column - The student's name is
shown.
3. ID Number - The student's ID number is
shown.
4. Score - The student's score on the test is
displayed.
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18. Histogram
This reports shows a histogram for the currently scored test. Settings
include the number of bars displayed as well as the color of the bars.
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19. Student Proficiency
The Student Proficiency report shows each student's proficiency levels on each group and standard. This
report is available only when scanning tests with a standards aligned key.
Sections in the Student Proficiency report
1. Header - General information about the test is shown.
2. Student Name - The name of the student is displayed.
3. Student ID Number - The student's ID number is shown.
4. Group Name and Text - The name and description of the group is shown here.
Additionally the proficiency level for this group as assigned in the Standards
Window is displayed.
5. Standard Name and Text - The name and description of the standard is
shown. The proficiency level used for the standard is adopted from the group.
6. Number Correct and Total Possible - The number of questions that the
student answered correctly is shown along with the number of questions
assigned to the standard.
7. Overall Proficiency - The Overall Proficiency is shown. This value is the value
of all of the questions assigned to the Standards that are included in the Group.
8. Proficiency Level - This shows the student's overall proficiency level for the
test.
Color Key -
Green bars show that the student reached proficiency levels for the Group or
Standard.
Orange bars show that the student is proficient but within 5% of the proficiency
level for the Group or Standard.
Red bars show that the student did not meet proficiency levels on the Group or
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20. Class Proficiency
The Class Proficiency Report shows how well a class did on a Standards aligned test. This
report is only available on tests with Standards aligned questions.
Sections in the Class Proficiency report
1. Header - General information about the test is shown.
2. Group Name and Text - The name and description of the group is shown.
Additionally the proficiency level for this group as assigned in the Standards
Window is displayed.
3. Standard Name - The name of the standard is shown. The proficiency level
used for the standard is adopted from the group.
4. Standard Text - The text describing the standard is shown.
5. Count of Proficient Students - The number of students that met or exceeded
the proficiency level is shown.
6. Exceeded Proficiency - The green bar shows that the students in this class
exceeded the proficiency level for this standard.
7. Did not Meet Proficiency - The red bar shows that the students in this class
did not meet the proficiency level for this standard.
8. Met Proficiency - The orange bar shows that the students met the proficiency
level for this standard.
Color Key -
Green bars show that the student reached proficiency levels for the Group or
Standard.
Orange bars show that the student is proficient but within 5% of the proficiency
level for the Group or Standard.
Red bars show that the student did not meet proficiency levels on the Group or
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21. Class Proficiency Item Analysis Report
The Class Proficiency Item Analysis Report shows how well a class did on a Standards aligned
test and breaks the standard down by question. This report is only available on tests with
Standards aligned questions.
Class Proficiency Item Analysis Report
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1. Group Name and Text - The name and description of the group is shown.
Additionally the proficiency level for this group as assigned in the Standards
Window is displayed.
2. Standard Name And Text - The name of the standard is shown. The 2. 3.
proficiency level used for the standard is adopted from the group.
3. Count of Proficient Students - The number of students that met or exceeded 4.
the proficiency level is shown.
4. Items Analysis – Break down of how the class did by question, by standard.
Color Key -
Green bars show that the student reached proficiency levels for the Group or
Standard.
Orange bars show that the student is proficient but within 5% of the proficiency
level for the Group or Standard.
Red bars show that the student did not meet proficiency levels on the Group or
Standard.
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22. Standard Alignment
The Standards Question Alignment report
shows which questions are aligned to the
standards contained on the test.
Sections in the Standards Question Alignment
report
1. Title - The title of the standard is shown.
2. Standard Text - The text of the standard is
displayed.
3. Questions - A listing of the questions that
have been assigned to the standards is
presented.
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23. Non-Proficient Students by Standard
Sections in the Non-Proficient Students by Standard
report
1. Header - General information about the test is shown.
2. Group Name - The group name and description are
shown here. Additionally the proficiency level for the group
is displayed.
3. Standard Name - The standard name and description are
displayed.
4. Student Name Listing - The names of students that did
not meet proficiency levels are shown.
5. ID Number Listing - The ID numbers of students that did
not meet proficiency levels are shown.
6. Score - The score achieved in the standard is shown.
The proficiency level for the standard is inherited from the
group.
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24. Non-Proficient Students by Group
The Non-Proficient Students by Group Report
shows students that failed to achieve the
proficiency rating for each group. This report is
available when scanning tests using a
standards aligned test key.
Sections in the Non-Proficient Students by Group
report:
1. Group Name - The group name and description
are shown. Additionally the proficiency level for the
group is displayed.
2. Student Name Listing - The names of students
that did not meet proficiency levels are shown.
3. ID Number Listing - The ID numbers of students
that did not meet proficiency levels are shown.
4. Score - The score achieved in the group is shown .
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25. Grid Export – Excel Report
This report will give you a complete listing of all the students, their scores, and show you
which questions they missed.
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26. Class Roster Export – Excel Report
A basic report showing each student's raw and percentile score. This report also
presents test statistics that are helpful to the instructor, such as the class average
and score ranges.
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27. Item Analysis – Excel Report
A detailed report showing the number of questions and the percentage of
all answers selected for each question within a given exam. The correct
answers are highlighted and a bar graph with the percentage of incorrect
answers is displayed to indicate validity of the questions and material
coverage.
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28. Detailed Item Analysis – Excel Report
A more detailed report showing the number of questions and the number
of students and percentage of all answers selected for each question
within a given exam.
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29. Survey Analysis – Excel Report
This report lists the details of each question as far as the number of students that chose
each response for each question, the percentage of students that chose each response
along with the Mean Statistic for each question.
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30. Full Report – Excel Report
This is a report that is in Excel format which contains all the excel reports in one workbook
with different tabs for each report.
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