PMA Ends December 2

The second Progress Monitoring Assessment ends December 2.

You have the ability to run a report on PMA for both the school and the classroom level.

Running the PMA Report at the School Level:

1. Use the school administrative login to access Stride Academy.
2. Click the "Reports" tab.
3. Click the blue "Generate Real-Time Reports" button.
4. Click "View Reports."
5. From the list of reports which appears, click "School PMA Report."
6. The defaults on the next screen should be OK as is.
7. Click the red "Apply" button.

You will notice that the graph is the first page of almost two-dozen pages of data. You can click through those graphs and tables to see data for each class and data for each grade level.

My recommendation would be to share with any given teacher the data for that teacher's class and the average for the grade level as a whole. That way, each teacher gets an idea where he or stands in relationship to the rest of the pack without ranking teachers. Richard Defoor addresses this point in his PLC seminars.



Running the PMA Report at the Classroom Level:

1. Use your KCC code and password to access Stride Academy.
2. Click the "Reports" tab.
3. Click the blue "Generate Real-Time Reports" button.
4. Click "View Reports."
5. From the list of reports which appears, click "Class PMA Report."
6. The defaults on the next screen should be OK as is.
7. Click the red "Apply" button.

The resulting graph will look much the same as the school graph displayed above. Clicking through the remaining pages will reveal data on each student.

How are You Using the Stride Shop?

At Pleasant Valley Elementary School, Jaden earned enough points in Stride to buy from the Stride Shop. He chose to read to his little brother's kindergarten class.

Jaden's choice demonstrates that incentives don't necessarily have to cost the school money. It also shows that an incentive doesn't always have to be tangible.

Our students are of different ages, come from different backgrounds and have different interests. We can offer a variety of incentives and let technology, such as the Stride Shop, handle the recordkeeping.

What incentives work for you? Feel free to share a comment. What works for you just may work for someone else.

Technology-Enhanced Items

Having viewed many webinars, I know first-hand they can range from from real yawners to true gems. The one from this past Thursday was the latter.

Stride Academy is rolling out "Technology Enhanced Items." These items go beyond A, B, C, D multiple-choice questions. You need to know about them because your students will be seeing them.

To learn more about the concept, you can view  short video and also download a PowerPoint presentation which provides an explanation and screen shots. To access these resources:

1. While you are logged into Stride, click on Help & Advice in the menu.
2. Click the link to "Log-in to customer support gallery." (Just below the link is the password you will need.)
3. Scroll down to the section marked "Quick-Start Guides" (section D).
4. Look for "Technology-Enhanced Item Types PowerPoint Presentation."