1.0 Getting Started with Assessments
1.0 Getting Started With Assessments - Step by Step Instructions
1.1 How Students Take An Assessment
1.2 Reassessing Students
2.0 Reports
2.0 Reports
2.0.1 Acronyms Used on DORA report page
2.0.2 Acronyms Used on DOMA report page
2.1 Class Profile
2.2 Individual Student Gain Chart/Previous Test Scores
2.3 Summary Report
2.3.1 DORA/DOMA Summary Reports for Active Class
2.4 Parent Report
2.5 Teacher Report
2.6 DORA Reading Level Score Estimated Equivalencies Report
2.7 Standards Reports
2.8 DI Report (Differentiated Instruction)
2.8.1 DORA DI Classroom Report for Active Class
2.9 Strand Report (DOMA Basic Math Skills only)
3.0 Teacher Interface
3.0 Teacher Interface
3.1 The CLASS Tab
3.1.1 Adding A Student
3.1.2 Logins/Passwords
3.1.3 Printing Logins/Passwords
3.1.4 Add/Edit Class
3.1.5 Changing Classes
3.1.6 Student Profile
3.1.7 Queueing up an Assessment for a Single Student
3.1.8 Queueing up an Assessment for ALL Students
3.2 The HOME Tab
3.2.1 Virtual Tours
3.2.2 System Check/Requirements
3.3 The MANAGE Tab
3.3.1 Edit Student Roster
3.3.2 Edit Teacher Roster
3.3.3 Add New Student
3.3.4 Add New Class
3.3.5 Edit My Login
3.3.6 Run Reports
3.3.6.1 Raw Score Report
4.0 Instruction
4.0 Instruction Overview
4.1 How Students Access Instruction
4.1.1 Trouble Accessing Instruction
4.2 Reading Instruction Programs: Unique Reader and Unique Reader Secondary
4.2.1 Getting Started with Unique Reader (K-5 reading)
4.2.2 Getting Started with Unique Reader Secondary
4.3 Math Instruction Programs: Unique Math and PreAlgebra Pathways
4.3.1 Getting Started with Unique Math (K-5 math)
4.3.2 Getting Started with PreAlgebra Pathways (PreAlgebra Instruction)
4.4 Usage Report (Unique Reader/Unique Math)
5.0 Administrators
5.0 Administrators Access
5.1 Creating Groups as an Administrator
5.2 View Teacher Accounts
5.3 Administrators’ Reports
5.4 Custom Reports
5.5 Look Up Teacher Login as an Administrator
5.6 Pre/Post Gain Reports
6.0 Start of the New School Year
6.1 Updating Your Own Account at the Start of the New School Year
7.0 Contact Us
7.0 Contact Us
8.0 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
8.0 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
9.0 Appendices
9.1 Appendix A Getting Started with Unique Reader Cheat Sheet
9.2 Appendix B Unique Reader Secondary Lesson Page
9.3 Appendix C Getting Started with Unique Math Cheat Sheet
9.4 Appendix D Fluency Test for DORA
9.5 Appendix E Printable Lab Scripts and Hints DORA/DOMA
9.6 Appendix F DORA Admin Scripts
9.7 Appendix G DOMA Admin Scripts
9.8 Appendix H DORA Phonemic Awareness Admin Scripts
New School Year Planning and Preparation
1.0 Getting Started With Assessments - Step by Step Instructions
Assessments can be administered every 10-12 weeks and take about 60 minutes to complete. Assessments can be taken in multiple sittings but should be completed within one to two weeks to ensure valid data. BEFORE administering the assessment, take the following steps:
Add students, if necessary. Click on the <Class> tab and hit the “Add new student” button to enter your class list. (See 3.1.1 for further details and recommendations).
Queue up an assessment for each student individually or for an entire class (See 3.1.7 and 3.1.8).
Print off student login/password data or create index cards for each student. (See 3.1.3).
Perform a system check (see 3.2.2), plug headphones into all computers and check the volume.
Bookmark http://www.letsgolearn.com on all student computers so that when students enter the lab they only need to click on the link rather than entering in the entire web address.
We recommend that you first try the assessment out yourself so that you know what to expect. Enter a grade and date of birth appropriate for one of your students in order to view the interface they will be seeing.
On the day of the assessment, it is VERY important that you convey to your students that they are doing an “assessment” or “very important activity” and that they need to concentrate and do their best. See the scripts on the document “Using Let's Go Learn in the Lab or Classroom” (See Appendix E, F, G, H).
Students will see a rewards animation page on completion of the assessment.
Reports and scores are immediately available once a student has completed the assessment. To view reports, enter your teacher login/password and click on the <DORA> or <DOMA> tab (See 2.0).
If your school or organization licensed one of the optional instructional products, online instruction will become available immediately following completion of the assessment. Have students log back in and they will see a new instructional activity icon (see 4.0 for more details about the instruction programs)
As a supplement to DORA, we provide a paper-and-pencil oral reading fluency sub-test.(See Appendix D for more information.)
1.1 How Students Take An Assessment
Before testing day, administrators will have performed the system checks and ensured the appropriate assessment is queued up for each student (see 1.0 Getting Started with Assessments).
Students will take the following steps:-
Go to www.letsgolearn.com (can be booked marked or made a favorite ahead of time).
Click on the green ‘Student Login’ button.
Enter their student login, password (and school code if used by your school district).
Select the appropriate assessment eg, DORA or DOMA Basic Math Skills etc.
Ensure the head phones volume is set to an appropriate level.
Ensure they have scratch paper and pencil (recommended for math assessments).
Hit the “GO” button when ready to start the assessment.
If a student needs to take a break the ‘STOP’ button can be clicked on at any time.
To re-start the assessment, the student will follow steps 2-4 again.
On completion of the assessment, teachers have immediate access to all data/scores.
1.2 Reassessing Students
Let’s Go Learn recommends allowing 10-12 weeks of instruction time to occur between testing periods. To reassess students, queue up a new assessment for each student or for an entire class (see below) and then administer assessments as per 1.0 ‘Getting Started with Assessments’.
You will want to adjust the class queue when you want all students to take the desired assessment at the same time. In the class queue, you can terminate all partially completed assessments, add new assessments, or remove all queued up assessments that have not yet been started.
To view or change the queue for an entire class take the following steps:-
On the <Class> tab, select “View Class Queue.”
Select the grey button for the action you wish to perform, ie, “Activate Algebra 1” will queue up a new Algebra assessment for ALL students in your class.
2.0 Reports
On completion of an assessment, all detailed reports and grade equivalent scores are immediately available. To access detailed reports and grade equivalent scores log into any teacher account, click on the product tab at the top of the screen, eg, DORA, DOMA, PreAlgebra etc. The most recent test scores/reports will always be shown on this page. Access to all data/previous scores and reports are always available.
2.0.1 Acronyms Used on DORA report page
Acronyms Used by Let’s Go Learn on the DORA report page
DORA
HFW – High Frequency Words: score range is mid Kindergarten to high 3rd grade.
WR – Word Recognition: score range is mid Kindergarten to high 12th grade.
PH – Phonics/Word Analysis: score range is low Kindergarten to high 4th grade.
PA – Phonemic Awareness: scores as a percentage.
SP – Spelling: score range is mid Kindergarten to high 12th grade.
VO – Word Meaning Sub-test/Oral Vocabulary: mid Kindergarten to high 12th grade.
CO – Silent Reading sub-test/Comprehension: score range is mid Kindergarten to high 12th grade.
DORA Phonemic Awareness
Early PA – Early Phonological Awareness
Pho Seq – Phoneme Segmentation
MAAT – Phoneme Manipulation Auditory Analysis Tasks
% Cor Total – Overall Percent Correct
DORA Spanish
HFW – High Frequency Words: score range is mid Kindergarten to high 3rd grade.
WR – Word Recognition: score range is mid Kindergarten to high 4th grade.
PH – Word Analysis/Phonics: score range is low Kindergarten to high 3rd grade.
PA – Phonemic Awareness: score as a percentage.
SP - Spelling: score range is mid Kindergarten to high 9th grade.
VO – Word Meaning sub-test/Oral Vocabulary: mid Kindergarten to high 9th grade.
CO – Silent Reading sub-test/Comprehension: score range is mid Kindergarten to high 12th grade.
2.0.2 Acronyms Used on DOMA report page
Acronyms Used by Let’s Go Learn on the DOMA report page
DOMA Basic Math Skills
Numbers Skills: maximum score high 5th grade.
Fractions Skills: maximum score high 5th grade.
Measurement Strand: maximum score mid 5th grade.
DOMA PreAlgebra
1 = Integer Operations
2 = Fraction Operations
3 = Decimal Operations
4 = Comparing & Converting
5 = Estimating & Rounding
6 = Evaluating Exponents
7 = Ratios & Proportions
8 = Simplifying Expressions
9 = Coordinate Graphing
10 = Linear Functions & Extending Patterns
11 = Simple Equations
12 = Geometry
13 = Interpreting Data
14 = Simple Probability
MF Timed Percent correct = multiplication math facts questions performed immediately.
MF unT Percent correct = multiplication math facts questions performed without timing.
Read Percent correct of passages and questions written at a 5th grade level.
DOMA Algebra
1 = Evaluating Advanced Exponents
2 = Solving Linear Equations
3 = Graph & Analyze Linear Equations
4 = Relations & Functions
5 = Solving & Graphing Inequalities
6 = Solving & Graphong Systems of Linear Equations
7 = Polynomial Operations
8 = Factoring Polynomials
9 = Radical Expressions & Equations
10 = Quadratic Equations
11 = Rational Expressions & Equations
2.1 Class Profile
Profiles are available for all students in a class, for DORA, DOMA Basic Math Skills and DOMA Pre Algebra. To view a class profile:-
On the <DORA>, <DOMA> or <PreAlgebra> page click on “Display Class Profile.”
A graph will show the number of students who fall into each of the eight profiles.
Click on the letter, eg, “C”, in the profile column on the left hand side of the table to see data for students who fall into that profile. Previous detailed reports can also be viewed.
Students can be further sorted into construct levels.
A narrative is provided suggesting activities appropriate for these students.
2.2 Individual Student Gain Chart/Previous Test Scores
All previous scores are available in the 'Prev. Asmts.' column on the report page. On the <DORA>, <DOMA> or <PreAlgebra> report page in the “Prev.Asmts.” column click on “Yes” for the student.
All previous scores including detailed reports will be available for viewing. Click on ‘Yes’ in the ‘Prev/ Asmts.’ column.
In addition, up to three scores can be viewed in a graph to show an individual student's growth (<DORA> and <DOMA> only).
In the “Gain Chart” column, put a check in the box next to the set of scores you wish to compare (up to 3 boxes may be checked).
Click on “View.”
2.3 Summary Report
The summary report is a one-page summary of an individual student's performance on an assessment. These reports will show the highest grade level a student has reached on each sub-test. It will also highlight areas of concern with a red priority arrow or indicate a student has reached grade level or above using a green check mark . Examples of some of the student’s correct and incorrect answers will be displayed on the one-page summary. At the bottom of the page a graph will show a student's scores, including his or her actual grade level. To view the summary report, click on the <DORA> or <DOMA> score pages and click on “Sum” in the “Detailed Reports” column.
To print the one-page summary reports for an entire class, go to the <MANAGE> tab, 'Run Reports' and select 'DORA Summary Reports for Active Class'. Be sure to choose the correct class of students. One-Page summary batch reports can include or exclude grade equivalent scores.
2.3.1 DORA/DOMA Summary Reports for Active Class
This report allows you to run all most recent summary reports for the class that you have selected from the“Class” page in HTML format. One click will run summary reports for an entire class! On the <MANAGE> tab, click on ‘Run Reports’ and ‘DORA Summary Report for Selected Class’ or the equivalent report for Basic Math Skills. Choose the ‘class’ and enter the date range. Click on ‘Create Summary Reports’.
Grade Equivalent Scores can be included or exclude when printing.
2.4 Parent Report
Detailed reports are available immediately on completion of an assessment. For both DORA and DOMA the parent report is available in English and Spanish. The parent report provides a summary of the child's skills and instructional reading activities families may want to do at home. To view a parent report click on “Parent” in the “Detailed Reports” column on either the <DORA> or <DOMA> score page.
2.5 Teacher Report
Detailed reports are available immediately on completion of an assessment. These reports provide a wealth of information to a teacher as well as instructional activities broken down into each of the seven DORA sub-tests. To view the teacher report, click on “Teacher” in the “Detailed Reports” column on either the <DORA> or <DOMA> score page.
DORA Short Report is 8 pages long and includes detailed summary, classroom activities for each student, graphophonic analysis and narrative.
DORA Full Report is 18 pages. Includes short report plus additional 8 pages providing background information and general classroom activities to help build skills in the seven sub-tests.
2.6 DORA Reading Level Score Estimated Equivalencies Report
This report provides estimated equivalencies for each student’s reading level. Estimated equivalencies are available for DRA1, DRA2, Reading Recovery, Fountas & Pinelle and Lexile. To view the Estimated Equivalencies report:-
Go to the <MANAGE> tab
Click on ‘Run Reports’
Select the ‘DORA Reading Level Score Estimated Equivalencies Report’.
2.7 Standards Reports
Standards reports are available immediately on completion of an assessment. Teachers can select a range of grades. The standards for your state will be displayed. This information can be used in an IEP report. To view the standards report, take the following steps:-
Click on “Stan” in the “Detailed Reports” column on any of the score pages ie <DORA>, <DOMA> etc.
Enter the beginning grade you wish to view.
Enter the ending grade you wish to view.
Select “Display HTML Report.”
Note: For full TEKS and TAKS reports, please go to the <MANAGE> tab, click on ‘Run Reports’ and select the “TEKS” or “TAKS” report.
If a student has mastered a construct, a check mark [ ] will display.
Non-mastery will be indicated by a blank box.
COMMON CORE (CC) comparisons are also available for all schools. Select "CC" instead of your state before creating the report.
2.8 DI Report (Differentiated Instruction)
The DI (differentiated instruction) report will indicate which instructional programs an individual student would benefit from using based on his or her most recent assessment scores. Both online instruction (Let's Go Learn Edge Series) can be viewed and printed material (Curriculum Associates) recommendations.
On the <DORA> or <DOMA> scores page, click on “DI” in the “Detailed Reports” column.
In the “Select Publisher” column, leave it either reading Let's Go Learn or click on the downward arrow and select Curriculum Associates.
Click on “Display Report.”
Details about which materials or programs a student will benefit from using will be displayed.
2.8.1 DORA DI Classroom Report for Active Class
This report will provide information for an entire class, as to which Curriculum Associates instructional materials students would benefit from using, for example, CARS Series, STARS Series, CAMS Series, STAMS Series and Extensions in Reading Series. The total number of booklets needed for each level is provided.
On the <MANAGE> tab, click on ‘Run Reports’.
Select “DORA DI Classroom Report for Active Class”.
Enter the date range.
Click on ‘Create Report’.
2.9 Strand Report (DOMA Basic Math Skills only)
The Strand Report is the teacher report displayed for an entire class at one time. It will allow a teacher to see gaps in constructs by class and to sort and organize for small group instruction. To use this report:-
From within your teacher account, click on the blue <DOMA> tab.
Click on “Display Strand Report.”
Choose which strand you wish to view (i.e. Numbers-Grouped; Numbers-Linear; Fractions or Measurement.)
Enter the starting date range (mm/dd/yyyy).
Enter the ending date range (mm/dd/yyyy) or leave blank for today's date.
Click on “Create Report.”
Within each sub-construct you can sort students from high to low or low to high.
Scroll down the page to view the Construct Legend at the bottom of the page. The number indicates the student's level of competency.
3.0 Teacher Interface
Teacher accounts can be managed by an individual teacher or by a district administrator depending on how the account is set up after purchase. Teachers have total control when creating classes, administering assessments and managing the instruction programs.
3.1 The CLASS Tab
To manage your account, enter your teacher login/password and select the yellow <Class> tab. From this page you will be able to add new students, create or edit classes, queue up assessments, and view student logins/passwords.
3.1.1 Adding A Student
Hints and tips on how to determine if a student should be added into the system as a ‘new student’.
Do NOT add a student:-
If they are already in the “ALL Student Roster”.
If they have ever taken a DORA or DOMA assessment.
If another teacher in your school or school district is already working with that student.
If you get an error message telling you another student already exists with that login/name etc.
If none of the above statements apply, and the student is not already on the ‘ALL Student Roster’, take the following steps:-
On the <Class> page, select the button “add a student.”
Enter the following details for your student:-
First Name
Last Name
Date of Birth (DD/MM/YYYY)
Grade (actual grade student currently in school)
Create a student login and password (See 3.1.2 for more details).
Put a check in the box next to each class you wish this student to be in (See 3.1.4 for more details).
Click on “Save” or “Save and add another.”
Repeat steps 2-5 for each student.
3.1.2 Logins/Passwords
Teacher login: Teachers work with Let's Go Learn staff to create their personal login - usually an email address is used. One teacher login can be assigned per grade/school or individual logins can be created for each teacher.
Student login/password: Teachers/administrators can add their students into the Let's Go Learn system. Alternatively student data can be provided to Let’s Go Learn and the data will be uploaded for your school/district by Let's Go Learn staff. Contact Customer Support at Toll Free: 800-225-0248, option 6 for help and for copies of the Excel Spreadsheet Template.
Student Logins:
Minimum of six (6) characters.
Logins need to be unique - we recommend you use student ID numbers if available plus a student’s first/last initials, eg, 123456jn.
Student Passwords:
Minimum of four (4) characters.
Can be the same for ALL students in your school, for example, name of school or school mascot OR individual passwords can be created.
Student School Code:
Optional additional field, for example, name of school or mascot (this can be the same as the password). The School Code would be the same for ALL students. Recommended for school districts or large school sites.
If school codes are assigned, students MUST enter information in all three fields on the student login page.
Minimum of three (3) characters.
Logins/passwords/school codes are case sensitive.
3.1.3 Printing Logins/Passwords
Logins/passwords can easily be printed out before assessment day by taking the following steps:-
On the right hand side of the screen, just above the “Start Assessment Now” column, click on “Print Login List”. Choose to print either card format or list format.
3.1.4 Add/Edit Class
Students are entered into the system one time only from year to year and regardless of the number of teacher accounts they are assigned to. However, students may be in multiple classes, for example, a resource teacher may work with a student who is also working with his or her grade teacher. Both these teachers can have access to the student's DORA/DOMA scores and monitor/make changes to instruction for that student.
To add or edit a class take the following steps:-
On the <Class> page, select the button “add/edit class.”
Enter the name of the class you wish to create, ie, grade 2 or period 1 or teacher name.
Select the programs you wish to be associated with this class (ie DORA and DOMA or DORA and Unique Reader.
Click on “add new class.”
You can now populate this class from your student roster (See 3.4).
3.1.5 Changing Classes
Once you have assigned students to classes, you can move between classes to view class reports etc.
On the <Class> page, on the left hand side, click on the drop-down menu (downward arrow.) Select the class name you wish to view.
Click on “change class.”
The new group of students will now appear.
3.1.6 Student Profile
Student profiles may be edited at any time. For example, you may wish to change the class a student is in or make a change to his or her grade at the start of the school year. Student grades are automatically promoted on July 15 each year. To edit a student profile, take the following steps:-
On the <Class> page, under the “student profile” column, select “edit.”
Make your changes.
Click on “update student.”
Students may also be “deactivated” if they are no longer at your school or using the program. Students are never deleted from the system, so a returning student can always be reactivated.
3.1.7 Queueing up an Assessment for a Single Student
An assessment needs to be queued up for each student before an assessment can be performed. An assessment can be queued up for a single student or for an entire class. By viewing the class queue, you can view and change the current state of all students’ activities. (The queue by definition is a list of activities lined up for each student.)
To make changes to an individualstudent's assessment queue, take the following steps:-
On the <Class> page, in the “Student Assessment Queue”column, select ‘”view queue” for the individual student.
Make the required changes by putting a check in the box in the action column such as “Add Assessment to Queue” or “Remove Assessment from Queue.”
Click on “Change Queue.”
3.1.8 Queueing up an Assessment for ALL Students
You will want to adjust the class queue when you want all students to take the desired assessment at the same time. In the class queue, you can terminate all partially completed assessments, add new assessments, or remove all queued up assessments that have not yet been started.
To view or change the queue for an entire class take the following steps:-
On the <Class> page, select “View Class Queue.”
Select the grey button for the action you wish to perform, ie, “Activate Algebra 1” will queue up a new Algebra assessment for ALL students in your class.
3.2 The HOME Tab
The <HOME> tab provides customers with many on line tools and support, such as Administration Scripts, User Guide, Virtual Support and Product Tours. Optional extra is to customize this <HOME> page - useful for large school districts. Contact Customer Support to discuss this topic. Customized <HOME> tabs are maintained/edited by the local District Administrator.
3.2.1 Virtual Tours
Short online demonstrations cover topics such as “How to Add a Student”, ‘”System Overview”, “Queuing Up Assessments”. Longer virtual demonstrations provide information on topics such as “How to Use DORA/DOMA data to drive classroom instruction”, “Reading Intervention” reports.
3.2.2 System Check/Requirements
The system check should be performed on all computers students and teachers will use when working on Let's Go Learn's programs. This will only take a few minutes.
On the <Home> tab, click on “Teacher Getting Started”
Select “System Check”
Choose to perform the system check on one computer (or on multiple computers in a lab.)
Click on “Start Test Now.” You should be able to see the spinning banana and hear “Testing, 1 2 3 ....”
If you cannot hear the audio or see the graphic, click on “Troubleshooting for Flash Plug-in Page”. Follow the instructions.
A “System Check” link can also be found at both the “student login” page and the “teacher login” page.
Lab technicians should run the “multiple lab flash test” on all computers at the same time – please refer to the “Multiple Computer Lab Flash Tester Page”. System Requirement details can be found on the <Home> tab, under the “Teacher Getting Started” link or at http://www.letsgolearn.com under “System Check.”
3.3 The MANAGE Tab
The MANAGE tab allows you to edit your personal teacher login, add new teachers to the account, edit your student roster or the All student roster, add new students, add new class and run the additional reports available to you. Administrators will be able to access the district wide reports from the MANAGE tab under 'Run Reports.
3.3.1 Edit Student Roster
The student roster allows teachers to assign classes to students from their own class roster “MY Student Roster” or from a school/district wide roster “ALL School Roster.” ALL Student Rosters can include students from multiple sites, eg, Elementary Schools, Middle and High Schools, depending on how your account has been set up.
· MY Class Roster
When you select “Edit Student Roster” you will automatically view the list of students currently in your personal ‘class’. You can assign students to multiple classes/teachers as follows:-
On the <Manage> page, click on “Edit Student Roster.”
Scroll down the pages to find the student or enter the last name of the student and click on “Apply Filter.”
Put a check in the box(es) to the left of the class name you wish your student to be in.
Click on “Save Class Changes” at the bottom of the page.
Make sure you click on the “Save Class Changes” button before moving onto another page.
Note: Students can be deactivated on this page. Simply put a check in the box next to the student's name in the 'deactivate student' column and click on 'Deactivate Students'. Students are never deleted from the program but can be removed from an active class and moved to the ‘deactivated student’ roster. Students can be reactivated at any time.
· ALL Student Roster
When you select ‘Edit Student Roster’ you can choose to view the ‘All Student Roster’. This provides access to your school wide or school district roster. The ‘All Student Roster’ enables teachers to create classes in their personal accounts. Students who transfer to your school from another school within your district will be on the ‘All Student Roster’. All previous data/scores remain with the student and can be viewed once the student is assigned to a teacher’s individual account.
3.3.2 Edit Teacher Roster
The “Edit Teacher Roster” button allows administrators to create a new teacher login or to activate/deactivate an existing teacher account. All new teachers will have access to the “all student roster” allowing them to populate their account with students in their school district who are already in the Let’s Go Learn system.
To add a new teacher go to the <MANAGE> tab, click on 'Edit Teacher Roster' and 'Add New Teacher'.
Enter teacher's First Name, Last Name, Email address for login and a password.
(Please note: do not use apostrophes, hyphens etc when adding the name.)
Once a teacher has their new login/password they can populate their account with students:-
On the <Manage> page, click on “Edit Student Roster.”
Click on “Go to ALL Student Roster.”
Scroll down the pages to find the student or enter the last name of the student and click on “Apply Filter.”
Put a check in the box(es) to the left of the class name you wish your student to be in.
Click on “Save Class Changes” when you are finished.
Repeat this action for each student.
3.3.3 Add New Student
New students can be added into the Let’s Go Learn system either on the <CLASS> tab (see 3.1.1) or on the <MANAGE> tab and “Add New Student”. Follow the steps on 3.1.1 to add a new student. Refer to 3.1.2 for help with creating student logins/passwords.
3.3.4 Add New Class
Classes can be created on either the <CLASS> tab (see 3.1.4) or on the <MANAGE> tab under “Add New Class”. To create a new class from the <MANAGE> tab, click on ‘Add New Class’, enter the class name, select the products you wish to be associated with this class, click on ‘Add New Class’.
You can also close an entire class. This is useful at the start of a new school year when you may want to keep last year's student data in one place so you can easily refer back to the data but you don't need to access it frequently.
To close a class, take the following steps:-
1. On the <CLASS> tab, click on "Add/Edit Class". In the column 'Edit Existing Classes' add a check to the box in the column 'check to close'. Then click on 'Close/Edit Class(es)' at the bottom of the screen.
2. Alternatively you can go the <MANAGE> tab and close an existing class through either "Add New Class" link or "View or Switch Class".
3.3.5 Edit My Login
On the <MANAGE> tab, use “Edit My Login” to make changes to your personal teacher login or password. Enter the new data and click on ‘Update’.
3.3.6 Run Reports
There are many additional reports available for teachers to access such as Instruction Usage reports, Assessment Completion reports, Pre/Post Gain reports. To create these reports, go to the <MANAGE> tab, click on ‘Run Reports’, choose the report you wish to create, enter the date range etc and click on “Display Report” or “Download”.
3.3.6.1 Raw Score Report
This report allows teachers to view raw summary data from all assessments for a specific date range in an exportable raw format. On the <MANAGE> tab, click on ‘Raw Scores’ report, choose the ‘class’ and ‘series’, enter date range and click on ‘Display report’. “Download’ report will display report on an Excel spreadsheet.
4.0 Instruction Overview
Let's Go Learn's Diagnostic Online Reading Assessment and Math Assessment programs serve as the foundation for all the instructional programs such as Unique Reader, Unique Reader Secondary, Unique Math and Pre-Algebra Pathways. Students who qualify for an instructional program are immediately and automatically transitioned into powerful online reading or math lessons, on completion of the appropriate assessment.
4.1 How Students Access Instruction
To access instruction students will take the following steps:-
Enter their login, password and school code if used by your school district.
Select the appropriate instruction program icon eg, Unique Reader, Unique Math etc.
Students must have completed the relevant assessment before being able to access instrucion.
4.1.1 Trouble Accessing Instruction
If the student is having trouble accessing instruction, check the following:-
Ensure the student does NOT have another assessment queued up for them.
On the <CLASS> tab, in the “Student Assessment Queue” click on ‘View Queue’.
Status for relevant assessment should read ‘Completed’. ‘Remove assessment from the queue’ or ‘terminate in progress’ assessment if appropriate.
Go to the ‘UReader’ tab on your teacher account and check instruction is turned ‘on’ for that student.
Click on ‘Instruction On’ or ‘Begin’.
4.2 Reading Instruction Programs: Unique Reader and Unique Reader Secondary
On completion of DORA, students can immediately access one of Let’s Go Learn’s online reading instruction programs (if purchased). Unique Reader covers material studied in K-5 and Unique Reader Secondary is the reading comprehension strategy and vocabulary program.
4.2.1 Getting Started with Unique Reader (K-5 reading)
Instruction Hints & Tips:-
Lesson plans are created for each student based on his or her most recent assessment scores.
Unique Reader has four tracks:- Sight Words, Phonics, Vocabulary and Comprehension.
Students work on the lesson plan created for them or teachers can easily change the lessons.
To change lessons, go to the ‘UReader’ tab from within your teacher account.
Choose the lesson number you wish the student to perform.
Enter the new lesson number in the white box in the line with the student's name.
Click on “Change Lesson” in the “Change Current Lesson” column.
Student Log: This log details the date, lesson number, component and graded review score for each student. In the column “Student Log” click on “detail” for each student.
View Lessons: All lessons can be viewed by teachers to enable them to become familiar with the Unique Reader program. To view these lessons:-
On the <UReader> page, select the word “List” for the track you wish to view. “List” is found under the heading for each track.
In the “Components of each Lesson” column, click on the lesson you wish to view. This will show you the exact lesson a student will be given.
Unique Reader Usage: Teachers can monitor which students are using Unique Reader by running an usage report for a class of students (See 2.10).
4.2.2 Getting Started with Unique Reader Secondary
(also see Appendix B)
Designed with middle school and high school students in mind, Unique Reader Secondary, on completion of DORA, places students in lessons with explicit instruction in comprehension strategies, critical thinking, and vocabulary. Supplemental instruction uses high-interest, age-appropriate learning aids such as songs, videos, and games. Lessons use a wide variety of student-friendly passages, including, hard-to-find, high-interest/low-readability materials.
Each student works through all 50 lessons and repeat lessons as needed.
From your teacher account, select the <UR Secondary> tab at the top of the screen.
Click on “Enroll” to enroll a student in the program. Confirm student qualifies for the program in the “Qualified to Take Course” column and the ‘Need’ column.
Monitor students’ progress by clicking on “View” in the “View Report” column for each student.
4.3 Math Instruction Programs: Unique Math and PreAlgebra Pathways
On completion of the appropriate math assessment (Basic Math Skills or Pre-Algebra) students will be placed immediately and automatically into the related instruction program.
4.3.1 Getting Started with Unique Math (K-5 math)
Student Log/detail: Keep track of lessons completed including scores for each lesson. The log for each student details the date, lesson number, component and graded review score for each student. In the column “Student Log” click on “detail” for each student.
View Lessons:
Select the word “List” for the track you wish to view. “List” is found under the heading for each track.
In the “Components of each Lesson” column click on the lesson you wish to view. This will show you the exact lesson a student will be given.
Unique Math Usage:- Teachers can monitor which students are using Unique Math by running an Unique Math usage report for a class of students (See 2.10).
LESSON PLANS
Lesson plans are created for each student based on his or her most recent assessment scores. Students work on the lesson plan created for them or teachers can easily change the lessons. To change a lesson:-
From your teacher account, select <UMath> tab.
Click on “Change” on the same line as the students name in the appropriate column, such as Numerals, Fractions, or Measurements.
Add a check mark for each lesson you wish to assign or remove the check mark.
Click on “Update UMath Instruction.”
4.3.2 Getting Started with PreAlgebra Pathways (PreAlgebra Instruction)
On completion of the DOMA PreAlgebra assessment, students will be able to access instruction.
Click on the <PreA Pathways> tab. Turn on instruction for an individual student or for all students using ‘ON’ or ‘All Instruction On’.
Student Log: Click on “Edit/View” to monitor a student's scores and to change lessons if required.
To activate a lesson for a student:-
Click on “Edit/View” for an individual student.
Add a check mark to the box under the “Activate Lesson” column.
Click on “Update Lesson Plan.”
To view lesson contents, from your teacher account, click on any of the lesson hyper links –(in blue and underlined) in the lesson plan column for any student.
4.4 Usage Report (Unique Reader/Unique Math)
To view the amount of time your students have spent using Unique Reader or Unique Math, go to the <MANAGE> tab, click on “run reports” and select “Instruction Usage Report.” Select the program (UR or UM) and date range desired and select which classes you wish to run the report for, or leave all the boxes blank to view ALL classes. Click on “Create Activity Report.” You will now see the total number of lessons completed for each student, the average score for each student, and how much time he or she has spent on the program, plus the date of last activity.
Click on ‘Run Reports’
and then ‘Instruction Usage Report’
Select the series “UReader”, “UMath” or “PreAlgebra Pathways”.
Enter the date range (leave ending date blank for today’s date if desired).
Select the class(es) or leave blank for ALL classes.
Click on “Create Activity Report”
Data shown on the report will include estimated time spent working on the instructional program/student, average scores/student, date student last worked on instruction.
5.0 Administrators Access
Schools with multiple teacher logins and school districts can opt to have an Administrator’s login. Some ‘Admin’ accounts will works as a teacher account as well, with the Administrative reports displaying on the <MANAGE> tab. Accounts displayed as the one below is a dedicated Administrators account.
5.1 Creating Groups as an Administrator
Groups can be created to filter teachers by groups. This is used mainly for reporting purposes.
To create a group go to the <MANAGE> tab and click on ‘Run Reports’.
Next, click on ‘Manage Group Profiles’.
Enter the ‘Group Name’
Put a check mark [ ] next to the teachers you wish to be included in this group.
Click on ‘Add New Group’.
Filters can be created per school, regions or specialties such as Special Education.
Teachers can be associated with multiple groups.
5.2 View Teacher Accounts
From within the Admin account, administrators have quick and easy access to all teacher accounts within their school or school district.
By clicking on ‘View’ in the “Teacher’s Acct’ column, you will be taken straight into that teacher’s account to view data, run reports etc.
5.3 Administrators’ Reports
From within the Administrators account, there are many district wide reports available. To create these reports, go to the <MANAGE> tab and click on ‘Run Reports’.
Reports currently available are:-
To create one of the above reports, click on the report title, eg Response to Intervention and Diagnostic Placement Report’. Use the drop down menu to choose from K-1, 6-8 or 9th grade RTi report. Click on ‘Continue’.
Next choose the group and enter the date range. Select the teachers by adding a check mark in the box next to the teacher’s name. Click on ‘Display Report’ (will be displayed on the screen), or ‘Download Report’ (will be transferred to an Excel spreadsheet.
5.4 Custom Reports
Any custom reports requested can be viewed by going to the <MANAGE> tab, ‘Run Reports’ from within the Administrators account.
5.5 Look Up Teacher Login as an Administrator
As an Administrator you may wish to look up your existing teacher logins and passwords. To do this:-
Go to http://www.letsgolearn.com and enter your administrator's login/password in the "teacher login" fields.
Click on the <ADMIN> tab at the top of the screen.
You will be able to see all teachers who are associated with your account and view their logins/password/school code.
You can also create groups for your teachers eg, elementary schools or SPED etc to help you when you are creating reports.
To view data for a specific teacher, click on 'View' in the 'Teacher's Acct' column.
5.6 Pre/Post Gain Reports
Administrators and teachers can create reports to demonstrate growth for individual students (see 2.2) or for a larger group of students. The following reports are available to teachers and administrators by going to the <MANAGE> tab and 'Run Reports'.
1. Pre/Post Gain Report - can be created either on screen or downloaded into Excel. Pre/Post Gain report will detail grade equivalent scores and growth made in years/months for each student. This report can be run for one class, group(s) or per teacher or school and even school district.
2. Development Gain Report can be created either on screen or downloaded into Excel. This report will show growth over time per student group.
3. Development Gain A and B. This report will demonstrate growth over time students have made per sub-test eg High Frequency Words, Fractions etc. This report will show growth per student group.
4. Response to Intervention and Diagnostic Placement Report (RtI) will group students determined by their need to focus on Comprehension Strategies only, Comprehension Strategies and Vocabulary, Decoding only etc. RtI reports available for Kindergarten/1st grade; 1st-5th Grade; 6th-8th Grade, 9th Grade and PreAlgebra.
5. DORA Comprehension Subtest Analysis. This report provides detailed information per student on the DORA Comprehension sub-test. Length of time student spent reading passage, length of time taken to answer questions (in seconds), score and difficulty level of passage.
6.1 Updating Your Own Account at the Start of the New School Year
Start of a new school year - Updating your own account
If you are an existing customer who has students already in your student roster there are only a few steps you need to take before your students can be reassessed at the start of the school year. Please note: if you are part of a district wide deployment, please check with your administrators as most likely they will be with working with Let’s Go Learn to reassign/add students.
Have your new class roster available.
Add any students who are completely NEW to your school or who have NOT been assessed on any Let’s Go Learn program in the past (refer to “Add New Student” (3.1.1) in the Online User Guide).
Create a new class eg MyClass 2011-12 (refer to “Add New Class” (3.1.4) in the Online User Guide).
Go to the “All Student Roster” on the <MANAGE> tab.
Remove students from the old class if they have changed teachers.
Add students into the new class eg MyClass 2011-12.
Save Class Changes.
Once students have been assigned to a teacher, the teacher will be able to view all data associated with that student.
Teachers can close last year’s class by:-
Go to <MANAGE> tab, “Add New Class”, ‘check to close existing class’, then click on ‘close/edit class(es)’.
Go to <CLASS> tab, click on ‘Add/Edit Class’, ‘check to close exiting class’, then click on ‘close/edit classes’.
7.0 Contact Us
Contact Us, 7.0
Corporate Headquarters:
Let's Go Learn, Inc. 705 Wellesley Ave. Kensington, CA 94708
Curriculum Associates Inc. P.O. Box 2001, North Billerica, MA 01862-0901
Phone 800-225-0248, option 6;
Fax 800-366-1158
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
K-12 Public and Private School Sales: U.S. and Canada:
Curriculum Associates is Let's Go Learn's exclusive distributor partner in the K-12 public and private school market in the United States and Canada.
8.0 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
How long does an assessment take?
The length of time an assessment takes to be completed varies from student to student, but in general, 60 minutes of lab time should be allowed. Some students will complete the assessment in as little as 35 minutes, while others may take as long as 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Does the assessment need to be given in one session?
No, the assessment can be stopped at any time and will be picked up exactly where the student left off. We recommend that assessments be completed within one to two weeks.
How frequently should the assessment be administered?
We recommend that 10-12 weeks of instruction time is allowed between assessments to allow sufficient time for a student's skills to grow.
Can I access reports immediately after a student has completed an assessment?
Yes, all scores and reports are available immediately after a student has completed the assessment.
Is there a report that can show the growth an individual student has made?
Yes, teachers can compare up to three scores for a student in a gain chart (See 2.2).
Do I always have access to previous test scores for my students?
Yes, previous test scores and detailed reports are always available (See 2.2).
How do I find out about other programs LGL offers?
Are there any documents validating the research behind LGL?
Yes, we have many documents supporting and validating our programs. Go to http://www.letsgolearn.com under “Educators” and then “Educators Resources” or your local account manager can provide you with additional documentation and case studies.
Is the assessment the same each time?
We have multiple passages per grade level and many banks of questions. If students are making steady progress, they should not be given the same questions. Please go to http://www.letsgolearn.com to view the DORA/DOMA Specifications document under “Educators” and “Educators Resources.”
How does a student access the instructional program?
On completion of the appropriate assessment, students will be able to access the instructional program. If students are unable to log in to their program, check the following:-
Students have completed an entire assessment and are not marked “in progress” on the scores page.
Students should NOT have a new assessment queued up for them on the class page (See 3.1.7 and 3.1.8 for more details on queuing up assessments).
How does the adaptive logic work?
Powered by the OAASIS (Online Adaptive Assessment System for Individual Students) platform, Let's Go Learn's reading and math assessment solutions adapt to students as they respond to each question, getting harder or easier as needed to complete the diagnosis. Start levels vary depending on the age of the user, and elementary, middle, and high school graphical interfaces exist in order to engage students of all ages. Assessments continue until each individual's ceiling of performance is reached on each sub-skill.
Why do I still see last year's students on my class page?
At the start of a new school year, you will most likely have a new set of students you are working with. You can close last year's class by clicking on the 'Add/Edit Class' button on your <CLASS> tab and 'check to close' the appropriate classes. This will remove that class of students from your <CLASS> tab but will allow you to open up that class at any time if you wish to review data.
When do I deactivate a student?
You should only deactivate a student when that student has moved out of your school district entirely. To remove a student from your class but allow them to remain in your school roster so other teachers can work with them, remove the student from your class page. To do this, go to your <CLASS> tab, click on 'Edit Profile' for that student, remove student from all classes, click on 'update student'.
What do I do at the start of the new school year if I am an existing customer?
If you are part of a district wide deployment, your administrators will work with Let's Go Learn to reassign students to their new teachers and add any students who are new to your district.
If you are not part of a district wide deployment, you should add any students who are completely new to your school or who have not used Let's Go Learn programs in the past. Teachers should go to the "All Student Roster" to find their new students and pull them into their individual classes. Refer to 6.0 Start of the New School Year in the Online User Guide or check out the virtual tour.
How do I add a new teacher to my account?
Either as an Administrator or a teacher, log into your account, click on the <MANAGE> tab and "edit teacher roster". Add "First Name", "Last Name", Login (email address preferred) and password. Click on 'Add New Teacher'.
If you are part of a large district wide deployment, check with your administrator first as they may be working with Let's Go Learn to set up your account for you.
9.1 Appendix A Getting Started with Unique Reader Cheat Sheet
or indicate a student has reached grade level or above using a green check mark 
. Examples of some of the student’s correct and incorrect answers will be displayed on the one-page summary. At the bottom of the page a graph will show a student's scores, including his or her actual grade level. To view the summary report, click on the <DORA> or <DOMA> score pages and click on “Sum” in the “Detailed Reports” column.
