Transcript Northstar Assessment Overview

Northstar Digital Literacy
Assessment – Rhode Island
Why Northstar?
• A tool to assess students’ computer skills
• RIFLI and others – classes - no tool to assess and measure
• Most straightforward, others available
• Clear set of standards
• Pre-assessments – unofficial
• Post-assessments – official proctored tests
Northstar Digital Literacy Assessment
• Seven Assessment Modules – 30 - 45 questions each
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Computer Basics
World Wide Web
Operating Systems
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Windows 7
Mac OS
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Email Basics
Social Media
MS Word
MS Excel
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Coming Soon:
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MS PowerPoint
Before you start your assessment:
Results – pre and post tests
Certificates – one or combined
Northstar proctoring sites
Public vs. Sponsoring Agency Websites
• Public web site – digitalliteracyassessment.org
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Data inaccessible
• Agency web site
Student Login
• Retrievable data
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• Agency proctored testing website – RIFLI and PPL
Student/Client Login – unique code
• Proctored Assessment
• Grant Certificates/Digital Badges – 85%+
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• Appointments for testing at Providence Public Library
Backend Administrative Console
RIFLI’s Role
• RI Technology Breakthrough Grant
• Share with RI Adult Education
• Provide Northstar Overviews statewide
• Our own curriculum - Most important modules – more needed
• 10 PowerPoint presentations – Basics, WWW, Safety, Email, MS Word
• Aligned with Northstar standards
• More visuals – Annotated Screen Captures
• Lots of practice time
• At home
• Starting to flip
• Digital Literacy Corps
Lessons Learned/Comments/Questions
• Paper based pre-assessment screeners – Somali
• Northstar - background and history on website
• Assessments – more than one way to answer
• Time Limits
• Tech words are ESL Lessons
• Some students - overwhelmed doing an assessment and learning new
content during same class session
• More than one way to answer
• If you use it – please attribute to RIFLI - www.rifli.org/find-resources/
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