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Teacher’s User Guide

TRENDS Web

Application Reference Guide

TRENDS Logging In and Out .................................. 2 Score Distribution............................................... 12 Q & A Tab ........................................................... 27
General Navigation: Tabs ....................................... 2 Gender and Ethnicity ......................................... 12 Question & Answers....................................... 27
General Navigation: Main Menu............................ 2 Program Funding/Demographics....................... 13 Adding, Deleting, and Moving Questions .... 27
General Navigation: Assessment Type Selection ... 2 Campus/Teacher/Class/Group Breakdown......... 13 Place Value Questions.................................... 28
General Navigation: Date Range ........................... 3 Assessment Tab Set: Students............................... 14 Essay Questions .............................................. 28
General Navigation: Item Selection ....................... 3 Assessment Tab Filters ....................................... 14
General Navigation: Filtering ................................. 4 Student Listing – Kentro Document.................. 14 Adding Kentro Images....................................... 29
General Navigation: Sorting................................... 4 Student Item Analysis ........................................ 15 Question Tags Tab.............................................. 30
General Navigation: Printing Reports .................... 4 Student Listing – STAAR Document .................. 15 Generating PDFs and Blueprints........................ 31
Main Tab Set: Staff ................................................. 5 Student Listing – TELPAS Document ................. 16 Special Characters & Formatting ....................... 32
Assessment Tab Set: SE Mastery ........................... 17
Student Performance Tab.................................... 5 Assessment Tab Set: RC Mastery .......................... 17 Math/Science Formulas .................................. 32
Teacher Classes Tab.............................................. 5 Assessment Tab Set: Item Analysis ....................... 18 Text Boxes....................................................... 32
Teaching Log ........................................................ 5 Assessment Tab Set: Remediation........................ 19 Release the Document ........................................... 33
Main Tab Set: Students ........................................... 6 KENTRO Logging in............................................... 20 Requirements for Release.................................. 33
Student Info Tab .................................................. 6 Kentro Tab.............................................................. 20 Release Properties Part I .................................... 34
Student Report Card Tab ..................................... 7 Kentro Documents ................................................. 21 Release Properties Part II ................................... 35
Student Report Card-Prev. Year Tab................... 7 Release Properties Part III .................................. 35
Main Tab Set: Assessments ..................................... 8 Add Document ............................................... 21 Release Target.................................................... 36
Main Tab Set: Assessment Comparison.................. 9 Open Document............................................. 21 Release Listing.................................................... 36
Assessment Tab Set: Summary.............................. 10 Answers Tab ....................................................... 22 ETAZO Login Options ............................................ 37
Assessment Tab Filters ....................................... 10 Content Alignment Tab ..................................... 23 Student Login......................................................... 37
Kentro Profile..................................................... 10 Remove a TEKS Tag........................................ 24 Monitor Login ........................................................ 37
Kentro Passing Criteria Analysis ........................ 11 Copy TEKS Tagging ........................................ 24 Electronic Bubble Sheet ......................................... 38
Quintile Distribution .......................................... 11 Passages Tab....................................................... 25 Clearing Scores ....................................................... 39
STAAR vs. Assessment Quintile.......................... 11 Stories and Poems .......................................... 25 Writing Rubric Scoring........................................... 39
Kentro Mastery .................................................. 12 Essays and Short Answers .............................. 26
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TRENDS Logging In and Out

Website: https://trends.tangosoftware.com

Login: <your email address>
Password: <your password>

If this is your first time to log in, you will need to create a password.
Passwords must be at least 8 characters and include at least one
letter and number. To log out, click on the setting icon next to your
name in the top right corner and choose the Sign Out option.

General Navigation: Tabs

Tabs across the top of the screen will provide information on the
data available.

Most screens within Tango Trends show items in a list. This list is
called the “grid view.”

General Navigation: Main Menu

To navigate back to a previous screen, use the browser’s Back
button.

To navigate back to the beginning of Trends, click on the gears icon
on the left side, and select Maintenance.

General Navigation: Assessment Type Selection

Select the type of assessment to be viewed.

• KENTRO – local (teacher, campus, district) assessments
released through the Kentro editor

• STAAR – data from the State of Texas Assessments of
Academic Readiness

• TELPAS – data from the Texas English Language Proficiency
Assessment System

• LION – data from the Learning Inventory of Need assessment

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General Navigation: Date Range

By default, Trends will show the assessments that have a release
date within the last 30 days. To change the date range, either select
from the pull-down list, or select the calendar icon to the right of
the pull-down list.

The calendar icon will bring up a calendar where the start and end
dates may be selected.

Once the dates have been selected, click on the Go button.

General Navigation: Item Selection

To select an item for more detail, click on the arrow next to the
left of the item

To select more than one item, click on the number next to the item,
or the box above the numbers to select/de-select all. Once the
selections have been made, use the button in the bottom left corner
to view the selected items.

To clear the selections, click on the x next to the selected items.

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General Navigation: Filtering

Whenever the grid view is visible, each column has a filter box
above where one or more values within that column may be
selected. For example, on the list of students shown here, filtering
may be done on any of the fields shown. Searches may be done by
either typing in the desired information (wildcards “%” are
functional) or using the pull-down menus.

General Navigation: Sorting

Each grid can be sorted by the columns. Start with the first level of
sort by clicking on the bar to the right of the column name. This
will mark the column with a 1. Click this column again to reverse
the order. Then, select the additional levels of sort by following the
same steps. The numbers referenced will show the order of the sort.

General Navigation: Printing Reports

Most screens within Tango Trends show a Print button in the top
right corner. This button allows for the generation of a PDF
document based on the filters chosen. Some screens limit the
number of records that may be selected for printing.

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Main Tab Set: Staff

Student Performance Tab

When a staff member is selected, their students’ performance on the
TEKS may be seen. Using the calendar picker, select the assessment
to be viewed, and then the classes’ TEKS mastery for that assessment
is shown below.

Teacher Classes Tab

Column Description
Grading Name of the grading period
Period
Start/End Date ranges for the grading period
Date
Description Name of the class
Period Assigned period number
Students Number of students assigned
BM Ref Benchmark reference tag
Grade Level Grade level
Subject Subject
Chapter TEKS Chapter

Teaching Log

Allows teachers to create and modify their curriculum timeline.

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Main Tab Set: Students

All users will see the list of students. Users may select a student to
drill-down to view and edit their information, including
demographics, class schedule, and TEKS report card.

Student Info Tab

When a student is selected, their information is displayed and may
be edited. To edit any of the information displayed, make the
change, and then select the Save button.
Below the information about the student is shown the complete
assessment list for that student. The assessments are color coded:

State Assessments

District Benchmarks

Campus Benchmarks

Teacher and Campus Assessments

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Student Report Card Tab

By default, the English Language Arts report card is displayed. To
see additional report cards, select the subject from the top menu.

Each report card lists the TEKS skills that have been assessed, and
the overall mastery level. To view the expectations associated with
that skill, click on the skill.

Use the button to view the description of the skill or expectation.

Student Report Card-Prev. Year Tab

By default, the English Language Arts report card is displayed. To
see additional report cards, select the subject from the top menu.

Each report card lists the TEKS skills that were assessed in a previous
school year, and the overall mastery level. To view the expectations
associated with that skill, click on the skill.

Use the button to view the description of the skill or

expectation.

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Main Tab Set: Assessments

All users will see the list of assessments available. By default, the list
of tests is controlled by the type of user logged in and the 30 day
date range filter.

To view district level assessments, select the District from the pull-
down menu. To view assessments in a different date range, either
click on the pull-down to select up to 90 days in the past, or use the
calendar picker icon to customize a date range.

Column Description
Date Release date of assessment
Title
Language Name of assessment
Target Targeted language
Code
Type Targeted student population
Category
Subject Assessment release code
Scope Level of release
Pass
Release type
Fail
Total Subject
No Score Grade level or chapter of release
Advanced +
# and percentage of students
Advanced passing
Satisfactory + # and percentage of students failing

Satisfactory Total # of students assessed
Total # of students without a score
Satisfactory Bubble
Unsatisfactory Bubble # of students beyond commended
Unsatisfactory bubble
Incomplete # of students in commended bubble
# of students barely missing
commended
# of students passing – not
commended or barely passing
# of students barely passing

# of students barely failing
# of students beyond failing bubble

# of students without a result

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Main Tab Set: Assessment Comparison

To compare multiple assessments, select the assessments, and then
select on the Compare button at the bottom of the screen.

This will display a Compare tab at the top of the page with the
number of assessments selected.

When the Compare tab is selected, an aggregation is shown for the
assessments selected.

The Compare tab also shows the percentage of students passing as
compared to the others selected. The average passing and failing
scores are shown as call-outs to the right.

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Assessment Tab Set: Summary

Assessment Tab Filters

The information shown on the screen can be evaluated based on
multiple score options. By default the Kentro Standard is selected.
This is the score used when releasing the assessment in Kentro. To
view the results based on the Taught/Not Taught questions, or TEA’s
Phase I, II, or Recommended levels, choose that option from the pull-
down menu.

To view the results for a particular demographic group, choose the
tags from the list, and then select the x in the top right corner to
apply the filters to the results.

Kentro Profile Description

Item Target, Subject, Student Target, and
Title Bar Release date of assessment

Items Number of items on the assessment
Point Value
Target Value of each assessment item
Pending
Number of students targeted
Passing Criteria
Number and percentage of students
Advanced Criteria still needing to take assessment

Passed Passing percentage and bubble
items
Failed
Commended percentage and bubble
Avg. Score items

Number and percentage of students
passing

Number and percentage of students
failing

Average score shown for the
number of students.

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Kentro Passing Criteria Analysis

Item Description
Advance
Satisfactory # and % students commended
Unsatisfactory
Total # and % students passing

ADV # and % students failing

SAT # and % students submitting a score
out of the total # targeted
USAT
# and % students beyond and within
commended bubble

# and % students within the
commeneded and passing bubble

# and % students beyond and within
passing bubble

Quintile Distribution

Distribution of scores placing all results into 5 generally equally sized
groups.

STAAR vs. Assessment Quintile

Comparison of students’ results for the last STAAR result loaded and
the assessment selected.

For example, the 1 located at the intersection of Quintile III and Level
III, is a single student that scored commended on the STAAR
assessment and within Quintile III on this current assessment. The 3
students located at the intersection of STAAR Level I and Quintile V,
are students who failed the STAAR test, but are now scoring in the
highest quintile for this assessment.

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Kentro Mastery

This donut graph shows the number and percentage of students
commended, passing, failing, and within the bubble.

Score Distribution

This bar chart places the students’ scores into 10 point buckets.

Gender and Ethnicity

Commended, passing, and failing analysis by gender and ethnicity.
Note: For ethnicity, students may be tagged with more than one
race, so the numbers of total students may be larger than the total
number of students.

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Program Funding/Demographics

Commended, passing, and failing analysis by demographic or
program tag.
Note: For demographic or program tags, students may be tagged
with more than one, so the numbers of total students may be larger
than the total number of students.

Campus/Teacher/Class/Group Breakdown

Commended, passing, and failing analysis by campus (district view),
teacher (campus view), and class (teacher view).
If groups have been defined – like a feeder pattern cluster or grant
program, this section will show those groups as well.

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Assessment Tab Set: Students

Assessment Tab Filters

The information shown on the screen can be evaluated based on
multiple score options. By default the Kentro Standard is selected.
This is the score used when releasing the assessment in Kentro. To
view the results based on the Taught/Not Taught questions, or TEA’s
Phase I, II, or Final/Recommended levels, choose that option from the
pull-down menu.

To view the results for a particular demographic group, choose the
tags from the list, and then select the x in the top right corner to
apply the filters to the results.

Student Listing – Kentro Document

Item Description
Home Campus Student’s assigned campus
Grade Level Student’s grade level
First Name Student’s first name
Last Name Student’s last name
Student ID Student’s ID
Instruction L = LEP
S = SPED
Taught Score Percentage and raw score for the items
tagged with TEKS expectations that have
Overall Score been taught
STAAR Score Percentage and raw score for the assessment
Percentage and raw score for the last STAAR
STAAR assessment loaded
Campus Quintile STAAR referred to by the Score
District Quintile Group assigned at campus level
Group assigned at district level

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warning icon are ones where the student submitted their answers
with at least one item left blank.

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Student Item Analysis

Selecting a student will show their individual item analysis, including
their answer.

Student Listing – STAAR Document

Item Description
Home Campus
Grade Level Student’s assigned campus
First Name
Last Name Student’s grade level
Student ID
Years in US Student’s first name
TELPAS Composite
Student’s last name
Instruction
Student’s ID
Latest STAAR
Student’s number of years in U.S.
Phase-In II
If taken, the student’s most recent TELPAS
Final Composite rating

RC1 – RC6 L = LEP
S = SPED
Campus Quintile
District Quintile The most recent STAAR score for that student in
that subject

The projection of the student’s score if TEA’s
Phase II passing score is used

The projection of the student’s score if TEA’s
Final passing score is used

Student’s master, by reporting category. Not all
subjects and grade levels have all reporting
categories. Only those with questions will be
reported.

Group assigned at campus level

Group assigned at district level

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Student Listing – TELPAS Document

Item Description

Home Campus Student’s assigned campus

Grade Level Student’s grade level

First Name Student’s first name

Last Name Student’s last name

Student ID Student’s ID

Years in US Student’s number of years in U.S.

Instruction L = LEP
S = SPED

Composite XXXX The previous year’s TELPAS composite score
(Previous Year)

Reading XXXX The previous year’s TELPAS reading score
(Previous Year)

Progress The student’s ELL progress indicator
Indicator

Composite XXXX The current year’s TELPAS composite score
(Current Year)

Reading XXXX The current year’s TELPAS reading score
(Previous Year)

Proficiency Student’s result (percentage and raw score)
Advanced + on the Advanced+ section of the TELPAS.

Proficiency Student’s result (percentage and raw score)
Advanced on the Advanced section of the TELPAS.

Proficiency Student’s result (percentage and raw score)
Intermediate on the Intermediate section of the TELPAS.

Proficiency Student’s result (percentage and raw score)
Beginning on the Beginning section of the TELPAS.

Comprehension Score, out of 4 points possible, on the
TELPAS reading comprehension section
Score

Listening Score, out of 4 points possible, on the
TELPAS listening section

Speaking Score, out of 4 points possible, on the
TELPAS speaking section

Writing Score, out of 4 points possible, on the
TELPAS writing section

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Assessment Tab Set: SE Mastery

The information shown on the screen consolidates the mastery for
each TEKS expectation.

Item Description

SE TEKS skill and expectation

Description TEKS expectation description

SpEd Mastery Percentage mastery for students coded as Special
Education

LEP Mastery Percentage mastery for students coded as Limited
English Proficient

High Campus The campus with the highest mastery percentage
for the SE

High Mastery The high campus’s mastery percentage for the SE

STAAR Items Number of times this expectation was tested on
the previous STAAR tests

Items Number of items on the selected assessment

Mastery Percentage mastery for the expectation

State Mastery When available, the mastery percentage for all
students across the state

Assessment Tab Set: RC Mastery

The information shown on the screen consolidates the mastery for
each STAAR Reporting Category.

Item Description

RC STAAR Reporting Category

Description Reporting category description

SpEd Mastery Percentage mastery for students coded as Special
Education

LEP Mastery Percentage mastery for students coded as Limited
English Proficient

High Campus The campus with the highest mastery percentage
for the RC

High Mastery The high campus’s mastery percentage for the RC

STAAR Items Number of times this reporting category was
tested on the previous STAAR tests

Items Number of items on the selected assessment

Mastery Percentage mastery for the expectation

State Mastery When available, the mastery percentage for all
students across the state

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Assessment Tab Set: Item Analysis

The information shown on the screen shows the responses for each
of the items on the assessment.

Item Description
Item
Assessment item number and if the item has
Content been Taught or Not Taught
Process
Standard TEKS expectation for the content
RC
DOK TEKS expectation for the process
Description
Readiness or Supporting expectation type
Answer
STAAR reporting category
SpEd Mastery
Depth of knowledge reference
LEP Mastery
TEKS expectation description – with
High Campus keyword tagged in red

High Mastery Correct answer and percentage of students
answering it correctly
State Mastery
Percentage mastery for students coded as
A/B/C/D Special Education

Percentage mastery for students coded as
Limited English Proficient

The campus with the highest mastery
percentage for the item

The high campus’s mastery percentage for
the item

When available, the mastery percentage for
all students across the state

# and % of students answering each of the
item choices

To view how all students responded to the item, select the and
view the Correct column. To view the content/text of the question,
click on the underlined item number.

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Assessment Tab Set: Remediation

The information shown on the screen shows the content/text for the

questions on the assessment. Questions are listed in TEKS

expectation order.

Item Section Description

Item number Item number on the
assessment
Taught/Not
Taught Tag if item has been taught
Keyword or not

TEKS expectation keyword

STAAR STAAR reporting category
Reporting and type
Category
C TEKS Content expectation and
description
P TEKS Process expectation and
description
STAAR Items Number of items on the
DOK previous STAAR assessment
Depth of knowledge

Item Analysis # and % students answering
the answer choices

Companion The OPEN toolbox - items
Questions for the expectation.
Resources
The CLOSED toolbox - items
for keyword.

Web-based resources for the
selected TEKS expectation
and keyword

To generate a customized booklet of companion questions for a
particular student:

1. Select the student from the assessment list and choose the
Remediation tab, and then the Companion Questions button.

2. From the overall Remediation tab, search for a student and
then select on the Companion Questions button.

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Application
Reference Guide

KENTRO Logging in

Website: www.tango-central.com

Login: <your email address>

Password: <your password>

If this is your first time to log in, you will need to
create a password. Passwords must be at least 8
characters and include at least one letter and
number.

Kentro Tab

Select the Kentro tab from the top of the page.

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Kentro Documents

Documents are sets of questions. This can be an
assessment, or a set of questions being submitted to
an item bank.

Add Document

You must complete all of the required fields, but the
critical ones are: SUBJECT, GRADE LEVEL and
DEFAULT QUESTION TYPE. You will not be able to
change those after the document is created.

If you are doing questions for multiple subjects
and/or grade levels, a new document must be
created.

All questions will be in multiple choice format, with
a default item count of 4, and a multiple choice
format of “ABCDE;FGHJK.”

The last item is for the number of items in the
document. This does not need to be exact, as you
may add (or remove) questions as needed.

Once all required fields are complete, select the Add
button.

Open Document

Once the document is created, double-click on the
document on the right side to enter the document
content.

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Answers Tab

Correct answers may be tagged in the Answers tab.
Mark the right answer from the choices on the
screen.

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Content Alignment Tab 1 2

In order for assessments to be analyzed for TEKS
mastery, each question must be tagged with a TEKS
expectation.

1. Select the School Level of the TEKS to be
assigned to the question.

2. Select the subject.
3. Select the grade level.

3

4. Select the TEKS Skill from the list. 4

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5. Select the Expectation from the list. When 5
the Expectation is chosen, if it corresponds to 6
at least one STAAR Reporting Category, the
Reporting Category will be displayed.

Please Note: the item is NOT tagged at this
point. You must continue to tag a keyword
before the question is tagged with a TEKS
Expectation.

6. Select the Keyword from the list. All TEKS
have a #No Keyword option, but this should
only be chosen with the question is not
available.

Remove a TEKS Tag

To remove a tag, select the item to be cleared and
click on the Remove Tag button.

Copy TEKS Tagging

If all questions in a document should have the same
TEKS Expectation, select on the question that has the
correct TEKS Expectation/Keyword tagged and then
click on the Copy to All button.

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Passages Tab

Stories and Poems

Reading and Writing questions will most likely
include a text passage to which the students will
refer for answering questions.

To add a passage, select the Add Passage button.

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Story or Poem buttons to add a Story or Poem block.
Information blocks are used to introduce a passage.

Enter the text of the story or poem in the blocks.

Enter the question numbers in the From Question
and To Question fields that correspond to the text
in the passage.

Above the blocks, text formatting may be done to
make the text bold, italicized, or underlined. The
text may also be justified to the right, left, or center.

Images may be added to stories and poem blocks.
For more information on adding images, please see
the Adding Kentro Images section.

• To remove a Story or Poem block, click on the
x on the left of the block.

• To move a block up or down, use the arrows
to the left of the block.

• To put a box around the entire block, click on
the page icon on the left of the block. One
click puts a bold black border on the block.
A second click puts a thick gray border on the
block. A third click removes the border.

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Essays and Short Answers

Essays (for Writing) and Short Answers (for English I
and II Reading) must be tagged as an Essay.

To add an essay, click on the Add Essay button.

One the essay has been added, select the Info
buttons to add the information about the essay
question. Enter the text in the block.

Enter the question numbers in the From Question
and To Question fields that correspond to the text
in the passage.

Above the blocks, text formatting may be done to
make the text bold, italicized, or underlined. The
text may also be justified to the right, left, or center.

Images may be added to the blocks. For more
information on adding images, please see the
Adding Kentro Images section.

• To remove a block, click on the x on the left
of the block.

• To move a block up or down, use the arrows
to the left of the block.

To put a box around the entire block, click on the
page icon on the left of the block. One click puts a
bold black border on the block. A second click puts a
thick gray border on the block. A third click removes
the border.

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Q & A Tab

Question & Answers

All subjects and grade levels will use the Q & A tab for entering the
multiple choice questions and their corresponding answers.
All questions will be multiple choice.
The question text goes in the gray box.
The answer information goes in the white boxes below.
To mark the correct answer, select the letter button, which will mark
the answer with a green highlight.
Images may be added to questions and/or answers. For more
information on adding images, please see the Adding Kentro Images
section.

Adding, Deleting, and Moving Questions

To add a question, go to the question before the question you want
to add and tap on the question number. Then select the Add a
Question button from the popup.
To delete a question, tap on the question number of the one to be
deleted and select the Delete Question button.
To move a question, tap on the question number of the item to be
moved, and then enter the question number it is to become.
Once a document has been released, questions may only be
omitted, not deleted or moved.

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Place Value Questions

To create a griddable item, change the question type
to Place Value. For EOC assessments use the
Advanced Place Value type.

Enter the answer into the box with the appropriate
0s padding the answer.

Assmt Place Value
Format
Grade 3 00
(Gen, Span, & Mod)
Grades 4 & 5 000.
(Gen, Span & Mod)
Grades 6, 7 & 8 (Gen) 0000.00
Grades 6, 7 & 8 (Mod) 000.
EOC (General)
EOC (Modified) +/-0000000
0000000

Essay Questions

To create a rubric for scoring essay questions, change
the question type to Essay 26 lines. Make this choice
for both 26 line and 10 line essay questions.

Select the number of scores that will be required. If
two scorers are going to score the essay, move the
slider to 2.

Select the number of rubric options which are to be
used for scoring the essay. It is suggested that all
rubrics include a 0 option for those entries where
nothing scoreable was submitted.

The ORANGE-bordered box indicates the label of
the rubric.

The BLACK-bordered box indicates the score value
for the rubric choice.

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Adding Kentro Images

Images loaded into Kentro must be in jpg format.
There are many converters available for changing
images from other image types to jpgs.

To load a picture, select on the Upload Image icon in
the toolbar at the top of the page.
Click on the Select an Image button at the bottom of
the page and search for the jpg image saved on your
computer.

When the image is selected, the Upload button is
available. Click on the Upload button

The image will be uploaded. It is only safe to close
out of the upload screen when the upload is
successful.

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select the Add Image button from the toolbar at the
top of the page.

Select the image from the list. The image can then
be centered otherwise justified.

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Question Tags Tab

Questions may be marked as having been taught,
and with several different Levels of Knowledge.
Kentro has the capacity to tag questions with Depth
of Knowledge, Blooms Taxonomy, and the Rigor &
Relevance Framework.

For each question use the pull-down menus to select
the appropriate Level of Knowledge.

For more information:

Depth of Knowledge

Blooms Taxonomy

Rigor and Relevance Framework

Reference documents also listed at the end of this
booklet

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Generating PDFs and Blueprints

Documents may be generated to view the final
product.

Open the document, and click on the PDF button.

The TEKS/STAAR analysis of the document may be
viewed as compared to the TEA blueprints.

Open the document, and click on the Blueprint
button.

PDF Documents will be available in the PDF node on
the left side of the tree.

Blueprints will be available in the Blueprints node on
the left side of the tree.

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Special Characters & Formatting

Math/Science Formulas

Math and science documents might need fractions,
formulas, or other special characters.

Use the website
http://www.wiris.net/demo/editor/demo/en/ to create
the formula. Select on the MathML – LaTeX
section.

Copy and paste the formula from the LaTeX box.

In Kentro, the codes must be surrounded preceded
“@[“ and followed by “]@” (quotes not included).

20

.For example, @[\frac{20}{3}]@ will yield 3

Text Boxes

To place a box around text in a question, enclosed
the text in “[#” and “#]”.

For example: [#Red sandstone is a type of rock with
a high level of iron.#] will look like => on the PDF.

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Release the Document

Select the Release tab in Kentro, and then click on the
Create New Release button.

Requirements for Release

To release an assessment:
• Each item must have an answer choice
selected
• Know the date the assessment window will
open (all assessments stay open for 14 days)
• Know the passing and commended (optional)
score
• Know the target student population

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Release Properties Part I

Release Date Use the calendar picker to select the date
Assessment Type when the assessment window opens. All
Release By assessments will automatically close after 14
days if not closed manually.
Grade
Level/Chapter Based on assessment type when created.
Benchmark This value may not be changed during
Reference release, but is shown for reference purposes.

Student Target Grade level – for assessments where
students for a grade level should be
Language targeted (i.e. 8th Grade Math)
Chapter – for assessments where students
enrolled in a particular subject covered by a
TEKS Chapter should be targeted (i.e.
Geometry)

Based on the previous Release By value, the
grade level or chapter for targeting
students.

Classes which should hold the students who
are targeted for the assessment. When
roster files are loaded, each class is assigned
a benchmark reference. For example, a core
math class would have a benchmark
reference code of “MA” for math.
However, a tutorial math class would have a
benchmark reference of “NA” which means
it is not a benchmarked class.

Type of student targeted by the release –
Regular, Modified, Accommodated,
Alternate.
Students are coded for each subject area in
the BAS Student Assignment tab of Tango
Central.

Language of student targeted by the release
– English or Spanish.
Students are coded for each subject area in
the BAS Student Assignment tab of Tango
Central.

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Release Properties Part II

Assessment Details Displays the information about the
assessment based on the number of items.

Passing Criteria Percentage score, out of 100, for a student’s
Score responses to be considered passing.

Passing Bubble Number of items above and below the
Items passing score which are considered to be in
the bubble.

Commended Option If a commended score is to be evaluated,
enable the commended option.

Commended Percentage score, out of 100, for a student’s
Criteria Score responses to be considered commended.

Commended Bubble Number of items above and below the
commended score which are considered to
Items
be in the bubble.

Release Properties Part III

Display Score Enable this option if a student should be
Display Missed able to see their score immediately after
Items they submit their responses.

Allow Incomplete Enable this option if a student should be
able to see the items they missed
Demographics immediately after they submit their
responses. They will not see what the
correct answer is, only that it was answered
correctly or incorrectly.

This option is available for administration
using Etazo web only.
Enable this option if a student is allowed to
submit their answers without providing an
answer for each item.

By default, students of all demographic
groups are included.
To exclusively include or exclude a specific
population, select the Include or Exclude
option, and then select the options below.

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Release Target

After all properties have been set, click on the Target tab to select
the campus(es) that should be targeted for the release.
Once released, campuses may be added, but may NOT be removed.

Once all information for a Kentro Release has been tagged, click on
the Add button at the bottom of the page.

Release Listing

After a release has been added, it will be displayed on the Release
tab. The main properties of each release are shown.
Releases highlighted orange are those which are in the past.
Releases highlighted green are those which are within 24 hours.
Releases highlighted blue are those in the future (and the release
properties may be modified).

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ETAZO Login Options

Student entry is done on etazo.tangosoftware.com website.

Student option is best for input stations that are not monitored by a teacher
Monitor option is best for input stations that are monitored by a teacher or in a
lab setting where all students are entering information for the same assessment
Writing Scorer option is for entering rubric scores for writing and short answer
compositions.

Student Login

District ID is found on the Inventory tab of Tango Central.
Assessment ID is found on the BAS tab of Tango Central.
Student ID is found on the Maintenance tab of Tango Central.

Monitor Login

District ID is found on the Inventory tab of Tango Central.
Assessment ID is found on the BAS tab of Tango Central.
Login Email/Password is setup on the Maintenance tab of Tango Central.
Once a monitor logs in, the student will only enter their student id.

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Electronic Bubble Sheet

Items are separated in groups of 5 to assist the student in transposing their
answers from the paper to the screen.

During the release of the assessment, there are three options which may be
chosen.

These options drive how the Etazo app functions.
• Display Score – Enable this option if a student should be able to see
their score immediately after they submit their responses.
• Display Missed Items – Enable this option if a student should be able
to see the items they missed immediately after they submit their
responses. They will not see what the correct answer is, only that it was
answered correctly or incorrectly.
• Allow Incomplete – This option is available for administration using
Etazo web only. Enable this option if a student is allowed to submit their
answers without providing an answer for each item.

If an incomplete assessment IS ALLOWED, the student will be warned that they
are about to submit the assessment with unanswered questions.

If an incomplete assessment IS NOT ALLOWED, the student must either complete
the assessment, or save it to be completed at a later time.

Once the assessment is submitted, the student will get a confirmation pop-up
message.

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If the Display Score option is selected, the student’s score will be displayed, along
with the elapsed time to enter their responses.

If the Display Missed Items option is selected, the student’s responses will be
either green or red to show the result of each item.

Clearing Scores

To clear a student’s score, sign the student in and then click on the NG (no
grade) button.

This will allow the student to be rescored.

Writing Rubric Scoring

For staff who will be scoring the writing rubrics, their login credentials must be
assigned in the Maintenance tab on Tango Central.

Once logged in, scorer will:

1. Click on the rubric for scoring
2. Enter the student’s ID
3. Click on the Submit button

All recorded results are displayed on the left. To modify a result, click on the
Edit button.

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