I actually decided to use my reading pre and midterm tests to refelct upon for my data director assessments. I gave my first reading pretest at the beginning of the semester. I gave another reading assessment halfway through the semester as a midterm assessment to assess where the students are currently at and to see where I need to help. The assessment is an ACT style reading assessment. It is 10 multiple choice questions. The students used the bubble sheets to answer on. Everything went really well. I believe that the reason I didn't run into any issues is because I have done some data director training in the past. I knew how to scan the sheets and input the data correctly. One issue I had was that I had to reallign the scanner so that it scanned correctly. I believe that training that people may be with using the scanner. It is confusing the first time you use it. I have helped a few other teachers with this process and believe this could be something we could do during a planning period pd.
Awesome idea! You are right on, troubleshooting scanning was something I've learned the most about since my trip to the ISD. You mentioned the calibrating the scanner before you started - this is certainly a best practice and can eliminate tons of issues. Nice job!