PMRN Help

Below are links to the PMRN User's Guides and other resources to assist Users in taking full advantage of the PMRN. Included are slide shows and speaker's notes for presentations related to the PMRN.

Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 or above is required to view the speaker's notes and the User's Guides.

The slide shows are saved as PowerPoint shows. "Shows" do not require PowerPoint to be installed on your computer to play.

1. Teachers: Getting Started in the PMRN (PDF)
   A handout for teachers Signing into the PMRN for the first time
2. PMRN User's Guides
3. PMRN Presentations
4. School/District Data File (Florida Assessments for Instruction in Reading)
   1. School Year 2009-2010 Format (PDF)
      
   2. School Year 2010-2011 Format (PDF)
      
   3. School Year 2011-2012 Format (PDF)
      
   4. Instructions for Downloading the School Data File and Importing into Access 2007
      
   5. Instructions for Downloading the School Data File and Importing into Access and Excel 97-03
      
   6. Instructions for Setting up an Automatted Process for Downloading the Current Data File Using WGet (PDF)
      
5. Using the School and District Data Files to Calculate Mean and Median Grade RCAS
   1. Instructions for Using an Excel 2003 Template to Display Mean and Median Reading Comprehension Ability Scores (>65,000 students)
      
   2. Instructions for Using an Excel 2003 (<65,000 students) and Excel 2007 (any number of students) Template to Display Mean and Median Reading Comprehension Ability Scores
      
   3. RCAS Excel 2003 Template
      
   4. RCAS Excel 2007 Template
      
6. Professional Development Log for Reading/Literacy Coaches
   1. Coach's Log Print Version (PDF)