Standards
 
eInstruction has developed FREE PC databases based on State Standards to import into your current lessons. To make use of these standards, simply follow these steps:
 
  1. Select your state and click "Go".
  2. When the page refreshes, your state's available standards will appear below.
  3. Review the available standards and click on the filename (eg. taas.cps) to download.
  4. Follow the Downloading State Standards Instructions.
  5. Finally, follow the Importing State Standards Instructions.
 
If your state is not listed in the drop-down box it is not yet available. Contact Carly Eusepi for information on when a specfic state standards will be available.
 
Please select a state from the list below and click "Go" to view the available standards for that state.
 
Downloading State Standards Instructions
Importing State Standards Instructions

Downloading State Standards
 
  1. Click the download link to begin downloading the database that contains your state's full set of standards.
  2. A File Download box will appear.



  3. Click Save to save the database to your machine.
  4. It is recommended that you create a folder in same directory as your current databases called Standards and save your state standards database there.



  5. When the download is complete, click Close in the Download Complete dialog box and follow the Importing State Standards Instructions.

Import Standards into Your CPS Database
 
  1. Start CPS.
  2. Open the CPS database into which you want to import your standards.


    3. Browse for the Standards Folder

  3. Click the Standards tab. The window and database name you want to work in should be highlighted (not gray) in the window's title bar (the title bar is at the top of the main CPS window).
  4. Click the database name from the left side of the Standards tab.
  5. Click the Import button.
  6. The CPS - Import Standards box appears. This dialog box allows you to browse for the standards database downloaded from our web site.
  1. Click the Browse button.
  2. The Open dialog box appears.
  3. In the Look In drop-down list, find the CPS_Databases folder that contains the Standards folder where the state's standards database is saved. For example, the Texas state standards database is named Texas Standards (TEKS)_convert.cps.
  4. Highlight the state's database name.
  5. Click Open.
  6. The state's standards database appears in the Import Standards dialog box with a (+) box beside it, as well as an empty check box.
  1. Click the (+) box to open up the tree structure under the database.
  2. Click in the check boxbeside each individual standard you want to import. Clicking on the checkbox during importing will include everything beneath that heading in the tree structure.

    In this example, only the Third Grade standards from the Texas standards database are selected for import.

  3. Click OK once you have chosen your set of standards.
  4. Your standards are now imported into your content database.
 
For information and instructions about how to use these imported standards with existing questions, or how to create questions to go with these standards, refer to the CPS User's Guide. A desktop icon was created during the CPS installation that will take you directly to this step-by-step guide.
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