How do I convert a school assessment to a district assessment?
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Mackenzie Maddox
Convert a School Assessment into a District Assessment
- Click Assessment Center from your district dashboard.
- Click Assessment Bank under the Build section.
- Click "Convert a School Assessment."
- Enter the assessment code to transfer an assessment from a school account to the district account. The assessment code can be provided by the campus admin. You will be able to edit the assessment content and settings once it's available in your district assessments list.
If you don't have the school assessment code, you can find it by impersonating a school admin and copying the code from their Assessment bank. See the directions in the next section below, if applicable.
- The final step is to update the settings on the district assessment you just converted.
- From the Assessment/Assignment Center, select Assessment Bank
- Identify the assessment you want to change the settings for and click on the gear icon.
- The "Edit Assessment Settings" screen will appear in a pop-up window. Change the settings, and then click Save Assessment to save your changes.
Assessment Settings Details
- Allow students to view item results in detail - You may limit what the student sees in their Graded Work.
- View No Detail - Students only see their overall score and a list of their weakest standards.
- View Questions Only - Students can see their overall score and can review the questions, but they cannot see the correct answer choices.
- View Questions and Answers - Students can see their overall score and review the questions, the correct answer choices, and the answer explanations.
Settings that begin with “Allow Teachers…” control access for both teachers and school administrators. For example, “Allow Teachers to Assign Assessment” determines whether both teachers and school administrators can assign the assessment.
- Allow Teachers to Assign Assessment - If you allow teachers/school admins to assign the assessment, the results will appear in the grade book of the teacher who assigned it, and teachers will be able to assign remediation from their Results Report. This is the suggested method of assigning district assessments. However, you may prevent teachers from assigning the assessment to students. If you select "no" here, students will need to take the assessment by code, and the scores are reported back to you, NOT to the teacher.
To prevent teachers from assigning the assessment before the testing window, select Allow Teachers to Assign Assessment: No. On the date of the assessment, change the setting to: Allow Teachers to Assign Assessment: Yes.
- Allow Teachers to View Assessment Content and Details - You may prevent teachers/school admins from viewing the assessment before students complete the test.
- Allow Teachers to Duplicate Assessment - You may prevent teachers/school admins from duplicating the assessment. Once a teacher or school admin makes a copy, they can also modify the assessment, including its settings, in their cloned copy of the original district assessment. It is important to note that when you make a copy of an assessment and make changes, it saves a completely new and separate assessment, and any results will be reported under that new assessment.
- Display questions in random order - This option will shuffle the questions for all of the students. Teachers can use this feature to minimize cheating in computer lab settings.
- Allow calculator - Teachers can grant students access to the Desmos online calculator for Math, Science, and Social Studies tests. There are calculator options: Four-function, Scientific, and Graphing.
The "Allow Calculator" option is only available when creating Math, Science, and Social Studies assessments. It is not available for Reading or ELA assessments.
Impersonate a Campus Admin to Access the Assessment Code
- On your district dashboard, click School Center, and then select User Management.
- Select the tab Manage Teachers then select a user that has the "Admin" access enabled. Click Login to impersonate that user.
- You will now be taken to the user's school admin dashboard. You will select Assessment/Assignment Center.
- Select Assessment Bank
- Copy and paste the assessment code you would like to convert from a school assessment to a district assessment.
- You can then return to your account by clicking at the top of the dashboard, Return to your account.
