How do I create district assessments and view results?

Updated by Gayle McKee

Creating District Assessments

  1. On the side menu, navigate to Assessments and select Create Assessment from the dropdown menu.
  2. You will begin building your assessment by typing an Assessment Name and selecting the Subject from the drop-down menu.

You have 3 options to choose from when building your Assessment:

  • Question Quick Pick
  • Question Bank
  • Build by Standard

Option #1: Question Quick Pick

In the Assessment Builder, use the Question Quick Pick feature to quickly create a summative assessment that can also be used as a diagnostic. The platform will automatically select questions to create an assessment that is similar to your state test.

  1. Click Question Quick Pick on the left side of the screen.
  1. You will select the size of the assessment you would like to create. Click Save & Continue at the top right side of the screen.
The Assessment will be built according to the percentage weight of each domain as identified by the blueprints established by your state.
  1. This brings you to the Assessment Settings page.

In the Student Experiences section, you will set your View Item Results settings. From the dropdown menu, select the level of detail students will see when they submit their assessment.

  1. Also from the Student Experience section, if you wish for the questions to be randomized, be sure to toggle the button in the on (blue) position.
  2. From the Sharing and Permissions settings, you will choose the level of security that you want to assign. You have the option to allow teachers to Assign the Assessment, Allow Teachers to View Content & Details or Allow Teachers to Duplicate the Assessment. Explanations for each of the settings are listed as a sub-header under each setting.

  1. If you did not choose to randomize the questions in the Student Experience section above, you are able to drag the questions into the order that you desire by grabbing the sort icon and moving the questions to the desired position.
  2. Scrolling down you will come to the Questions section. Here you have several options regarding the questions that have been added to the assessment.
  • Favorite the question- clicking on the Star icon will add this question to your bank of Favorites

  • Sumbit Feedback- clicking on the Callout button will allow you to submit feedback regarding the question.
  • Preview- Clicking on the Eyeball icon will allow you to preview the question.
    • From the Preview mode, you can:
      • Replace a Question (this will give you other questions to choose from)
      • Remove Question- take the question out of the Assessment, reducing your question total by one.
      • Next Question- go forward to the next question in the generated Assessment.
    • Delete Item- clicking on the Trashcan icon will remove the question from the assessment.

  1. Click on Save Assessment to add it to the Assessment Bank or click on Save and Assign to assign the assessment to a class.

Option #2: Build by Standard

  1. Click on the Build by Standard tab. You can expand each domain to select how many questions from each standard you want to include in your assessment.

Option #3: Premium Assessments

  1. Premium Assessments can be found by navigating to the Assessment Bank
  1. Click on the Premium Assessments tab, select the Filters option and search for the assessment you'd like to use with the Subject, Assessment Type or Tag feature. Click on Apply Filters
  2. Click on the icon in the Assign column to assign the assessment.

State Practice Assessments

This option is only available in certain states and for certain grades and/or subjects. Click here to learn which states and subjects currently have State Practice Assessments available. These are Premium Assessments that include the same number of questions per domain as your state test or EOC. They are also the same length as the state test. These questions are special and are not found anywhere else in the platform. Your students have never encountered them before. We recommend administering this special test 30 days before the real test.

Pre and Post-Tests (Texas Only)

In Texas only, we offer these diagnostics for K-8 Math, K-8 Reading, 3-8 Science, and 3-5 & 8th Grade Social Studies. Pre and Post-Tests consist of 2 questions per TEK. Administering this test will ensure that teachers will see data for every standard in the Teacher Progress Report. You may preview the questions on Step 7, below, by clicking the eye icon. To learn more, click here.

Viewing Results

  1. From the left side navigation menu, select Assessments and click on Assessment Bank
  2. Find the assessment for which you want to view the results from the My Assessments, Full Assessment Bank or Premium Assessments tab and click on the blue hyperlinked number in the Current Year Results column
  3. The default setting will show you the results for All Schools in your ditrict. You can use the filter to select individual campuses.
  4. You can view results by School, Teacher, Student, Completion Status, Item Analysis, Assesment Mastery or Student Attempts.

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