The Test History screen allows users to track students’ performance on various types of standardized tests including the name of the test, date the test was administered, school year, grade level, test parts, score, and if the test is to be included on the transcript.
1. In the Assessment menu, click Test History.
2. If searching for specific students by name or student number, type the information directly into the Student Search text box.
To generate test history for all students, leave the Student Search text box empty.
3. For a more advanced search and the ability to define a specific subset of students, click More Search Options. In the example shown, Gradelevel 11 has been selected; therefore, test history will be generated only for students in 11th grade.
Apply as many search options, as needed.
See Searching for Students for details about conducting and saving student searches.
4. To run the parameters against a Student Group, select the applicable group from the corresponding pull-down.
5. Select the Search All Schools check box to include students from all schools in your search.
6. Select the Include Inactive check box to include students who do not have an active enrollment record at the selected school or all schools (if Search All Schools is selected).
7. Select the Previous Years check box to include previous year of inactive data in your search, when Include Inactive is enabled.
8. Select the Use Most Recent Enrollment check box to use the most recent enrollment records when conducting a search with Include Inactive enabled.
9. Click Search.
The Test History resulting student screen displays the student Photo (if applicable), Student name, Student ID (if enabled in Student Listing), and Grade level.
1. For detailed information pertaining to a specific student's Test History, click the name in the Student column.
a. To return to the listed students as per the conducted search, click the Back to Search Results icon. Click the red X next to the student's name in the header to navigate to a new Student Search in the Test History module.
Fields marked as "Visible on Student Grades" in Student Fields are displayed along the top of the screen.
You can also review all of the student's test administrations.
The Test History screen displays the Test name, Test Type, the Administration Date, the School Year, the Gradelevel, the Form, LEP Info, DJJ Info, the Test Level, whether or not to Include in Transcript, the District Administered, the School Administered, and the Test Publication Year.
The tests displayed depend on the Filter by Test Type pull-down. If the district has set up a default test type, it is automatically selected and those test types are already displayed in the student's test record.
The Filter by Test Type pull-down only displays if the district has set up test types via Assessment > Standardized Tests > Setup Test Types tab.
2. To display all test types or select a different test type to display in the student's record, select All or the test type from the Filter by Test Type pull-down, and click Apply.
3. For more detailed information, such as scores (Test Parts), that pertain to each listed test, click the gray arrow for the test in question. Click the gray arrow again to collapse the data.
Test History records in error are highlighted in red.
4. If you have edit rights to Test History, you can edit all underlined data by clicking in the field.
5. Click the Bar Graph icons below each test part score type for a Summary of the selected score.
a. The red line indicates the score Median and the blue square indicates the Current Student score, as explained by the Legend. Use the mouse to hover over different areas of the chart--the mouse will display as a black line and the score will appear in the upper left corner of the chart. The Test Part is named on the left of the y-axis. The scores are listed along the bottom of the x-axis.
b. To view a score Summary for another student, you can conduct a Student Search directly from this screen. For more information on searching for students, see the Student Search section and/or Searching for Students.
6. Notice in the Test Parts section, you also have the ability to delete testing data by clicking the delete sign (black minus sign) in the first column. To delete a test completely, the Test Parts must all be deleted, then the delete sign (black minus sign) will display next to the Test. In the example shown, all Test Parts have been deleted for the STAR test; therefore, the test itself can be completely removed.
a. Upon deleting a Test Part or a Test, you will have to confirm the deletion. Click the Delete button to proceed. To navigate back to Test History having made no changes, click Cancel.
1. From the Test History screen, you can add a new Test administration or you can add Test Parts to an already existing Test. To add a new Test, scroll to the bottom of the screen until you see a blank test row.
2. Select a Test from the pull-down.
3. Type in the Administration Date or click the calendar icon to select a date.
4. Select the School Year from the pull-down.
5. Select a Gradelevel from the pull-down.
6. Enter a Form number in the provided text box, if applicable.
7. Select the applicable LEP Info from the pull-down, which is required for ESOL tests.
8. Select the applicable DJJ Info from the pull-down.
9. Enter a Test Level in the provided text box, if applicable.
10. Select the check box in the Include in Transcript column if the test score should display on the student's transcript.
11. Enter the number of the district that administered the test in the District Administered column text box.
12. Enter the number of the school that administered the test in the School Administered column text box.
13. Enter the Test Publication Year in the provided text box. The format of the school year should be 1920 for 2019-2020.
14. When all information has been entered, click any of the fields and press Enter to save the line of data. You can also click the Save button located in the top right corner of the screen.
15. Once the test is saved, you can begin entering Test Parts (scores). In order to enter Test Parts, click the gray arrow next to the Test.
Please note that the requirements for entering Test Parts will differ for each Test. The example shown is for the Test of Adult Basic Education.
Notice that the delete button displays next to the test that was just added. As long as there are no Test Parts linked to a Test, the Test can be deleted.
16. Select the Title from the pull-down.
17. Enter the applicable scores in the provided text boxes. The scores available/entered depend on the type of test and test part.
18. When all information has been entered, click Save located in the top right corner of the screen.
19. The Test Part has now been added. To add another Test Part follow steps 16-19 using the blank row at the bottom of the chart.
Test History records in error are highlighted in red.
If the student has been flagged as a Protected Student, a warning message displays on the Test History screen: DO NOT RELEASE STUDENT INFO. The warning message displays for all users. For more information about how to set up a Protected Student, see Student Fields: Protected Student.
From the Test History screen, you also have the ability to navigate to the student's Demographic, Enrollment, Schedule, Requests, Grades, Gradebook information, etc. These tabs are listed in gray across the top of the page. Please note that clicking one of the tabs, you will be navigating away from the Test History screen.
Click the floppy disk icon to export the information to an Excel spreadsheet.
You can sort data by clicking on any of the headers. Click once for ascending results; click twice for descending results. In the image shown, results have been sorted by clicking on Administration Date twice; therefore, the listed dates begin with the oldest first.
If looking for specific information housed within the resulting students, type the information in the Search text box provided and press Enter. This feature is only available on the Simple List and Customized List screens.
To make the list full screen, click on the expansion icon (four arrows), which can be found on several screens. Once in full screen mode, click the icon again to exit full screen.
Use the Filter text box located at the top of each pull-down for a quick search. Begin typing the name or number of the desired field in the text box.
Click the Filter button to add Filter Rules to the Test Administrations. Start by adding one rule, such as School Year Contains 16, as shown in the image. The first pull-down is the listed columns. The second pull-down is the rule, such as contains, equal, starts with, etc. Then enter the information you'd like to filter by in the text box.
a. Click Add Rule to add an additional filter.
b. Click Clear Rules clear all applied rules.
c. To remove just one rule/filter, click Remove next to each listed filter.
d. Select AND or OR from the pull-down to determine how filter rules are applied when more than one filter is being used.