District Assessments

Assessments that have been marked by an administrator as a "District Assessment" are available on the District Assessments screen.

The District Assessments screen allows school and district administrators to assign assessments to students. Assessments can be assigned on the school level or district level, and are assigned to students by course. The assessment score can be used as the student's exam grade for the selected marking period, or the assessment can be used for non-grade purposes. A link to the assessment will display in the Alerts block on the Student Portal during the start and end dates/times defined.

The Bubble Sheets tab allows administrators to print bubble sheets for students who will taking the assessment outside of Focus. Completed bubble sheets can be uploaded from this screen and scores populated for the exam grade. The assessment must contain only multiple choice questions.

The Scaling tab is used to change the grading scale of an assessment.

The Answer Key tab is used to set options for answer key only assessments.

The Reports tab provides several reports for administrators to review after an assessment is taken.

The Options tab allows administrators to push assessment scores to each student's Test History. It also allows users with the "Re-Score Assessment" profile permission to re-score assessments if an item has been changed or removed from the assessment.

There are separate profile permissions to the Assign, Bubble Sheets, Scaling, Answer Key, Reports, and Options tabs. Depending on your profile permissions, you may not have access to all of the tabs.

The Password button is available at the top-right corner of the screen on each District Assessments tab. Click the button to view the password that was assigned to the assessment in the Test Options tab of the Create Assessments screen. If no password was assigned to the assessment, "No Test Option Password Entered" is displayed.

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Assigning an Assessment to Students

1. In the Assessment menu, click District Assessments.

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The assessments created by you or shared with you are listed.

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To include archived and unpublished assessments in the search, click the X to remove the Published status.

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2. To search for an assessment, enter search criteria in the text box. You can enter the full or partial activity title or activity ID. As you type in the search criteria, suggestions will pop up. Click a search suggestion to add it to the search. When finished, click Search.

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3. Click the assessment title on the right side of the screen.

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The Assign tab is automatically displayed. If this assessment was not previously assigned to courses or students, the Mass Assigned Activities and the Students Assigned Activities sections of the screen will be blank.

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Assessments can be assigned to students by Courses, Sections, Periods, Teachers, Grade Levels, and Schools.

4. Select one or multiple options in the desired pull-downs.

You must make a selection in the Courses pull-down. The options available in each pull-down are not dependent on any other pull-down. If you select options that are not compatible (for example, you select a course and a period where that course does not meet), no records will be found upon clicking Filter.

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5. Select the exam the assessment will be used for, or select None.

When None is selected, the score is not used for an exam, and the assessment results are only displayed in the Reports tab.

Teachers may attach a district assessment to an assignment in the Gradebook. The assessment scores can be exported to the Gradebook by administrators or teachers using the Last Score by Activity by User report.

6. Click Filter.

Click Clear to remove the search criteria.

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The students who meet the filter criteria are listed. The Start & End Date, Start & End Time, Restrict to Course Times, Restrict to Specified Times, Retake, and 15 min Buffer options can be set on each individual student or can be mass assigned. The Use Text to Speech option can only be set on the individual student.

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7. To mass assign the assessment options, enter the Start & End Date on the left side of the screen. This is required.

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8. (Optional) Enter the Start & End Time.

If start and end times are not defined, the assessment will be available at 12:00 am on the start date until 11:59 pm on the end date, unless the option "Restrict to Course Times" is selected below.

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9. Select Restrict to Course Times to restrict the availability of the assessment on the Student Portal to the section start and end time in which the student is scheduled.

10. Select Restrict to Specified Times to restrict availability of the assessment on the Student Portal to the Start & End Time entered above.

11. Select Retake to allow the student to retake the assessment.

12. Select 15 min Buffer to add a 15 minute buffer before and after the section start time and end time when students can access the assessment. This option is used in conjunction with the "Restrict to Course Time" option.

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13. Click Mass Assign to assign these options to the students in the list. Any settings already set on individual students will be overwritten.

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Click Save above the student list.

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14. If needed, adjust any settings for individual students, including selecting Use Text To Speech for those students who need text-to-speech functionality on the assessment. Click Save when finished.

The "Use Text to Speech" option is automatically selected for students who have the "Computer Based Text-to-Speech" check box selected in the  “State/District Computer Based Test Accommodations” (custom_200000222) student logging field in the student's record.

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15. To return to the list of assessments, click Search.

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Once saved, the link to the assessment will display to students in the Alerts block on the Student Portal on the publish date/time.

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When viewing an assessment that has been assigned to students, the Mass Assigned Activities section of the screen will display the courses the assessment was mass assigned to. The Students Assigned Activities section of the screen lists all the students who were assigned this assessment. Any changes made via Mass Assign will apply to both the Mass Assigned Activities and Students Assigned Activities tables. Changes to student assignments must be made through Mass Assign.

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The Students Assigned Activities section also includes the Status and Date & Time Completed columns. Additionally, users with the the "Reopen Test" profile permission for the District Assessment screen will see the Reopen Test column.

The Status column displays "Completed" when the student has completed the assessment, "Incomplete" when the student has started but hasn't completed the assessment, and "Not Started" when the student has not started the assessment.

The Date & Time Completed column will be populated with the date and time that the student has completed the assessment.  

The Reopen Test button will display for students who have completed the assessment, as long as the assessment timeframe is still open. Clicking the Reopen Test button will reopen the existing assessment for that student. The student's status will change to Incomplete, and the Date & Time Completed will be erased. In the assessment reports, the student's assessment will display as not completed. If the student's assessment is discarded via the Participation report, the student's assessment will be marked as Incomplete, and the Reopen Test option will no longer be available for the student's assessment. However, if students are allowed to retake the assessment, and the assessment timeframe is still open, the student can retake the assessment.

If the assessment timeframe is edited and the screen is refreshed, the Reopen Test button will display if the assessment timeframe is still open or will be removed if the assessment timeframe has closed.

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The "District Assessment Dynamic Scheduling" scheduled job in Setup > Scheduled Jobs adds or removes student assignments for an assessment assigned by course when students are added or dropped from sections of that course. For example, if an assessment was assigned to students scheduled into English 1, and three new students were enrolled in English 1 between the time the assessment was assigned and when the assessment takes place, the three new students will be assigned the assessment by the scheduled job, and will display in the list of student assignments in the Assign tab of the District Assessment screen.

This job also will automatically select the "Use Text to Speech" option for students who have the "Computer Based Text-to-Speech" check box selected in the  “State/District Computer Based Test Accommodations” (custom_200000222) student logging field in the student's record.

Printing Bubble Sheets for an Assessment

In order to print and upload bubble sheets for an assessment, the assessment must only contain multiple choice questions. If an assessment is selected that contains question types other than multiple choice, the message "Bubble Sheets Assessments must contain multiple choice questions only!" will display.

Students must also be assigned the assessment in the Assign tab before bubble sheets can be printed. When assigning the assessment, the Start & End Date and Start & End Time can be left blank if the assessment link should not display on the Student Portal.

1. In the Assessment menu, click District Assessments.

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The assessments created by you or shared with you are listed.

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To include archived and unpublished assessments in the search, click the X to remove the Published status.

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2. To search for an assessment, enter search criteria in the text box. You can enter the full or partial activity title or activity ID. As you type in the search criteria, suggestions will pop up. Click a search suggestion to add it to the search. When finished, click Search.

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3. Click the assessment title on the right side of the screen.

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4. Click the Bubble Sheets tab.

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5. In the Print Options section of the screen, leave All Schools, All Grade Levels, All Teachers,  All Courses, All Sections, All Periods, or All Students selected, or select specific options as needed.

The options available for selection in the pull-downs will be based on the courses and schools assigned the assessment in the Assign tab. Additionally, a selection in one pull-down will affect the options in the remaining pull-downs. For example, the students available in the All Students pull-down are based on the selections in the All Schools, All Grade Levels, All Teachers, All Courses, and All Sections pull-downs.

6. Click Print.

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The bubble sheet(s) PDF will be downloaded to your computer. After opening the file, the bubble sheets can be printed.

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Uploading Bubble Sheets

Once bubble sheets have been completed by students, they can be uploaded and auto-graded. The grade for the assessment will be populated for the exam that was selected in the Assign tab, if an exam was selected. The assessment data from uploaded bubble sheets are also available on the reports in the Reports tab.

Bubble sheets can also be mass uploaded from the Bubble Sheets screen. The Bubble Sheets screen allows bubble sheets from one or multiple assessments and from one or multiple schools to be scanned in at one time.

1. In the Assessment menu, click District Assessments.

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The assessments created by you or shared with you are listed.

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2. To search for an assessment, enter search criteria in the text box. You can enter the full or partial activity title or activity ID. As you type in the search criteria, suggestions will pop up. Click a search suggestion to add it to the search. When finished, click Search.

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3. Click the assessment title on the right side of the screen.

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4. Click the Bubble Sheets tab.

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5. To upload the bubble sheets, either drag the file from your computer into the files box, click Choose a file and select the file from your computer, or click Scan and follow the prompt to scan the bubble sheets.

The selected file will display in the files box.

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As the file is being processed, the Tasks section of the screen will display a task bar. You can exit this screen and return at any time to check the progress.

If any bubble sheets do not scan, the bubble sheet will be skipped and the error will be displayed in the Errors section of the screen with the date and time, file name, and the page number of the bubble sheet.

After the assessment is scored, the student scores will populate for the exam that was selected in the Assign tab. Students who have been scored display in the pull-down in the Scores section of the screen.

6. To retrieve the scores for one or multiple students, select the student(s) in the pull-down and click Submit.

For each selected student, the student's name, photo, and the percentage received on the assessment is displayed.

7. Click the Preview (eye) icon beneath a student to preview the student's bubble sheet.

8. Click the Debug (bug) icon beneath a student to preview the student's bubble sheet in debug mode, which highlights what the system determines to be the student's responses.

9. Click the Download (down arrow) icon to download both the student's original bubble sheet and the debug mode bubble sheet.

Scaling an Assessment Before Students Take the Assessment

The Scaling tab is used to change the grading scale of an assessment rather than use the default scale. When the scale is defined before the assessment is completed by students, the students' assessment grades will be scaled as they complete the assessment.

1. In the Assessment menu, click District Assessments.

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The assessments created by you or shared with you are listed.

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2. To search for an assessment, enter search criteria in the text box. You can enter the full or partial activity title or activity ID. As you type in the search criteria, suggestions will pop up. Click a search suggestion to add it to the search. When finished, click Search.

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3. Click the assessment title on the right side of the screen.

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4. Click the Scaling tab.

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5. In the New Scale (User Input) column, enter the new scale values.

6. Click Save Scaling.

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After students complete the assessment, return to the Scaling tab to view the distribution and the list of individual student scores and how they were scaled. The scaled grades will display in the interface and database where the exam grade was posted (e.g. Post Final Grades; Final Grades, GPA, & Class Rank; Student Portal; Parent Portal; Gradebook).

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Scaling an Assessment After Students Take the Assessment

The Scaling tab can be used to change the grading scale of an assessment rather than use the default scale. When the scale is defined after the assessment is completed by students, the assessment must be rescored so that grades reflect the new scale.

1. In the Assessment menu, click District Assessments.

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The assessments created by you or shared with you are listed.

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2. To search for an assessment, enter search criteria in the text box. You can enter the full or partial activity title or activity ID. As you type in the search criteria, suggestions will pop up. Click a search suggestion to add it to the search. When finished, click Search.

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3. Click the assessment title on the right side of the screen.

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4. Click the Scaling tab.

The Distribution (100 Students/Exam Scores) column and the list of student scores are displayed for the current grading scale.

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5. In the New Scale (User Input) column, enter the new scale values.

The Distribution (100 Students/Exam Scores) and the list of student scores will update based on the new scale values entered. You can change the new scale values multiple times to see how student grades will be affected before saving.

6. Click Save Scaling.

7. To re-score the assessment with the new scale, click the Options tab.

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8. Click Re-Score Assessment.

After the scheduled job "District Assessments Re-scoring" runs, the assessment will be re-scored using the new scale. The scaled grades will display in the interface and database where the exam grade was posted (e.g. Post Final Grades; Final Grades, GPA, & Class Rank; Student Portal; Parent Portal; Gradebook).

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Setting Options for an Answer Key Only Assessment

The Answer Key tab is used to set options for answer key only assessments. This feature allows students to view the assessment file that contains the questions and input their multiple choice answers. The assessment results will be available on the various assessment reports. In order to use this feature, the assessment must first be created in the Create Assessments screen and given only a title. The number of questions, answer range, and correct answers will be set, and a file of the assessment questions uploaded.

1. In the Assessment menu, click District Assessments.

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The assessments created by you or shared with you are listed.

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To include archived and unpublished assessments in the search, click the X to remove the Published status.

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2. To search for an assessment, enter search criteria in the text box. You can enter the full or partial activity title or activity ID. As you type in the search criteria, suggestions will pop up. Click a search suggestion to add it to the search. When finished, click Search.

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3. Click the assessment title on the right side of the screen.

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4. Click the Answer Key tab.

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5. Enter the # of Questions on the assessment.

6. Select the Answer Range.

7. To upload the PDF file containing the assessment questions, either drag the file from your computer into the file box, click Choose a file and select the file from your computer, or click Scan and follow prompts to scan the document.

Once the file is uploaded, it will display within the file box.

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8. For every question, select the correct answer from the pull-downs.

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9. When finished, click Save.

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10. To assign the assessment to students, click the Assign tab.

When students access the assessment in Focus, the assessment file containing the questions will display on the left side of the screen, and students will input their answers on the right side of the screen.

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Viewing the Assessment Reports

There are several assessment reports available to review student performance. There are Classroom Reports, Individual Reports, and District Reports. The Reports tab is viewable on the District Assessments screen once at least one student has submitted the assessment.

1. In the Assessment menu, click District Assessments.

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The assessments created by you or shared with you are listed.

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To include archived and unpublished assessments in the search, click the X to remove the Published status.

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2. To search for an assessment, enter search criteria in the text box. You can enter the full or partial activity title or activity ID. As you type in the search criteria, suggestions will pop up. Click a search suggestion to add it to the search. When finished, click Search.

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3. Click the assessment title on the right side of the screen.

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4. Click the Reports tab.

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The reports are organized into three tabs, District Reports, Classroom Reports, and Individual Reports.

5. Click the tab you want to view.

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6. Select the Report you want to view.

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Some reports will have additional filters that can be used to view specific information on the report. For the Individual Reports, a student must be selected.

7. After selecting the desired filters, click Run Report.

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Reports Overview
Participation

The Participation report displays the number of students who have completed the assessment, out of the total number of students who were assigned the assessment. Each student who was assigned the assessment is listed, along with the status of the assessment. The report can be filtered to view specific schools, grade levels, courses, teachers, periods, and students.

Users with the "Discard" profile permission for the District Assessments screen have the ability to discard a student's attempt at the assessment.

1. Select the desired filters and click Run Report.

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2. To export or print the report, click the corresponding icon.

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3. Users with the "Discard" profile permission enabled for the District Assessments screen will see an additional "Action" column. Click Discard next to a student to permanently delete the test attempt.

4. In the confirmation message, click OK.

If the student has an active assignment for the assessment, a new instance of the assessment will be available for the student to take.

Student Responses

The Student Responses report displays the student's responses to each item on the assessment, along with the correct answer. The report can be filtered to view specific schools, grade levels, courses, teachers, periods, and students.

This report includes the following item types:

  • association
  • classification
  • choicematrix
  • clozeassociation
  • clozedropdown
  • clozetext
  • fileupload
  • formulaV2
  • graphplotting
  • imageclozeassociationV2
  • imageclozedropdown
  • imageclozeformula
  • imageclozetext
  • longtextV2
  • mcq
  • numberline
  • numberlineplot
  • orderlist
  • simplechart
  • simpleshading
  • sortlist
  • tokenhighlight

Select the desired filters and click Run Report.

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The report displays the student photo, student ID, student name, question reference, question type, question, student answer, and the correct answer.

Activity Summary by Group

The Activity Summary by Group report displays results across the district. Results can be viewed for the district, school, course, section, and student. Only the schools you have permissions to view will be included on the report.

It may take up to two hours for this report to display data after students have completed their assessments. It may be necessary to click the refresh button (to the right of the Print button) for all student results to display.

1. Click Run Report.

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2. Click the district name to view results by school.

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3. Click the school to view results by course.

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4. Click the course to view results by section.

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5. Click the section to view results by student.

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6. Click a student's name to open the student's record in Student Info.

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7. Click the back arrow to go back up a level.

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8. To export the report to a CSV file, select Export at the top of the screen and click Run Report.

The file is downloaded to your computer.

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9. To print the report, click Print and follow the prompts from your computer.

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Item Analysis

The Item Analysis report provides detailed analysis on the item bank content. Only information from the schools you have permissions to view will be included on the report.

1. Click Run Report.

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2. To print the report, click Print and follow the prompts from your computer.

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Learning Outcomes

The Learning Outcomes report displays student performance by standard. This report works for items that were assigned standards. The report can be filtered to view specific schools, grade levels, courses, teachers, periods, and students.

1. Select the desired filters and click Run Report.

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The report first displays the student's overall percentage correct on the assessment, and the percentage correct for each standard category.  

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2. Hover your mouse in the Total column to view the number of items that were correct and incorrect and the corresponding percentages.

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3. Click on the column header to break the report down and view student performance by the next level of standards organization.

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For example, clicking the standard category header then displays the report by the grade level group. Clicking the grade level group then displays the report by strand. Clicking the strand then displays the report by cluster. Clicking the cluster then displays the report by individual standard.

4. To print the report, click Print and follow the prompts from your computer.

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Last Score by Activity by User

The Last Score by Activity by User report displays each student's score for the overall activity for their most recent attempt of the activity, with a bar graphic indicating percentage of items correct, incorrect, or unattempted. The date the activity was submitted is also displayed. The report can be filtered to view specific schools, grade levels, courses, teachers, periods, and students. The report can include multiple assessments for comparison purposes. The report will indicate if the student had gains, losses, or no difference between assessments.

When a district assessment has been attached to a Gradebook assignment by a teacher, the students' scores for the assessment can be exported to the Gradebook using the "Export to Gradebook" button.

1. Select the desired filters and click Run Report.

To compare two or more assessments, select the additional assessments to view in the Assessments pull-down, and click Run Report. Leave Default selected to run the report only for the assessment currently selected at the top-left of the screen.

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2. Hover over a bar to view the percentage of correct responses, incorrect responses, and unattempted items, and breakdowns on time spent on correct responses, incorrect responses, and unattempted items.

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When more than one assessment is selected, each assessment is displayed in its own column. The assessments are listed by their created date, with the oldest to the left and the newest to the right. Each assessment is compared to the one to its left. A gain will display as a green number with an arrow pointing up. A loss will display as a red number with an arrow pointing down. If the percentages for both assessments are the same, a gray zero will display, indicating that there was no difference.

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3. Click a student's name to view their record in Student Info.

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4. To print the report, click Print and follow the prompts from your computer.

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5. To export scores to the Gradebook for a district assessment that was attached to a Gradebook assignment, click Export to Gradebook.

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After exporting scores to the Gradebook, if a teacher makes any changes to student scores for the assessment within the Gradebook, re-exporting the scores from this report will override the changes made.

Last Score by Item by User

The Last Score by Item by User report displays how each student responded to each item on their most recent attempt of the activity. The report displays each student's overall score for the activity, and their score for each item. The report can be filtered to view specific schools, grade levels, courses, teachers, periods, and students.

1. Select the desired filters and click Run Report.

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The dots in each item column indicate whether the student's response was correct. Gray indicates the item was not answered. Green indicates the answer was correct. Yellow indicates the answer was partially correct. Red indicates the answer was incorrect.

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2. Hover over a colored dot to view the student's score for that item and the time spent on that item.

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3. Click a student's name to open their record in Student Info.

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4. To print the report, click Print and follow the prompts from your computer.

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Live Activity Status by User

The Live Activity Status by User report displays each student's live status for the assessment. This report is useful to review during the period of time students are taking the assessment. You can pause and resume the assessment for one or multiple students, which is useful for a situation such as a fire drill that interrupts the assessment. You can also extend time for one or multiple students, force students to go to a certain item on the assessment, or force the assessment to be saved and exited, discarded and exited, or submitted and exited. The report can be filtered to view specific schools, grade levels, courses, teachers, periods, and students.

1. Select the desired filters and click Run Report.

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The Status column displays a colored dot to indicate the status of the assessment for the student. Gray indicates the assessment has not been started. Yellow indicates the assessment is in progress. Green indicates the assessment has been submitted.

The Active column displays a green check mark if the student is actively viewing the assessment window and a red X if the student is not actively viewing the assessment window.

The Current Item number column indicates the item number the student is viewing.

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2. To apply an action to one or multiple students, select the check box next to the student(s). To apply an action to all students in the list, select the check box in the column header.

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3. Click Actions and click an action from the list.

Click Pause to pause the assessment for the student. Click Confirm to confirm the action. The student's answers will be saved but the student will not be able to continue until you resume the test.

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The student will see the following message on their screen until you resume the assessment:

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The student's status will update to display a pause icon.

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Click Resume and then Confirm to allow the student to resume the assessment.

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Click Extend time to extend the amount of time the student has to take the assessment. Enter the number of hour(s) and/or minute(s) and click Continue.

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Click Confirm to confirm the action.

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Click Go to to force the student's screen to go to a certain item on the assessment. Select by item number in the assessment or by item reference, enter the value, and click Continue.

Click Confirm to confirm the action.

Click Save & exit to save the student's answers and exit the student from the assessment. Click Discard & exit to discard the student's answers and exit the student from the assessment. Click Submit & exit to submit the student's answers and exit the student from the assessment. Click Confirm to confirm the action.

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When "Save & exit" is selected, the student's status will update to blue (meaning suspended). When "Discard & exit" is selected, the student's status will updated to red (meaning discarded). When "Submit & exit" is selected, the student's status will update to green (meaning submitted).

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Students who have their assessment saved, discarded, or submitted will see the following message with a countdown before their assessment is closed:

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When "Save & exit" or "Discard & exit" is selected, the student can click the assessment link on their Portal to resume the assessment. When "Submit & exit" is selected, the assessment is submitted and therefore the assessment link will be removed if there are no retakes allowed for the assessment.

4. To print the report, click Print and follow the prompts from your computer.

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Response Analysis by Item

The Response Analysis report provides detailed analysis by item. The report can be filtered to view specific schools, grade levels, courses, teachers, periods, and students.

1. Select the desired filters and click Run Report.

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The report displays a column for the Total score, as well as a column for each item on the activity.

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2. Click the arrow in a column header to sort the report in ascending or descending order by that column.

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3. Hover over an item header to view the question type and amount of points earned by a correct answer.

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4. Hover over a check mark or number of points in an item column to view the points earned by the student and points possible.

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5. Click an item column header to view the item details.

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The item details display on the right side of the screen. The number of students who selected each answer option, or who answered the question correctly or incorrectly) is indicated.

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6. Click on an answer option to highlight which students selected that option.

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The question text and answer options are also displayed, and the correct answer is indicated by a check mark or is highlighted.

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7. Click All to go back to the full report.

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8. To print the report, click Print and follow the prompts from your computer.

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Last Score by Activity

The Last Score by Activity report displays the student's score and date submitted for the most recent attempt of the activity. The report can be filtered to view specific schools, grade levels, courses, teachers, periods, and students. The report can include multiple assessments for comparison purposes.

1. Select the desired filters and click Run Report.

To compare two or more assessments, select the additional assessments to view in the Assessments pull-down, and click Run Report. Leave Default selected to run the report only for the assessment currently selected at the top-left of the screen.

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2. Hover over the bar graphic to view the percentage of correct, incorrect, and unattempted responses, as well as time spent for correct, incorrect, and unattempted responses.

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When more than one assessment is selected, each assessment is displayed in its own row.

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3. To print the report, click Print and follow the prompts from your computer.

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Session Detail by Item

The Session Detail by Item report displays the student's response and score for each item of the activity for one or multiple sessions (if there was more than one attempt). The report can be filtered to view specific schools, grade levels, courses, teachers, periods, and students. When the Manual Scoring option is selected and the report is run, you can add or change the score for each item. This allows open ended items such as essays to be graded, or the score for any item to be updated.

An assessment can be mass re-scored if an item on the assessment has been changed or removed. See Re-scoring an Assessment.

1. Select the desired filters and click Run Report.

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2. To print the report, click Print and follow the prompts from your computer.

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3. To manually grade the assessment, select Manual Scoring and click Run Report.

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4. On the left side of the screen, enter the scores for any ungraded items or update the scores for items as needed. Click Submit.

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The report is refreshed and the student's scores are updated.

Session Summary

The Session Summary report displays a bar graphic indicating the number of items answered correctly, incorrectly, or that were unattempted by the selected student for one or multiple sessions (if there was more than one attempt). It also displays this information in a table format. The report can be filtered to view specific schools, grade levels, courses, teachers, periods, and students.

1. Select the desired filters and click Run Report.

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2. Hover over the bar graphic to view a tool-tip with percentage of items answered correctly.

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3. To print the report, click Print and follow the prompts from your computer.

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Sessions List

The Sessions List report displays a bar graphic indicating the number of items answered correctly, incorrectly, or that were unattempted by the selected student and the date the activity was submitted for one or multiple sessions (if there was more than one attempt). The report can be filtered to view specific schools, grade levels, courses, teachers, periods, and students. The report can include multiple assessments for comparison purposes.

1. Select the desired filters and click Run Report.

To compare two or more assessments, select the additional assessments to view in the Assessments pull-down, and click Run Report. Leave Default selected to run the report only for the assessment currently selected at the top-left of the screen.

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2. Hover over the bar graphic to view a tool-tip with the percentage of the score that was answered correctly.

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Example of two sessions of the same assessment:

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When more than one assessment is selected, each assessment session is displayed in its own row.

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3. To print the report, click Print and follow the prompts from your computer.

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Sessions List by Item

The Sessions List by Item report displays a colored dot for each item on the activity, which indicates whether the item was answered correctly, incorrectly, partially correct, or unattempted by the selected student for one or multiple sessions (if there was more than one attempt). The date the activity was submitted is also displayed. The report can be filtered to view specific schools, grade levels, courses, teachers, periods, and students.

1. Select the desired filters and click Run Report.

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2. Hover over a colored dot to view the student's score for that item. Gray indicates the item was not answered. Green indicates the answer was correct. Yellow indicates the answer was partially correct. Red indicates the answer was incorrect.

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Example of two sessions:

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3. To print the report, click Print and follow the prompts from your computer.

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Pushing Assessment Scores to Test History

Users with the profile permission to the Options tab can push assessment scores to each student's Test History. The test part and score type is selected for the assessment.

The associated test must be set up in Assessment > Standardized Tests prior to pushing the assessment scores to Test History. There must be a test part set up and a score type defined for the test.

1. In the Assessment menu, click District Assessments.

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The assessments created by you or shared with you are listed.

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To include archived and unpublished assessments in the search, click the X to remove the Published status.

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2. To search for an assessment, enter search criteria in the text box. You can enter the full or partial activity title or activity ID. As you type in the search criteria, suggestions will pop up. Click a search suggestion to add it to the search. When finished, click Search.

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3. Click the assessment title on the right side of the screen.

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4. Click the Options tab.

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5. Select the Test Part and Score Type.

6. Click Save.

When the student completes the assessment, their score will populate for the test in Test History.

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Re-scoring an Assessment

If an item on an assessment has been changed or removed after students have submitted the assessment, the assessment can be mass re-scored from the Options tab by clicking the "Re-score Assessment" button. Once you have confirmed the action, the assessment will be queued and re-scored when the scheduled job "District Assessments Re-scoring" runs. Re-scoring may take up to an hour to complete.

Users must have the "Re-score Assessment" permission enabled for District Assessments in order to access this functionality.

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1. In the Assessment menu, click District Assessments.

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The assessments created by you or shared with you are listed.

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To include archived and unpublished assessments in the search, click the X to remove the Published status.

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2. To search for an assessment, enter search criteria in the text box. You can enter the full or partial activity title or activity ID. As you type in the search criteria, suggestions will pop up. Click a search suggestion to add it to the search. When finished, click Search.

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3. Click the assessment title on the right side of the screen.

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4. Click the Options tab.

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5. At the bottom of the screen, click Re-score Assessment.

The "Re-score Assessment" feature should only be used if an assessment item has been changed or removed from the assessment.

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6. In the confirmation message, click OK.

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After the scheduled job "District Assessments Re-scoring" runs, the assessment will be re-scored. It may take up to an hour to be re-scored.

Scores for items can also be added or changed manually from the Session Detail by Item report. See Session Detail by Item for more information.